Home sellers have a lot of work to do. They need to have their houses listed, advertised, and marketed. Many sellers are usually preparing their homes for sale while simultaneously researching other properties and neighborhoods that they would consider living in.
If you want your house to stand out in a crowded real estate market, it may be time to paint. Giving your house a fresh coat of paint can create a sense of warmth and openness. It can also provide added resale value and give people more reasons to consider purchasing your home.
Selling a home in Texas can take time. Even if you have a motivated buyer, the entire process may not be completed for several weeks or months. There are certain steps that must be taken, and different people will become involved at various stages. You may also run into unexpected delays or issues. Staying focused and positive and following your plan of action can help you succeed.
Here are a few things to know about colors that can sell a home:
Colors can influence our buying behaviors.
Colors can influence our buying behaviors, whether we’re consciously aware of it or not. Color psychology studies how people perceive various shades and colors. Different colors tend to evoke different emotions in people. For example:
- Blue tends to make people think about intelligence, kindness, honesty, and authority.
- Red can make people feel inspired, passionate, energetic, and want to take action.
- Yellow can express confidence, friendliness, happiness, and enthusiasm.
- Green often signals reassurance, renewal, growth, and hope.
- Orange may inspire individuals to become uplifting, refreshed, friendliness, or fun-loving.
- Purple could inspire some to be creative, personable, or look for quality and greatness in themselves and others.
With that in mind, some of the top-selling interior and exterior paint colors are.
Interior Colors
White. White is good for any rooms that need light undertones. It’s a neutral color that can be used in any room of your home. White also complements other color combinations. You can mix and match different shades in various rooms if you want. Just make sure that you pick the right undertone. It shouldn’t be something that’s flashy or dull and drab.
Light grey. If you’re looking for something other than white or beige, a light grey shade can be a good alternative. It can draw attention to your kitchen, bathroom fixtures, living room furniture, and other key focal points. Light grey can lighten a room’s atmosphere and make it more inviting.
Green. Green is usually seen in kitchens and bathrooms. It can accentuate light or grey fixtures and appliances. There are various shades that can be mixed and matched to create different visual effects and moods.
Taupe. Taupe is a darker mixture of brown and grey. It’s a modern, sophisticated color. You can paint certain rooms in taupe if you want a classic shade that doesn’t go out of style.
Exterior Colors
Blue. Blue has always been about intelligence, kindness, honesty, and authority.
Grey. Most grey shades work well for interiors and exteriors. It can be used in many home styles. You can experiment with various shades if you’d like. You may want lighter shades for the front of your home and darker tones for the back of your house, for example.
Greige. Greige is a combination of beige and grey. It’s an interesting choice that has grown in popularity in recent years. Greige can give your home a classic look and increase its resale value.
Blue-grey. Various blue-grey or grey-blue combinations are often soothing. They are warm shades that can also be welcoming to your open house visitors. They’re a nice change of pace from the traditional white, grey or tan exterior colors that most of us are used to seeing when driving around looking at homes that are up for sale.
You may have common color themes spread across certain rooms or levels. For example, you may have lighter shades in your kitchen and living room, and darker shades in your bedrooms, bathrooms and guest rooms. You could have neutral colors on the first floor and brighter tones on the second floor if you wish.
When you’re painting, keep in mind the fact that brighter colors tend to fade faster. That’s because of how they are affected by ultraviolet rays. If you’re planning on painting interior walls or your home’s exterior in bright red, blue, yellow or orange shades, you can expect them to be less vibrant over time.
Conclusion
Different color schemes may be used. If you want to have everything in the same color, you’ll use a monochromatic (or one-color) scheme. Complementary color schemes use colors that are next to each other on a color wheel.
These colors compliment each other and are visually pleasing when used together. You could also opt for an analogous (three colors that are adjacent to each other on a color wheel), a tetradic (four evenly spaced color wheel colors) or a triadic (three evenly spaced color wheel colors) color scheme.
Spend some time looking at pictures and videos of other homes that are either for sale or have been sold recently. Pay close attention to their interior and exterior paint colors. Look at them as if you were a possible buyer. What color schemes or shades stood out to you? Which ones did you least like? Answering those and other relevant questions can help you pick the paint colors that can help to get your home sold sooner.
It’s best not to use too many colors to paint your home. You don’t want to overwhelm potential buyers with wild color schemes. Although buyers can paint the house how they want, it’s still a good idea to make things pleasing to the eye. Earth or neutral shades and tones are typically preferred by home buyers as a general rule of thumb.
Ultimately, the colors that you use will depend on your own personal preference . They may make you happy, but remember your overall goal. You want to sell the house, and the home should be visually appealing to potential buyers.
Doing your homework and choosing popular colors, shades and tones can definitely make a difference. It can bring you one step closer to finalizing the transaction and starting the next phase of your busy life in a new location.
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