Are you hoping to sell your Rancho Mirage real estate to the highest possible bidder? Whether you’re selling luxury properties such as equestrian homes, a ranch or beach condos, properly staging the property will highlight its strengths and downplay its weaknesses so that you can appeal to the widest pool of buyers.

1. Create groupings. To make rooms look as large and user-friendly as possible, float furnishings away from the walls and arrange them in small conversational-style groupings. This actually opens up the appearance of each room more than positioning furniture against the walls will.

2. Make a statement. If you have a room that needs work or lacks purpose, add value by repurposing it or adding a standout design feature. Be creative and think outside the box—you can transform a boring guest room into a reading nook with a plush chair, a sumptuous rug and statement lighting. With properties like equestrian homes, you have a lot of area to work with and accessorize—consider vintage lighting concepts or unique window treatments to add stylish flair to your property.

3. Employ lighting. If you’ve ever visited a home that was staged well, it probably felt warm and inviting. An easy way to create that kind of atmosphere is with good lighting schemes. Two key ways to do this is 1) Play with the wattage in both your interior and exterior lamps and fixtures, and 2) Strive to blend three types of lighting: ambient, task and accent.

4. Create illusions of space. To make a section of your house appear larger, paint two adjacent rooms the same color. To take the illusion even further, match your curtains to the paint.

Using staging tips like these will improve the appearance of your Rancho Mirage real estate, luxury home or any other type of property you’re putting on the market. As a result, you will increase your pool of prospective buyers.

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Most people are aware that Palm Springs is an ideal place to live for golfers, but not as many know that the Coachella Valley is a perfect place for equestrian homes. Not only does one of the most exciting horse shows take place in the Valley—the A-rated Horse Show in the Sun (HITS) Desert Circuit—but there are great equestrian trails nearby with stunning views to choose from, from Murray Canyon to the areas around Thousand Palms that are protected by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In addition, the beautiful Joshua Tree National Park, which offers 253 miles of equestrian trails, is a short drive away and the Empire Polo Club and the Eldorado Polo Clubs are located in nearby Indio.

The incredible climate that Palm Springs boasts makes it enjoyable to ride horses nearly all year long, which makes it worth it for horse owners to consider the area’s equestrian homes and properties that have the potential to be converted. There are definitely areas throughout the desert communities and parcels of vacant land for sale that are ripe for horses—many already have barns, stables, paddocks, areas for training and miles of trails nearby.

If you’ve been considering real estate in Rancho Mirage or La Quinta, there is a wide range of properties to consider, from small and medium-sized to larger, ranch style homes. In fact, the Equestrian Centers International is located in Rancho Mirage, and can serve as a great resource to those looking to buy or sell horses, or to find places board them. There is also the nearby Clancy Lane Boarding Stables, a full service boarding facility, and plenty of horse trainers and places to get horseback riding lessons throughout the desert cities, including Rancho Mirage, La Quinta and Indian Wells. Many horse owners also choose to find homes or ranchettes in the Indio area, which has quite a few farm properties.

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