Taming Kids’ Rooms

Kids’ rooms can be a challenge when you’re selling a house. You don’t want to move the kids out, but you need to contain all the toys, awards, artwork, team pennants, and so on to give buyers the room to see their own kids in these spaces or to imagine themselves in them, working on the computer or doing some yoga, maybe feeding their scrapbooking habit.

Showcase kid’s rooms as places for sleep and study.
Kid’s rooms often are colourful, so if you have time to neutralize the colour on the walls, do it. If not, work around the colour by using a lot of white to break the colour impact.
In a kid’s room as in any room, you want to show as much wardrobe storage space as possible, so if the wardrobes are full, we recommend you remove at least half of what’s in them, packing and storing the unused toys and games, preferably in offsite storage, and then donating the rest.
A child’s room is a place to sleep and study. Besides the bed nightstand and a desk or dresser, here are some ways to help sell the space:
Keep a minimal number of toys.
Set up a small table and chairs with a puzzle or board game in process.
Replace wall posters with appropriate framed art.
If the bedding has a sports or cartoon theme, turn it over so it’s solid coloured and more gender-neutral.
You don’t know who will be touring your house, so remember to remove anything that has your child’s name on it.