360renos - Home Improvement & Decor

How to make your home stand out when selling

We can help your house sell quickly and at a good price -- even in a slow market.

It takes a lot more than sparkling windows, scented candles and chocolate-chip cookies to sell a home in today's market.

Improvements should be made so that the property shows well, is consistent with the neighborhood and does not involve capital investments.

Beyond any doubt, the best investment you can make is new paint. Painting can make a room or an exterior façade look brand-new, and totally transform the look and feel of a room or the entire residence. It is always wise to be somewhat restrained when choosing colors for a home-staging paint project. Avoid choosing colors that are too individual or flashy and favor neutral colors and schemes. This does not mean painting everything white, however.

Use subtle color schemes to accentuate the home's strengths and minimize weaknesses. Dark colors, for example, tend to make a room feel smaller, while lighter colors and pastels can make a room feel bigger.

There is another benefit to painting as well: the process of preparing the interior or exterior surfaces of a home for painting automatically allows us to go over the entire area receiving paint in great detail, and this can often expose items or areas requiring repair. It seems you always discover where the caulking has let go, where the wall is dinged.

It is always preferable that we discover and deal with these items before the real estate agent (or worse, the prospective buyer) points them out to you!

Dave - 360renos




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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Magnetic Paint

I love it - Magnetic Paint. Actually it is simply paint with iron particles in it. So what? Paint it on any surface, drywall, bed boards, dressers and then paint over it with any paint you want. Now all the fridge magnets will stick, and not just to a metal fridge. Actually if you put on two coats it will hold the magnets better. (Remember to stir it well to get those metal particles evenly distributed!)

I think kids will love this, and if you want them to practice creative writing, just buy them those magnetic phrase builder kits. This paint is not cheap, but you don't need a lot of it.

You can find it at Lee Valley

Dave - 360renos

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