Staging your House to Sell - Part 4

Neutralizing your home- this means color as well as emotional. You want to make it pleasing to everyone, colors are very emotional, and they bring about an emotional response. I found the following information at The University of Wisconsin website:

• Impulse
• Desire
• Passion
• Urge to succeed
• Power

• Neutrality
• Un-committed and un-involved
• Escape from anxiety

• Traditional
• Complete calm
• Patience

• Stimulus for interaction
• Hope
• Growth
• Freshness

• Magical
• Enchanting
• Unimportant
• Unrealistic
• Irresponsible
• Immature

• Bright
• Cheerful
• Restless
• Seeking change

• Reduced sense of vitality
• Passive
• Solid roots

• Negation of emotion
• Powerful
• Strong
• Uncontrollable
• Extinction
• Nothingness

Remember also that painting can make a room or an exterior façade look brand-new, and totally transform the look and feel of a room or the entire residence. Always avoid choosing colors that are too individual or flashy and favor neutral colors and schemes. This does not mean painting everything white, however. Step back and take an “unemotional” look at your home. Try to see where there are weaknesses, dark areas that will make a room look small, brighten it up, and use paint and lighting to make it appear roomy. Painting also has a great side effect: CLEAN. When painting you have to prep the room, you usually remove furniture and this allows you to really “expose” problem areas, giving you a chance to get some minor repairs done in the process. Afterwards your house looks and feels new and clean!