Would you like to unload your house faster and for more than you expect? That, in rough terms, is what home stagers promise.

All the Home's a Stage

My farmhouse house, I will disclose, is as backstage as it gets. Books fill the bookcases. (This is a big no-no in the staging profession.) A vice grip is as likely to be on the dining room table as a floral centerpiece. (A vice-grip is not a character flaw.) My idea