Improving Your Home’s Marketability with Interior Paint
We all know how important curb appeal is when putting your home on the market. From landscaping to freshening up paint on its exterior, a good first impression will have potential buyers lining up to see your home. But if you want to keep them interested, the inside of your home needs to look as good as the outside. Nothing will showcase the beauty of your home like a coat of interior paint.
Painting your interior is one of the most cost-effective improvements you can make before putting it on the market. Not only does a fresh coat of paint in a flattering color look great, but it also can make rooms appear brighter and more open if you use a light color. Light, neutral colors in beige, white, or grey are universally appealing and will give potential buyers a blank canvas to personal with their belongings.
Seeing Your Interior with Fresh Eyes
After living in a home for months or years we start to see it differently; our brains are wired to ignore what stays the same. This means that you see your home differently than how a potential buyer will. You may have stopped noticing the scuff marks along the entryway, fingerprints on the kitchen wall, or the outdated wallpaper you’ve been meaning to take down, but someone looking at your home for the first time will.
With a pencil and pad of paper, starting at your front door, slowly walk through your home pretending that you are looking at everything for the first time. Take your time looking over the walls, doorways, windows, and walkways. As you do make a note of anything that stands out to you, and continue this until you’ve gone through every room of your home. If your list seems long, don’t get overwhelmed. You don’t have to cross off every item to have an attractive, sellable home.
High-Impact Areas for Interior Paint
If you’re having trouble prioritizing what should be painted, the places that will have the most impact are:
- Cabinetry in kitchens or bathrooms
- Rooms in outdated colors or wallpaper
- Touching up scuffed trim and doors
- Spaces like entryways, mudrooms, or halls that get heavy use
Picking a Great Neutral Interior Paint Color
Beiges, light grays, or white are all great interior paint choices for marketing your home. Flat or eggshell finish look best in living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms. Reserve semi-gloss paint for bathrooms and or the kitchen where there is more humidity and the walls may need to be wiped down. For trim, doors, and cabinetry high-gloss white paint looks fresh and is easy to keep clean.
Whether you repaint the entire interior of your home or just focus on one or two rooms, updating your home with interior paint is one of the fastest ways to make it an attractive, inviting space potential buyers will want to consider.
Do you live in the Southern New Jersey area and need assistance with your next interior painting project? Clean Lines Painting and Powerwashing is ready to help. Contact us to see how our team of trained professionals can transform your home.
