How to Decorate for Halloween When Selling Your House.
Halloween is a favorite holiday of mine...there are very few family pressures and no religious toes to step on. And I love decorating for it!
However (and you knew that was coming) if your house is on the market, it is best to keep your decorating to a minimum. Yes, you can still celebrate, especially if you have young children at home.
What is helpful is if you keep the basics of home staging in mind…
-Don’t make your buyers do the eye bounce.
Lots of little things scattered around the house or Halloween characters on windows can be distracting.
-Make sure that your buyers will be able to see the front of your house.
Buyers begin to form their opinion as they pull up to your front door. Make sure they’ll be able to see your house. Save the blow-up pumpkins for your new home.
-Make sure there are no obstacles to your buyers getting in the front door.
Between ghosts and goblins and spider webs and ghouls, don’t make your buyers have to duck, side- step and hop over pumpkins just to get through the front door.
-Resist the temptation to “holiday” every room in your home.
The Halloween-inspired shower curtain should be saved for your new home. The same could be said for Halloween inspired bedding and towels.
-Don’t fill the house with the scents of the fall, such as pumpkin, spice, or spiced apple.
Love the scents, but they may be overwhelming for your buyers, especially those with allergies.
What can you do?
*Keep it simple. Think one large pumpkin rather than 10 mini-pumpkins scattered on a table.
*Use the colors of the season to make your home festive.
You can do this with a floral arrangement or pillar candles.
Fill an apothecary jar with colors of the season votive candles.
*Outside
Add large pots with colors of the season flowers.
Arrange a small stack of pumpkins of varied sizes on one side of the door. (if you live in Florida, better use fake ones or wait until Halloween to put them out)
Just because you’re selling your home doesn’t mean you have to miss out on holidays.
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