Using Minimalism To Sell Your Home
All home owners have their own personal style that is reflected in their home decorating;
but there is a style that should take over your house when youre trying to sell it. The style that homeowners should at least dabble in while theyre working to prepare their homes for sale is minimalism.The most obvious place to start in your minimalist journey is with your personal belongings; consider all the clothes you have, all the toys that your children have, and all the knickknacks and such sitting around in your home. The more clutter that your house has, the smaller it looks. If your home has a lot of visual clutter in it, it will also look like there isnt enough space to put things away; a home that doesnt look like it has enough storage in it isnt much of a draw to buyers.
To cut down on the amount of personal stuff in your home, its best to deal with each room one by one. Store away any extra or seasonal toys, decorations, or clothing that is visible. Give away things that you dont need and pre-pack items that you want to keep and put them in storage. You dont need to keep your holiday decorations stored in your house unless the holiday in question is imminent. If youre looking to sell your house in the winter, pack away all of your summer equipment, camping things, and summer clothes and put them in storage.
Next, look at the decorating that you have in your home. Pack away collections and family photos to expose more open space in your living areas. Take down at least half of the things that you have hanging on the walls and pack them away; make sure that you fill any holes left by nails after you take things down. If you have wall paper on the walls in your home consider removing it; wall paper is a very personal preference and many people dont like it. To a prospective buyer, wallpaper often is just something that they look at as something that will need to be removed if they buy the home.
The last thing that you need to minimalize is the amount of furniture in your home. For day to day living, we often have more furniture in our homes than looks good for comfort reasons. When youre selling your home its best to have the room only partially full of furniture so that the room looks more spacious. Its usually a good idea to remove at least one piece of furniture from each room to make extra space.
The whole idea behind minimalizing the amount of stuff in your home before you put it on the market is so that your home has a more showroom feel to it. A minimalist home can have a less personal feel to it, letting prospective buyers imagine themselves as residents more easily and showing off the features of the home instead of just all of your belongings.
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