Cheap and Easy Tips To Showcase Your Kitchen - Brought to you by your friendly Atlanta Home Stager!
How important is the kitchen when selling your home? Ask any buyer and you're bound to hear that the kitchen is one of the most important rooms. Why? Buyers know that they will be spending a considerable amount of time in the kitchen; whether it's cooking the meals or entertaining, the kitchen will no doubt get a lot of activity.
The good news is that there are some very affordable to no-cost solutions that any seller can implement.
Tip #1: If you don't use it, lose it. Counter top space is important to a buyer. As a result, you want to create as much 'visual real estate' as possible. An easy solution is to remove those items that are NOT used on a daily basis. Mixers are a great example.
Tip #2: Add some light.
Well sure, you could add a lamp shade to your head but... not quite sure how effective that will be. Instead, try placing a small lamp to your counter top as it will help warm up the space.
Tip #3: Clean. And then clean some more.
It's simply amazing how a little cleaning can go such a long way. Not only will the kitchen shine
it will smell clean as well. Yup, another simple tasks that anyone can implement.
P.S. Those are scouring pads and not pieces of coal. Just sayin (smile).
Tip #4: Organize your cupboards. Trust me, buyers will be opening your cupboards and with reason. A neat and organized cabinet will allow the prospective buyers to see how much space they'll have.
Tip #5: Give your cabinets an instant facelift with new knobs and drawer pulls. You're going to be amazed at how big a transformation this will have on your kitchen. Now... do yourself a favor and shop around for the best price. Check the internet, flyers, etc... to find any sales.
If you missed my previous post on How to Showcase Your Bathroom for Less than $100.00 just click on that link and you'll be taken directly there.
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Kathy, nice presentation and good tips to showcase the kitchen.
Kathy: Another reason to clean out those cabinets-if the cabinets are neat and clean, the prospective buyer may assume the home has been well cared for, in an orderly fashion.
Great tips!
Kathy, All good advice. I've been really scrubbing the kitchen and cleaning out the cabinets and it already feels so much better--and it's shining!
I love #1. Clean counters ROCK! Great post. Kitchens are the heart of the home.
Kathy, I love lamps in the kitchen. I have a few small ones that fit right under the counter. I think they bring in some warmth to an often cold area.
Kathy,
These are words of wisdom indeed. I too love the lamp on the counter idea. So many of the kitchens in our older homes are dated and all of your tips can make a dated kitchen actually seem charming.
Those big mixers are often left out because they take up so much room in the cupboards ... but I too recommend they be stored out of sight. Clean is the way to go in a kitchen ... otherwise it just has no appeal. Last week I staged a home that smelled like bacon the whole day I was there ... ugh!
Great tips for such an important room Kathy. When you are selling, a clean and orderly kitchen will have a positive impact on potential buyers. In fact, they are practical tips to implement even if you are not selling.
Hi Kathy, spot on advice as usual! Love the way you perfectly staged your post too.
Simple tips anyone can follow. Thanks!
Very good advice! I can't believe how many sellers think they don't have to worry about the cabinets and closets. Buyers are going to look in there...hello???
Kathy, I agree...if you don't use it...lose it! Good post.
You are so right.........loose it............pack it up for the next house and when you get there you will most likely toss it out.
I also suggest to sellers that they pull out every dish and glass and run them through the dishwasher again. Sometimes they sit in the sucboads and they don't have that clean shinny look any more.
Once they are all out of the cabinets they find they really don't need that many sets of dishes to run the house hold.
Oh how true Kathy! Here lies the difference in 'staging' and 'decorating'. Show off those counter tops!
I love a small lamp on the kitchen counter, it can bring such warmth to a kitchen. Here is Tulsa, we love 'old world' so I use a couple of books under a small lamp too. Good post :)
Hi Kathy...Yes, organized cupboards are important!! Buyers DO check them out...and neat and orderly further supports a buyer's good feelings about a home.
Kathy,
Great tips on Staging the kitchen!!! Counter top space...so important and also the cupboard being well organized...so true.
Love it Kathy, I just "invested" in brushed nickel cabinet knobs because they were bargain priced and I know that some client, in the future, will need them. If they had been available I would have bought all that I could.