Selling your home comes with many decisions. How do we get the most for our home? Should we repaint? How much furniture should we leave in our home, if any? In my experience, the homes that sell faster show a potential buyer the possibilities of how a room can be designed. The potential buyer often has trouble visualizing a space when it is empty. Just having a few of your furniture pieces laid out can show the scale of a space and you save on moving expenses by not having to rent a large storage container.
De-cluttering your home is the first task when working on selling. Remove an excess of family photos from shelves and replace with books and small accessories you may have around the house. Clear off desks and counters that may be the storage place for your documents and mail. While these items are important to you, you don’t want potential buyers or “lookieloos” flipping through your papers. If you are in the market to paint and have a lot of bold accent walls, pick a neutral color for the whole home. When buyers are looking for a home, unfortunately pops of color on the walls can be a huge turn off. Paint is an easy fix, so spending the money to paint will allow buyers to see the home’s beauty and not fixate on the wall color.
Furniture pieces also need to be scaled down and rearranged. A living room should be comfortable and elegant to distinguish it from the family room. Create an inviting seating arrangement that complements the space, and be sure not to over decorate—less is more when staging a home. Lighting can play a huge part in showing the beauty and romance of a room. Bring in floor and table lamps for ambient lighting and dim any overhead lights if possible. Beds in bedrooms should be simple and elegant. Think “clean hotel look” when arranging bedrooms—everyone loves the ides of coming home to a retreat. Creating clean but livable spaces when selling your home is key. Contact a designer to get a jump start on your staging project for the most bang for your buck!
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