Don't Think Pink!

By
Home Stager with Karen Miller, LLC

Love it! Love it! Love it!

Pink is my favorite color. I wear it all the time. I have a stainless-steel watch with a pink face. And I even had my business cards and letterhead designed with 3 shades of pink, gray and black. Cool, huh!

I would love to stage a pink bedroom -- pink bedding, pink curtains, pink accessories...pink, pink, pink! But I haven't allowed the personal (pink) side of my brain to take over the staging (neutral) side of my brain.

Here's why. Pink just doesn't appeal to everyone. It appeals to some women, but not most men. And...here it is...pink isn't neutral. And neutral is the cornerstone of staging. 

So, if your "pink" urges start to overtake you and you begin to "think pink", remember the following words of wisdom about staging.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU. This is about staging the property to appeal to the largest number of potential buyers. So, DON'T THINK PINK.

Comments (4)

Leslie Bloss, Bellevue Real Estate Professional
Bellevue, WA
Hi Karen,  So what is the "color" to use this year--if there is one?
Mar 29, 2008 10:50 AM
Edward Wadsworth
Better Homes Garden Real Estate Metro Brokers - Newnan, GA
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Karen

I am a blue kind of guy. I like every thing to be blue. I also understand that it does not appeal to the most number of buyers so I go neutral.

Mar 29, 2008 10:58 AM
Karen Miller
Karen Miller, LLC - Philadelphia, PA

Hi Leslie,

A very popular color for walls in Philadelphia is historic gold.  Most furniture goes with it, and everything looks great against it.  

I have also had clients in Dallas who had every room painted varying depths of this color before I worked on their house.

This definitely is the "color", and it's great!

 

 

Mar 29, 2008 11:55 AM
Tammy & Terry Coleman
Coldwell Banker Snow & Wall - Murfreesboro, TN
You sound like my daughter she is 21 and loves pink. In fact she just ordered a new laptop from dell and it is pink.
Mar 29, 2008 02:13 PM