How to Live in a Bigger Home Without Taking out a Loan
One of the main reasons for moving is to get more room. If this applies to you, you may want to make your home seem bigger, both for your own use and so it will be easier to put on the market. There are a few tricks that you can use to make your home appear larger to guests and prospective buyers. This can definitely be to your advantage when you are selling a small house. You may well like the results enough that you can enjoy your home a bit longer!
- Use Light to Increase the Appearance of Openness -- When your home is small, lighting becomes extremely important. To make a room appear larger than it is, there should be sufficient light to amplify a feeling of openness. Focus lights on walls so they will appear brighter. Consider having controls to dim or increase the brightness of the lights in each room per your needs.
- Colors -- Use colors that have a warm feeling such as red, yellow, brown and orange. These colors can make a room seem larger and more open. To give a room extra depth, you might want to try the approach of using light shades on three walls and a coordinated darker tone on the remaining wall.
- Go Easy on Furniture -- Rooms that have too much furniture in them look smaller than they are. The more congested a room is, the smaller it will seem. Be sure not to crowd your furniture together in order to make the room look larger than it really is. Avoid using big armchairs and sofas in small spaces. To maximize the utilization of space, try to use furniture that can serve more than one purpose. An example would be a hassock that has room inside for magazine storage bypasses the need for space that would be taken by a second dedicated piece.
- Your Choices in Decorator Items As Well -- The accessories you choose have a big impact on the appearance of size. Use curtains in a light color, which allow light to come in during the daytime. Select light colored furniture, or at least as an expedient you can use light colored covers and accent pieces for the furniture, since choosing light colors will generally give a more open appearance to the room.
- Mirrors Can Add Size -- Use wall and door mirrors in carefully planned locations to add depth to the room. There is hardly anything that will be more effective in adding apparent size to a room. Mirrors can serve as attractive art elements in and of themselves, and they serve a secondary purpose of adding depth directly to a small room.
- Storage -- Effective use of storage is an important consideration in confined spaces. The more clutter there is in your home, the smaller it will look. This is not just a matter of making your home more attractive to prospective buyers, but a good aspect of having a control of your own lifestyle as well. Choose storage systems and solutions that fit your family's needs and lifestyle. When you reduce clutter, your home will instantly seem better to guests and prospective buyers.
Use these hints to improve the salability of your home with very little expense. These suggestions are among the most efficient ways to improve the value of your home using just a small monetary amount.
Article provided by Automated Homefinder, your Colorado Longmont real estate specialists.
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Linda Zimmerman, GRI, e-PRO, SRES |
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