Sell This House

Carpet, collectibles and clutter keep a home from selling.

Removing the clutter, surplus furniture, pet and stale cigarette odors, dark window treatments and wallpaper, and the aviary/office from the dining room, in addition to painting and rearranging the remaining furniture, made this custom built home overlooking a lovely pond seem bigger and brighter.

A Louisiana family needs more room than their charming bungalow allows.

This brick home with a big backyard, three bedrooms, two baths, and a two car garage just needed some spackle, paint, stereo wire and wallpaper removal, new lighting fixtures, furniture rearrangement, decluttering and a good cleaning to get an offer in less than a week.

A single mother's home must move into the 21st century.

Roger modernizes a kitchen and master bedroom near Seattle.

Roger plans to change a desert getaway from a hippie bachelor pad.

Removing wallpaper, decluttering, rearranging all the furniture, transforming the indoor pool room from a funky bachelor's tiki bar to a relaxing spa area, and painting (with a little help from Tanya's mom!) was all it took to spark interest in this house.

Steam cleaning the carpets to remove the eau de dog and cigarette smoke, repainting the living room, dining room, hallways and master bedroom to lighten and brighten, and removing the clutter gave this rambler a breath of fresh air and a great new look, even though one of the homeowners was extremely unhappy with Roger's color choices.

This A-frame home features a large wooded lot, a pool, large rooms in an open floor plan, a finished basement, a high-ceilinged living room with a beautiful fireplace and a spiral staircase leading to a office loft. Removing excess furniture, photographs and knick-knacks, a little painting, repairing a hole in the kitchen linoleum, and repositioning the furniture gave this 1970s house a whole new look for a mere $140.00.

This house built in 1968 looked every minute of its age, so Roger brought it into the present with some paint; updated window treatments, lighting fixtures and covers for the futon and chairs; a bamboo runner to cover up outdated counter-tops; removing excess furniture; clearing out the clutter; and getting rid of the bedroom rug to expose the beautiful hardwood floors.

This three bedroom, one bath home needed lots of paint in the sunroom, dining room, and bath; a new tin ceiling, wood molding, and lighting fixture, as well as replacing the glass shower doors with a fresh, white curtain in the bathroom; decluttering the sunroom; rearranging furniture in the living room and sunroom; and new window treatments in the sunroom to get an offer.

A thorough cleaning and decluttering, painting, rearranging furniture, patching holes, removing wallpaper, and replacing the window treatments was all it took to sell this townhouse.

This three bedroom house with a large yard just needed lots of repainting in bright, bold colors to cover up dark paneling and pink walls, some new light fixtures and window treatments, removal of worn carpeting to expose pristine hardwood floors, rearranging the furniture, and removal of the kitchen cabinet doors to attract a buyer and close the sale.

This four bedroom house quickly found a buyer after it was made brighter and more spacious by lots of paint, including covering up some dark paneling; new window treatments; rearranging and removing shelving and bulky furniture; and a good cleaning.

This large, historic, four bedroom Craftsman home with fireplaces in almost every room just needed lots of paint, major decluttering, some shelving, and the addition of some furniture to attract buyer interest.

Removing the carpeting and sanding the hardwood floors underneath, painting in updated colors, new window treatments and lighting fixtures, and some decluttering was all it took to sell this brick bungalow.

Lots of paint; new window treatments; covering up an unsightly heating duct; removing some furniture and rearranging the rest; and new flowerbeds was all it took to sell this house.

Roger's recuperation from knee surgery keeps him from tackling the stairs in this brownstone condo, so from a comfortable perch on the couch, he supervises Tanya and Megan Szczecko, his design assistant, as they carry out his plans for finding a buyer for this house by painting, eliminating musty odors, removing and rearranging furniture, turning a door that goes nowhere into an architectural focal point, adding new window treatments, and deemphasizing the narrowness of the house.

This classic colonial needed some major decluttering; removal of outdated wallpaper and frilly curtains; lots of fresh paint; replacement of the artificial foliage with fresh fruit accents; and a new slipcover to attract buyer interest.

Clutter and mismatched furniture prevent a sister and brother's New Jersey condo from selling.

After living in their three-family home for 20 years, a couple is ready to sell and move on in Hoboken, NJ

Clutter, dirt and darkness turn potential buyers away from an Oklahoma house.

Roger has a few quick tips to change the way people see a Memphis home.

A woman's storybook home in Memphis, Tenn., is too much house for one person and she is ready to downsize.

A couple wants to sell their three-bedroom home in Tulsa, Okla., and move to the country.