Minimal is best so a few photos here and there are fine but minimise as much as you can, walls and spaces will look bigger.

Get rid of any furniture that you don't use into storage or that again is cluttering up space.

We decided against a stylist but decided to spend a bit to hopefully make a but and it worked. We bought some new pics for walls, new cushions, throws, a rug, coffee table and outdoor setting. Spent around 4k and we sold for 35 over our reserve so was well worth the investment.

Yes people want it homely but they want to imagine it as Their home too not yours if that makes sense. Clean, open uncluttered space does that. I had bits that I put away after each inspection and then baskets I would pack some into the car with like Dirty washing, toys etc that I would hide!

I do think people want to see something more like a display home than very lived in.