How to style your home and wow your buyers!

Although you might still have to live in your home whilst selling it, you have to consider how it looks to potential buyers. Styling can make or break a sale. If your home doesn’t present well, it will likely cost you money in the end. Here are the little things you can do to style up your home.

Bathrooms

Styling your bathroom begins with cleaning it. Focus on problem areas like the toilet, grout, drains and the shower screen. Top tip: A toothbrush is the perfect size for scrubbing mouldy grout.

Keep your commonly used items tucked away to reduce clutter. Consider a stylish hand soap dispenser for your vanity and a small fragrant candle for open inspections.

Hang fresh towels to make the space feel neat and tranquil. Pick a bright colour to make a white bathroom look less clinical. A small plant will introduce life and colour but keep an eye out for dirt.

Kitchens

Clutter is a kitchen killer. You don’t need five wooden cutting boards and twenty pots on display.

Create clean lines by removing almost everything from your benches and taking everything off the fridge, including magnets.

“The less clutter, the more spacious and clean your kitchen will appear to buyers,” said homes.com.au Founder & Managing Director, Pat Carbone.

Potential purchasers are nosy, it’s half the fun of buying for some! If you haven’t cleaned inside the cabinets, people might wonder what else hasn’t been maintained, so it’s best to do it.

Fruit bowls and wine glasses are over, they’ve had their day in the home styling world. Stick to fresh flowers and small fragrant candles strategically placed to create a sense of beauty, calm and a pleasant aroma.

Bedrooms

Put displayed photos away, make the bed meticulously using sheets in a solid colour – preferably white; and pile up the decorative, textured cushions.

Check out homeware catalogues for ideas on how to make your bedrooms look and feel like beautiful, restful and relaxing spaces.

Living rooms

Does your couch extend into a doorway? Does the bookshelf stick out awkwardly? Move furniture around to maximise the living room space. Once again, de-cluttering is key. Put away everything, including remote controls, ornaments, magazines and coffee table books.

Outdoors

The exteriors of your home create the big first impression for buyers. Get rid of cobwebs, re-paint gutters and faded fascia boards and weed the gardens. Investing in cheap mulch will do wonders for garden beds, with the one earthy colour offsetting the lush greenery of your plants.

Clean the pool, brighten up the water with a pH check and hose down dirty outdoor furniture. Last but not least, bring the washing in. Undies dangling on a line is never a great look.