Using Interior Paint to Increase Your Home’s Marketability
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There is nothing more important than the first impression when you’re trying to sell your home. Chances are you’ve put a good deal of thought and work into giving your home curb appeal by updating the landscaping or using paint to freshen up its exterior surfaces, but have you considered the first impression your home gives when a potential buyer steps through your front door? If you want maintain their interest, you’ll want the interior of your home to look just as good as its exterior.
A Quick and Cost-Effective Way to Make Your Home Look Its Best
For its ease and relatively small price tag when compared to other home improvements, giving your interiors a fresh coat of paints is one of the best investments 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.
Picking a Paint Color Potential Buyers Will Love
One of the things that can be most challenging when you put your home up for sale is the process of depersonalizing your space. If your walls are covered in bold or outdated paint colors, there’s a good chance potential buyers will struggle to envision their own belongings in a space. Make it easier for them by painting your walls in universally appealing colors. Neutrals interior paints like beige, white, or gray will help create a blank canvas for people to picture making into their own.
High-Impact Areas for Interior Paint
In a perfect world you would have all painted surfaces in the interior of your home looking their absolute best with a fresh coat of paint, however time and budgetary constraints don’t always make this possible. If you have to prioritize which surfaces of your home get attention, we recommend considering these places first:
- 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- Rooms in outdated colors or wallpaper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
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 making their own.
Do you live in the Northern New Jersey area and need assistance with your next interior painting project? We are here to help! Contact us to see how our team of trained professionals can transform your home.
