Colour And Lighting
When sale preparation a house for living, most people want bedroom lighting to be soft and romantic, with task lighting available for reading. When sale preparation a house for sale, all the bedrooms need to be bright and well-lit to send a message that the rooms are clean and spacious. You might need to bring in additional lamps or light reflective surfaces. Here are a few more ideas to help enhance the room:
- Make sure the overhead lighting works and that the fixture is clean and on-trend.
- Put the strongest light bulbs recommended in the light fixture(s) and in any table lamps.
- If you have ceiling fans, dust them and make sure they don’t wobble, wiggle, or squeak. If there’s a light kit attached to the fan, clean the bulbs and make sure the glass globe is clean, too.
Being careful with colour
When you prep your house, you need to neutralize the colour on the walls — and that includes every bedroom from the master suite to the nursery. Remove any wallpaper or wallpaper borders. We know this may seem especially harsh if you remember taking trips all over town to choose just the right border for your son’s sports theme or your daughter’s “big girl” room. But you want bedrooms to be move-in ready, no matter who the next residents may be.
Check out the other wall colours you have going on in each bedroom. Any wall that isn’t neutral needs to be. Remember that neutral doesn’t mean white. Safe bedroom colours are cream, warm grey, and soft sage green.
You don’t want potential buyers to walk into a girly pink room if that’s the room they’ve decided would make a great home office. When rooms need to be painted, all the buyer sees is extra work, time, and expense. Eliminate that objection before it comes up by neutralizing.
You can bring colour into a neutral room with bedding, art, and accessories that you can take to your new home.
