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With Pattern, Bold is Not Always Beautiful When You Are Selling Your Home!
 
When I looked up “neutralize” in the dictionary, I found “counterbalance.” What a great concept!  It suggests that neutralizing is just resetting the scale, balancing the weight between what the seller has and what the buyer wants. Balancing that weight goes beyond choosing beige or cream paint for walls, it also applies to pattern. Pattern is distracting to potential home buyers and can keep them from seeing the best features of a house. It’s a very personal choice. A bright plaid sofa and loveseat, an entire room in leopard print or the cottage rose window treatments may be favorites of the seller, but may not be so well received by a potential buyer. It also makes those tiny photos that get posted online look very busy.  Where will you find pattern?  Most people think of fabric first: the upholstery on a sofa, fabric hanging at windows and the comforter on the bed. It can be paper or paint treatments on walls.  Don’t forget the area or scatter rugs on the floor. Hard surfaces may also have pattern: a tile backsplash or vinyl floor. Sometimes texture can add to the visual noise: wood paneling, stone countertop, heavily grained wood cabinets or ... more

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