If you still ignore my advice and use a lot of color, and you use different colors in spaces where you can see all the colors at one time, you can still make a sale a bit easier if you choose colors that are related. So instead of using yellow in the kitchen, green in the living room and blue in the dining room you could use yellow in the kitchen, a gold in the dining room and a brown-gold in the living room. This way the colors are all in the same family. You’ll still lose the buyers who don’t like the colors in that part of the color wheel but you might not lose the others. I’m really trying here, guys.
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Yesterday, I conducted a Fridley Community Education program on staging and two women wanted to know what I thought of wood paneling. They both said their husbands loved the paneling and thought that men coming in to buy their home would feel the same. Wrong! Young men are no more likely to likely old paneling than they are to like their dad’s seersucker suits or white dress shoes. Dated is dated. Unfortunately for homesellers with paneling that means it’s got to go or be painted —especially if it is on the main floor where buyers most often make their home-buying decision. FYI—as a general rule, you should use a neutral color when painting paneling and the other walls in the space should be the same color as well. I forgot to mention IF you do use color, and IF you choose to ignore my experience and expertise, (J) please, Please, PLEASE make sure you can’t see more than one bright color at a time. For example, this week I walked into a house that had a bright green living room, a blue dining room and a very bright yellow kitchen and they were all visible from the entry way. If you are a seller, you are asking too much of a buyer to like all three of those colors and like them together. I’m not saying it’s impossible to find a buyer—it’s just that a buyer who likes exactly the same combination as you do is harder to find. Combination is the operative word here—think slot machines! |
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