Don't think you need to paint when selling? Well take a look at this.

HI Kathy, thank you for the feature! Always appreciated, thank you for stopping to see the changes in this staging job. I find that photos say more than words ever can.

Hi Karen, the client had only decided to paint her kitchen this way last year. She wanted a very specific rustic look. Unfortunately, it is not what is wanted by buyers in the neighbourhood. It took a few days for her to decide, but once the changes were made she was delighted.

HI Kathy, as you say paint is the best return on investment there is besides decluttering and cleaning when a client is staging a home to prepare for a sale.  Works every time to update a home in a matter of hours and for a few dollars investment.

Hi Julia, it was very unusual to see someone pay for faux painting in recent times. Don't know why or how the decision was made last year but it definitely looks light and spacious now.

Hi Janice, thank you for the thumbs up on the paint selection. These are some of my most used colours when painting to stage. The other would be CC 90 Natural Linen Or Shaker Beige.

HI Sally, sadly this was not a 1980's paint job. It cost upwards of $9,000  just last year to paint the cabinets, walls and the grape vine on the wall. My painter would have painted the walls and the cabinets for around $2,000 all in.

Hi Janet, the furniture really does look different doesn't it? Fresher and newer.

Hi Shannon, you're right. There may have been a buyer that was in love with faux finishes. But would that one person show up to buy this house? Now that's the real question. How long would a seller wait until that person showed up?

HI Ginger, I agree with you in that we can make suggestions to the client but they only work if the client agrees to make the changes. It took about a week for the client to come around to the idea of painting the kitchen and the sunroom that was adjoining it.  She loved her rustic look kitchen.. now she loves the new look too.

Hi Vanessa, Your Welcome!

HI Kathy, Thank you for the feature! These photos really do show the power that the colour of paint can have on creating a spacious looking room  and the impact a few dollars invested in paint can do to market your property for sale.  Buyers love a big kitchen and now this kitchen gives them what they are looking for in their new home.

Hi Michelle, so true, unless the seller buys in to the recommendations we haven't really done our jobs to prepare the house for sale. Learning how to handle objections is a skill every home stager needs to be really good at to be able to motivate the seller to make the necessary changes.

HI Ginger, Younger and fresher. Exactly the target market we were going for preparing this house for sale. I don't know many young people that would have wanted the faux finish walls and especially the grape vine stencil. Now it's  move in ready.

HI Birgit, thanks for stopping in to see this "show stopper" of a change in paint.  Absolutely makes the rooms look more spacious and up to date.

Hi David, I debated about taking down the window coverings and decided to use it as the colour palette to carry throughout the home. I prefer not to have the valances, rather have floor length drapery to emphasize the height of a room. I will definitely be using these photos to encourage clients to paint.

P.S. You did a post of dining room with a white horse on the table. Saw it in Homesense last week and bought it. Loved the look of it in your post.

Hi David, for most people draperies are like artwork, they either love them or hate them. If I install draperies they are full length to increase the visual perception that the room has more height and they are in colours that match the wall colour so that they "disappear" from view and are not a focal point.

The white horse is a definite assed in my inventory. I doubt I would have looked at it a second time if I had not seen your post with it on the dining room table. Thank you for taking me outside my "box" on what to use on a dining room table.

thank you Kate, the paint colour actually made the kitchen appear about 50% larger than it was in the previous colour. truly amazing difference that the right colour of paint can make.