Interior design tastes vary from person to person, but improving your home’s interior design while it’s on the market can help with more than just personal appeal. Improving your home’s interior design can help it sell quicker and at a higher price. These tips can help you stage your home through interior design to help give it a leg up in the market instead of leaving it as it is.
Deep Clean the Entire Interior
Regardless of how neat and tidy you keep your home, years of living in the same place can accumulate dirt and grime that you do not want present during a house tour. As a rule of thumb, it is always good to cover up any signs that you actually lived in the house. Dust hard-to-reach places, throw a new coat of paint on the walls if there are scuffs or stains, and use a magic eraser to remove any fingerprints on wall corners or wooden surfaces. The places that a buyer will expect to be the cleanest are the laundry room, bathroom, and kitchen, so make sure you give extra care to those areas.
Add Trim to Flooring or Molding to Cabinets
Adding little details to different parts of your home can make it pop and seem more appealing to a potential buyer. If your home doesn’t have floor trimming in certain areas, maybe consider adding some. If you already have trim, check it over to make sure there are no scrapes or stains on the paint. If you find these issues, add a new layer of paint to make it look newer.
You can also add molding to your cabinets to make them look nicer as well. Adding molding can help bring your potential buyer’s eyes toward the ceiling, making it seem taller than it actually is. If your kitchen is on the smaller side, molded cabinets can make the space seem bigger too.
Update or Replace Windows
As 2022 progresses, a common trend that new homeowners are looking for is natural light. If you can afford to add new windows to different areas of your home, we highly recommend you do so to let in more natural light. If adding windows is out of the budget, try looking for updated window replacement inserts that can aid in giving your windows a new look and feel.
Avoid older window inserts. They tend to create air leaks into the home that most potential buyers will not want to deal with. Older window inserts also tend to discolor faster than updated ones, and this can make your house look older or more worn down than it actually is.
Inspect Flooring and Furniture
Wood stains and wood color trends are always changing every few years. To stay on top of this, you can re-stain your flooring or furniture to more current colors. Recent trends are showing that warm and light colors are more sought after. Lighter colors are known to make rooms seem larger compared to darker colors, and this can benefit you if your home or an area in your home is smaller. We would also caution you from staining your floors or furniture in bright, eye-catching colors. Even though bright colors can make a statement while your house is on the market, brighter colors usually limit the number of people that will be interested in buying your home.
If there is damage to your flooring or furniture, then it is probably time to swap out the old with the new to make your home more appealing. If you find that parts of your furniture or flooring are scuffed, add a new layer of stain to make it pop for your potential buyer.
Spend Extra Time on the Bathroom
Bathrooms are super important to our daily routines, so it’s important to make them look as nice and comfortable as possible. Make sure that any faucets and toilets are working smoothly, and make sure these areas are extra clean as well. If it’s within your budget, you can even install add-ons like Bluetooth speakers or a heated towel rack. These add-ons can help take a simpler bathroom and elevate it to a higher level.
