Staging a home to look its best, starts with the paint. You want your home to look fresh and clean so it is the perfect backdrop for everything else you do. Whether you are preparing your home for sale or redesigning your home to enhance your lifestyle, choosing the right colors will make a dramatic difference in how both you and others will react to the home.
When choosing paint color, take samples of your carpet, fabrics and tile to the store with you to help guide you in choosing the color chips. Be sure to take several color chips home and try them in various areas of your room, at different times of day and in different lighting. The way the swatch looks in the store can be quite different than how it looks in your home.
Once you have decided on the colors you will be using, test the paint first by painting a 12″ x 48″ board or the same size area on your wall. Live with it a few days and again, check it in various lights, at different times of day to be sure you are happy with your color choice.
If you are staging your home for sale, don't be afraid of color. Just as color makes a dramatic impact in how you feel about your home, it also makes an impact in how buyers will react to your home.
It is wise however to stay away from colors and themes that will only appeal to very specific tastes. Painting a room midnight blue and applying glow in the dark stars might be fun for your child, but the thought of removing all those stars, repairing the walls and then covering the dark paint may turn away some buyers. If you are in a situation where you have a room like this, do the work of bringing it back to a more neutral color before putting the home on the market.
For the purpose of home staging, put the power of color to your advantage. Choose colors that will be the perfect backdrop for the setting that is your home. Once you have the base right, you will be ready to bring back in your furniture, plants and accessories that will add the elements that pull it all together and make it work.
Part I of the Series - Collections
Part II of the Series- Driveways
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