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5 Ways to Give Your Home the WOW Factor
When you're selling your home, you want every single thing you do to it to count. You want your home to really pop when potential buyers walk through it. You want to guarantee that your home will get their attention.
In other words, you want your home to be the one that makes them say, "Wow," the one they keep thinking about even after a day of looking at properties. Wondering how to make it stand out this much? Here are five ways to give your home the WOW factor.
1. Stage and Simplify
The key to making a house look good in a potential buyer's eyes is to make it look lived-in, but not too lived in. Declutter, empty your closets, and thin your furniture. Put all but the necessities in storage. Your goal is to hint at a stylish, perfect life lived in your home, and let potential buyers fill in the details. Think of your home as a stage that's set for a scene, but it's the buyer's role to bring the details to life.
2. Lighten and Brighten
Just like a stage or an empty canvas, light and bright are the keys to making your home warm and inviting to potential buyers. If you have dark-colored walls, paint them a lighter, more neutral shade; if you own lots of dark furniture and window coverings, put them in storage. Hang lighter curtains, but open them and let the sunlight in to work its magic. Nothing makes a home more inviting than light, airy, sunlit rooms.
3. Add Color in Surprising Places
Light and bright is important, but you don't want rooms to end up totally washed out in light colors. The best way to avoid this is to plant surprising little pops of color. Bright colors such as turquoise, yellow, red, or green are good choices. Your "pops" of color might be in the bright green pillows on the couch, cheerful red painted end tables or the sunny yellow chairs at the dining table.
4. Make a Statement with Art
As you depersonalize your home, replace your photographs and other personal items with inviting art. Wall art adds a classy yet impersonal touch to your newly decluttered, staged home. You might be able to rent appropriate wall art from a staging company, or visit the flea market and find a few local artists to support.
5. Don't Forget About Outdoor Living Areas
While you're focusing all this energy on the spaces inside your home, don't forget about the spaces outside! Outdoor living areas are trending right now, as they add to the home's square footage, providing more space in which to live. Stage an outdoor living area, such as a dining area or an outdoor living room (or both), and allow potential buyers to fantasize about hosting outdoor dinner parties or enjoying their morning coffee and evening wine in the out-of-doors.
The #1 Way to WOW Buyers
The best way to sell your home is to make it memorable. Little details like bright rooms and pops of color are great ways to make a good impression but don't forget about the best tool in your seller's toolbox: your real estate agent. With one of our REALTORS® on your side, you'll have help navigating all of the techniques that go into a successful sale. Contact us today to find out how we'll WOW your buyers.