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How to De-Clutter to Sell Your Home

The recent economic downturn has affected the real estate market hardest of all. The good news is people are still buying homes. The bad news is you’re going to have to work harder than ever to appeal to potential buyers. You can make your home stand out by de-cluttering and staging your furniture so that potential buyers see a luxury home during your open house. For help de-cluttering your space, use the following tips.

Simplify, Simplify: The key to de-cluttering your home is to adopt the belief that less is more. When it comes to selling your home, it’s better to get rid of excess items that detract from the structure of the home. You want potential buyers to be able to see each area of the home and picture their belongings in the space. Therefore, get rid of the unnecessary furniture, wall decorations, shelving, workout equipment, and other items that are covering up your home or store them away until you move.

Donate Old Toys and Clothes: Start de-cluttering your home by donating your children’s old toys, clothes, and shoes. You might also want to consider donating shoes and clothes you no longer wear. This will create more storage space within your home, which could save you trips to the storage center. Getting rid of these items now will also make packing a breeze once you sell your home. 

Rearrange the Furniture: Next, rearrange your furniture and home furnishings to give your home a fresh look. If possible, move the living room entertainment center to an opposite wall and alter the positions of the seating arrangements. Then, look for ways to remove certain furniture pieces that are overcrowding your space. Your family may need all of that furniture, but it doesn’t benefit potential buyers, so temporarily remove it from your home. Do the same with your bedroom, the kids’ room, and the dining room.

For more staging advice and support, contact Parker Rose Design at (858) 225-4704. Our premier staging experts will help you get your home in shape so that you can sell it quickly. Enlist our help by calling us today.   

Interior and Exterior Painting Tips for Selling a Home

Using colors that highlight what makes your property unique can make your home competitive in the housing market. The following home staging tips will help you make good decisions about how to use paint in and outside of your home 

 Gather the Right Materials: It will be harder to sell your home if you spill paint on the carpet, so be sure to collect the right materials before you begin your painting project. You’ll need plastic to cover the carpet, paint stirrers, pans and pan inserts, a variety of brushes, and painter’s tape. Be sure to buy more supplies than you think you need to save yourself trips to the hardware store.  

Get the Color Right: Color is a mood-setter, so choose carefully when selecting paint for the interior of your home. Orange, for example, is cheerful, bold, and informal, which makes it a great color in small doses (think breakfast nook). Gold can appear haughty, so choose a pastel yellow instead, especially in a formal living room. Blue, green, and brown are calming colors, which makes them ideal for bedrooms. Black is authoritative and dominant, which can suit a bachelor pad or den quite well. White is clean and fresh, so try reserving it as the dominate color in your kitchen and bathrooms.

Make a Good First Impression: The exterior color of your home is the first thing people will see, so pick a color that will make a great first impression. Enhanced curb appeal can draw buyers in and increase resale value. When choosing a look for your exterior, select two color shades from the same color profile, one lighter and one darker. Use the darker shade on the body of the home and the lighter on the trim. Consider the color of your neighbor’s home and pick a color that will complement theirs. You don’t want your home to stand out in a bad way.  

For more on improving your home aesthetic, call Parker Rose Design at (858) 225-4704. Our interior design and consulting firm specializes in home staging, so we will help you sell your home. For more information, visit our website.

Home Staging Techniques to Bring Out the Best of Your Home

Would you like to learn more about home staging and interior design? Below are several online sources that can lead you in the right direction. Check out these websites to see what the design consultants at Parker Rose can do for you. For more information, give Parker Rose Design a call at (800) 403-2711.

• Debra Gould is a leading expert in the area of home staging, and her theory of six elements of design is a great start for beginners.
• This article posted by real estate experts will give several staging techniques to bring the best out of your home.
• Interior Design sometimes can get very expensive. Read this article for inexpensive alternatives in decorating.
• The design consultants at HGTV have 15 secrets to stage and sell your home in this article. 
• Varying lighting sources provides warmth to a home. Read this article by the home doctor that tells you the latest lighting tricks.

How to Play up Your Home's Best Features

Have you ever walked into a model home or a hotel room and wondered just how everything seems to fit so well in the space? By using home staging tips and tricks, you can turn your average living spaces into thoughtfully designed living areas that even Martha Stewart would be jealous of. Here are eight simple steps anyone can take to put their home’s best foot forward.

1. Streamlining the furniture in each room accentuates your home’s best features. Less clutter makes your home look larger and more open.
2. The placement of furniture is important in home staging. Grouping couches and chairs into individual conversation points creates a better flow within the home.
3. Cleaning up your home goes a long way. When the whole house is cleaned top to bottom, not only does it look better, but it smells better too.  
4. Interior designers find that a new coat of paint gives any room a facelift. It cleans up the walls and can tie in all the colors in the room. A gallon of paint is a cost-effective design choice that will go a long way.
5. By letting more natural light in, you can make your home fresh and airy, in addition to bringing the beauty of the outdoors inside.
6. Living things spruce up a home, so when staging your home, a vase of flowers or a house plant is a nice addition.
7. Accessories are vital in giving the home character, but remember that less is more. Be selective in the artwork and knickknacks because the whole point of home staging is to make the property neutral and appealing to as many people as possible.
8. When decorating, the rule of threes helps make a completed look. Odd numbered groupings are more appealing to the eye.

Parker Rose Design Company specializes in these types of upscale home stagings. With showrooms in San Diego, Costa Mesa, and Los Angeles, there is a design consultant near you who can help stage turnkey properties. To hear more details, contact Parker Rose Design at (800) 403-2711.  

Best Kitchen Makeover Ideas

HGTV’s Sabrina Soto is known for her innovative ideas about home remodels. This video gives several tips to transform your kitchen from a disaster to a dream.

Updating chipped or damaged countertops helps revamp drab kitchens. Stained or outdated backsplashes can easily be updated with inexpensive faux metal backslash panels. A great way to transform inexpensive appliances into stainless steel is by adding steel contact paper to the stove, dishwasher or fridge.

Cleanliness in a newly redesigned kitchen helps make all your design choices stand out. Sabrina suggests using vinegar to restore floors, countertops and appliances to showroom quality.

Do you want to spruce up your home? Parker Rose Design specializes in staging homes and making them look their greatest. If you live in Southern California or Phoenix, Arizona we can help. Contact Parker Rose Design at our toll free number: (800) 403-2711.