The Insider's Guide To Selling Your Home By Owner- Rocio Fausto I | Page 75

features. It also makes it seem like the home doesn’t have enough
storage space.
Keep in mind that most buyers will be interested in closet
space, so just throwing your stuff into the closet may not be the
best route go down. Find a place to store it that won’t affect the
look of your home.
Get rid of the wallpaper. Yep, people stopped using
wallpaper a long time ago, and it hasn’t come back. If you have
wallpaper in your home, your best bet is to tear it down and paint
the wall a neutral color.
And speaking of neutral colors, do you have a “hot pink”
room in your house? If yes, then you will seriously want to
consider painting over this with a neutral color.
Put a lot of effort into the look of the exterior of the
home. After all, this is the first impression that your buyer will
get when they look at your home in person. Keep your lawn cut,
weeds in control, hedges trimmed, and just overall maintained.
If you can, pressure wash your home to make it look its
best. It can make it look almost like it was freshly painted but
without the high cost of paint and the time and effort of labor.
Take advantage of your natural light. Open all of the
curtains and blinds and light it up as bright as it can get. There’s
no such thing as a ho me that’s “too bright”. Lighting makes
everything look better and natural light makes it look superb.
Even if it’s a cloudy day, do what you can to get your house
brightened up. Turn on all the lights that you can. If your fixtures
are outdated, you may even want to consider replacing them. And
definitely clean out any dead bugs that may still be inside your
light fixtures.
Now that we’ve learned the proper staging methods,
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