The Power of Color When Home Staging

Add Color to Your Home When Decorating or Staging Your Living Spaces!

Did you know color has psychological powers?  It can make a room appear larger or smaller, cozy, energetic or casual or even more formal.  Here are 6 Tips To Bring Color Into Your Living Spaces to make your home comfortable along with staging tips when planning to sell your home!

1.) Color is Fun. Be careful not to overdo it with bad color combinations.  An avacado green or pale peach looks pleasing with off white trim.  Try baby pink or Tiffany blue with a rich chocolate brown to acheive a mature, sophisticated look.  STAGING TIP: Go neutral with paint colors and add color through decorative pieces when virtual or traditionally staging a home.

2.) Higher Ceilings. Painting ceilings a pale pink or creamy white creates the illusion of higher ceilings in a room.  A high gloss laquer finish also adds ceiling height.

3.) Chalky White. White walls are clean in a matte finish.  Add yellow or lavender  in the mix for depth and sophistication.  STAGING TIP: White also says contemporary and works well for loft style or small condominiums.

4.) Warm Tones. Remember to use neutral tones when staging but reds and yellows are actually warm tones that are inviting.  Peach, brick and ochre colors are also warm but are best when decorating your home to make living spaces more liveable.

5.) Paint Test. Test out some bedsheets and pillows in the color that you are thinking about painting a room.  Live with them for a while just to be sure this is the right paint color – you may change your mind. You can purchase towels in the shade your thinking about painting a bathroom – test before you try!  Home Staging Tip: White, cream or khaki towels in a bathroom create a spa/hotel like appearance which is best for staging a home.

6.) Small vs. Large. Small rooms should have all 4 walls painted the same color and keep it light.  Larger rooms can get away with different colors but stick to the same color family.

We recommend these paint colors for staging a home: Benjamin Moore Antique White, Wickham Grey, Rice Paddy or Sherwan Williams Ground Ginger.

Hot new paint colors for decorating your home: Olympic Paints – Aqua Chippon, Dutch Boy Cathedral Gray, Pittsburg Paints Forsythia Blossom and Behr Maple Graze*.

We follow these same guidelines at Virtually Staging Properties with traditional home staging or virtual home staging!

*Info source: House Beautiful. Photo courtesy of Leigh S., Realtor, Staging by No Vacancy
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