How to Sell a Home with... Interesting Color Choices, Colorado Springs
Have you ever listed a home where the Seller will not re-paint? As their Realtor and expert, you hope they will heed your advice and make the nominal investment necessary to neutralize a funky paint choice. After all, who would want to alienate any buyer? The goal of Staging is to showcase a home to appeal to the widest demographic audience. The Buyer makes an emotional connection and offers top market value, quickly. That's the idea.
However, there may be times where expert advice lands on deaf ears. A certified, Home Staging Consultant should be your first "go-to" for assistance in navigating this conversation. They are trained and well-versed in conveying, diplomatically, how to prepare a home to sell. Often, all it takes are modified pictures of how the room could look in another, more universally appealing color.
If the Seller decides to proceed with the home "as is", you do have some options for downplaying a less than ideal color choice.
Ummm, yes, that paint color is mauve.
That's also the first room walking in the front door.
Yes, still mauve, but a more elegant and appropriate first impression.
The massive, wall cabinet went into storage, the dining table/chairs were relocated to an area adjacent to the kitchen and the loveseat/wing back chair were pulled in from other rooms. A few accessories were added, but the magic is in that warm, richly colored rug.
Embrace the mauve :)
How about red?
Most people like red. I happen to love red on a front door, but would not consider
it a restful color choice for a bedroom.
Classic black paired with bold red instantly updates and elevates the feel -
worthy of a master.
Drum lamp shades and inexpensive bedding tie it altogether.
Lets hear from the other camp. The room is already neutral, but now its just
generic and boring.
Pop some color on the floor and rearrange furniture so Buyers are led to the window and notice the striking view of
Pikes Peak instead of the sterile, awkward, bowling alley room.
Contact a Stager to help you address a challenging color choice. Home Staging professionals support Realtors and assist Sellers in putting their best foot forward when preparing a home to sell for the most money with the least amount of time on market.
Cheers to a successful sale!
Kim Gaston
Front Porch Interiors, LLC
Home Staging Consultant
- delighted to provide property styling for Realtors and Homeowners in
Colorado Springs and the Front Range areas
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