The kitchen and bathrooms are always the selling poit of the house, particularly the kitchen. This is what you should invest most of your energy in. Now, me personally, I ADORE your kitchen and it is just my style. I absolutely love it. But, many people do not agree with my taste in colours and patterns. I think you need to refiish the cupboards and paint the walls a calming yet neutral colour.
Your living room is very out of date and some stuff could probably be cleared out while you are showing the house. Also, don't hide that beautiful hardwood under that rug. veryone loves hardwood flooring.
Your bedroom is gorgeous and all I think it needs is a little more light (ditch the curtain and put blinds up) or open it while showing. Also, a bright area rug in that room would do wonders.
Invest in some plants real or fake, and put them all over the house.
Considering the bedroom has one solid wall (19 ft) of sliding glass doors, blinds are actually not an option, they kind of get in the way of the doors. We do have them open during most of the showings although right now for winter they are winterized with plastic (realtor's suggestion)
I hope this comes across as constructive. That's my sole intention.
"The other two bedrooms not seen are blue and purple"
I think that this is a risky move if you want to sell anytime soon. I'd paint these rooms in very light, neutral and impersonal colours as it's well documented that many prospective buyers respond best to a "blank canvas" form of decoration. Very cool colours in a room that many people prefer to be cosy, relies on finding a buyer that either shares your tastes, or has vision... It's much easier to attract people when you don't narrow the appeal in such a way.
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* Re-paint the kitchen cupboards. They look a little hectic and as a buyer, I'd definitely want them gone, ideally without having to do it myself
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Thank you, posters and knick-knacks are already gone, most of the "personal" touches to the house are gone. And the realtor is coming back out tomorrow to retake photos, doubt I can get the kitchen done by then. May have to go shopping tonight for some fake plants ( I kill the real ones to easily). I will give it a shot and see.
I don't think the second and third bedrooms matter enough to repaint unless they look shabby or the shades are quite virulent... childless people tend to see those rooms as "spare" and parents will usually not care too much because its the kids that get to live with it on a daily basis, not them. Unorthodox colour choices are the kiss of death in a living room or kitchen however.
First, your realtor's photos are WAY too dark. She should know better than to put pictures of that quality on realtor.com. She's killing your home even before anyone sets foot into your home. The above poster is right. The house looks dated. Less is more. Take this to heart. LOL! When you have had showings, have you put cinnamon in the stove to give the home a nice smell? Opened every curtain, blind, and turned every light in the house on?
Definitely take new pictures with the changes you made and this time open all the curtains. I'd get rid of the dark curtains all together. Do you have an IKEA near you? They had really cheap curtains that looked nice. Otherwise scour the sales bin at K-Mart, Target, Walmart. They don't have to be your style since they will be left behind. They just need to be less heavy and dark. The bonus is that you then get to take your curtains to the new house
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Remember that this doesn't have to be a reflection of your style anymore. Your style is great, but not everyone will get that. People want a blank, normal canvas. It'll be hard, but treat it as a movie set.
I forgot to ask if you replaced the Godzilla pictures, or if you just removed them. Stuff needs to be on the wall, but it has to be more neutral.
Replaced the pictures with a single painting, the walls are no longer white. Removing one of the couches sounds like a good idea. Might see if hubs will help me fight it out the door (it took an hour to get it in when we moved in). We have lived here 3 years and not once has the fireplace been lit. The ashy color of the stones is actually the color, they are lovely Missouri limestone.
From the outside it isn't a mess, but it hasn't got much curbside appeal. Can you do anything to make the front of the house more appealing from the road? Take a wander round the neighbourhood and look at similar homes that look wow from the street... you may find that some of the changes you could do aren't terribly expensive, for instance using paving paint to paint your steps, using mulch and a few shrubs to make a less sparse look, tarting up the door hardware or porch light. Find proven ideas, copy them. The angle shown in that photo makes it hard for me to give specific ideas
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The wood is actually a beautiful color, no wood filler and such, just the painting we did. Funny thing about the drapes in the master bedroom, we actually had them open and she closed them when taking pictures. This is what it looks like when opened (pay no mind to the insane way my hubs has the dang curtains or the work table as it is gone now and there is just the chair in that corner).
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Ah. She was trying to reduce the sensation of the room being exposed to the road. If that's a three pane window, I'd consider (just for the photo at first, until you've worked out if it is worth adding a second rod or track to do it right) hanging the four curtain panels so they cover the framings at side and the two spots in the middle, then hanging three sets of sheers that let through light but not a lot of view between them... no tying back, just gathering the curtains on the rod so they take up not a lot of space. That way you get the look of a huge window (good) without emphasizing it is almost on the road and a potential entry to the house (bad for a bedroom
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Your living room is very out of date and some stuff could probably be cleared out while you are showing the house. Also, don't hide that beautiful hardwood under that rug. veryone loves hardwood flooring.
Your bedroom is gorgeous and all I think it needs is a little more light (ditch the curtain and put blinds up) or open it while showing. Also, a bright area rug in that room would do wonders.
Invest in some plants real or fake, and put them all over the house.
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"The other two bedrooms not seen are blue and purple"
I think that this is a risky move if you want to sell anytime soon. I'd paint these rooms in very light, neutral and impersonal colours as it's well documented that many prospective buyers respond best to a "blank canvas" form of decoration. Very cool colours in a room that many people prefer to be cosy, relies on finding a buyer that either shares your tastes, or has vision... It's much easier to attract people when you don't narrow the appeal in such a way.
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I forgot to ask if you replaced the Godzilla pictures, or if you just removed them. Stuff needs to be on the wall, but it has to be more neutral.
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