Rockland Home Staging recently staged a colonial in Rockland County NY where the kitchen was just not working. It was very neutral but it looked washed out. The cabinets are that bleached wood that is almost pink and the walls were painted a pail peach. It really wasn't such a bad color but it did nothing for the room.
I decided to break one of the most sacred home staging rules and paint the kitchen RED.
We chose a really warm rusty red. We only painted two of the walls, near the cabinets red. We painted the others a really nice putty color then accented that wall with some artwork that had the red in it. We also tidied the place up and installed new stainless steal cabinet hardware. The old hardware was brass with a white center. It really gave this tired kitchen a fresh new look.
The home has been on the market for over 6 months. Once the staging was completed they got an offer within 2 weeks. Sometimes you just have to break the rules to do the right thing.
Comments(66)