The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging Your Home to Sell by Julie Dana, Marcia Layton Turner (2007, Paperback)

I loved this book because it was an easy read, with pictures to help visualize their advice. It was great at advising what colors to choose, and what furniture is best to use for your particular layout. This book could have been better in aiding the novice how to do the furniture layout to maximize appeal. Overall this book took me to the next level in staging which I am learning on my own. I had absorbed HGTV and all the shows I could handle for a year before I bought this and it was still very helpful. If you do have money and are wondering how to spend it on your house as an equity investment for when you will be ready to to sell this well help but I would also read after that, "Home Staging: The Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money"