The cost of staging a home can vary widely, as there are tons of variables. The size of the home, the length of time it will be on the market, whether you need to rent furniture… Home staging can get pricey. A home staging professional will charge $150-$600 for an initial consultation, and then anywhere from $2,000-$6,000 per month while the home is being sold. If you stage the home yourself, you need only calculate the cost of repairs or upgrades, as well as possibly renting furniture for under-furnished rooms. You can also save money by only staging certain rooms. The living room, kitchen, and master bedroom are most important, in that order. A rule of thumb in the industry is that you should set aside 1-2% of the home’s value to prepare it for sale. Your staging budget would come out of this sum.