Home Staging - Living Room
When preparing your home for sale it's the living room that will create the ambiance for your entire home. Buyers walking through your home will get a feel for it in the living room, the hub of the home.
Home staging experts recommend that you choose a color scheme that is relaxing, and re-vitalizing. There are pre-mixed paint kits available which greatly reduce the stress of "what color should we paint it?" Professionals have selected colors which compliment each other beautifully. When painting for resale purposes keep in mind that you want it to appeal to the next owners as well. There are many lovely "neutral" colors which aren't bland.
Lighting should be gentle on the eyes with a good reading lamp in a stategic location. The more natural light you can lend to your living room, the better. Perhaps keep your draperies to a minimum so that simple, natural light graces your furniture and floors.
Quite often when someone is planning on listing their home, be it a townhome, garden apartment, or full-sized house, they'll remove the old carpet and replace it with laminate or wood flooring. This opens up your room, updates your home, and when you see what's under the old carpet, you'll be glad you've replaced it with something easier to keep clean and attractive. The value it adds can be retrieved from the sale of your home.
If you're a pet-lover and you want your home to show well without becoming a drill sergeant, just place a large, soft towel or blanket over your sofa and fold it up with the hair and all when someone comes by for a showing. Home staging means your home is aesthetically pleasing and user friendly!
Your home is your refuge. It's important to look forward to relaxing and spending quality time in a nurturing environment. The living room can be this sanctuary!
