I looked at a lot of real estate listings before our house went on the market, and most of the photos were pretty bad. I also bagged up and stored the Cs’ beloved LEGO sets that they had built so they could still enjoy them in the future but so they wouldn’t be cluttering up the toy area in our house. I put many of my kids’ board games in plastic bins because the original boxes were falling apart and looked messy.Īnd I stored some of the larger toys down in the garage so that the living room could look bigger and less cluttered. I tried to use furniture placement and pieces on the walls to clearly define each space so that new owners could see potential for layouts that would meet their own needs. For example, the entry flows right into the kitchen and the dining room and living room are all one big space.
Since all of the paint colors, flooring choices, and finishes felt cohesive and like they belonged in the same house, potential buyers would feel like they could just bring in their furniture, plop it down, and be ready to go without much work at all. This was actually one of the first things that our real estate agent commented on when she walked through for the first time. Create consistency in feel and color scheme throughout the house. I was sure to leave a lot of open space, minimize furniture, and arrange the furniture that was left to make the area look as big and open as it could. Our house is small! It needed all the help it could get to look as large as possible.
Make each space look as large as possible. I got rid of a busy patterned rug in our living space.īasically, I just tried to simplify any area that was feeling like it had too much “stuff.”ġ0. Eliminate busy-ness in the home.ĭoing this actually made me realize how much visual clutter stresses me out! I took down some busy gallery walls and replaced them with simpler pieces. (Need some neutral paint color suggestions? This post has some great ones.) 9. But I did change out some of our pillows, throws, and rugs to make things a little more neutral, calm-feeling, and easy for the eyes to take in. Thankfully, I’m a neutral paint girl to begin with, so we didn’t have to totally repaint every room. Neutral-ize the house as much as possible. Needless to say, this was my favorite part! We have re-done just about every space in this house since we have lived here, but I made some tweaks and changes to make our spaces more buyer-friendly. Decorating & Staging to Get the House Ready to Sell But there were a few small areas that we weeded, mulched, and added some flowers to in order to spruce up the curb appeal and make a good first impression. We live in a townhouse so most of the outdoor space is taken care of for us. We added a few missing transition pieces to our flooring and fixed up some moldings here and there.
You know how sometimes you do a project and those little final touches just never seem to get done? We definitely had a few of those. There were a few small things– like a front door handle that stuck– that we took the time to fix to give a better overall impression of the house. We figured the less stuff we had while trying to keep our house clean for showings (and eventually for a move), the better. I am a major declutter-er on a normal basis, so our stuff was already fairly uncluttered, but we still took a Saturday to comb through the house from top to bottom and get rid of anything we didn’t need anymore. There were several things we did before we even called in the real estate agent to make sure that the house would show well and hopefully sell quickly! 1. Maintenance to Get the House Ready to Sell We have divided our show ready tips into three different categories: maintenance, decorating and staging, and showing prep. Get The House Ready to Sell With These Easy Tips
Make kids' toys look as clean and neat as possible. Have clean, white towels in the bathrooms.
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