Interior paint colors for house resale? Does it have to be off-white?

[Trek420]

Thanks for the great advice, I'll dump my beige pillows. I do have a lot of art, family paints but I can't so I paint walls.

Don't dump them if you like them. Consider covers, or intersperse a few in our planned Miami Dolphin color scheme. There's such a thing as too much color. Several beige pillows with just a few in the group that compliment your theme can be as good or better than "all Miami Dolphin pillows"

Use mirrors, deftly placed they can make a space look bigger and they "bounce light" which is always a good thing.

There are firms that will stage for you.

I agree about getting it inspected. Buyers expect everything to be fixed. Best to fix it now than find out when an offer fails.

[uk elephant]

Just to say that bright colours was apparently what sold my place in Illinois when I moved. I had the living room painted/decorated in bright orange and reds, the kitchen was blue and white, the bedroom was dark blue and the spare room was tan and dark green. Apparently the first viewing came, saw and loved the colours and bought within minutes. So bright colours occasionally work. Of course I can't guarantee it works for anyone else. I may have just gotten lucky.

[Aggie_Ama]

Aggie, I have decided that you are too hot! Now I have to talk Rick into a cooler climate. He is saying that he won't touch snow again but let's be realistic.

I think you would love our winter, spring and fall. The personality of this town is really cool, you would just wonder what you were thinking when it started to get over 90.

[cobalt]

Did I mention that I have never seen a snake or roach? We don't have anything here that is poisonous. Not even fire ants...

I'll get the card bleecker, thanks!

Trek, my pillows are really boring, I don't love them. They have been puppy chewed.

UK, you were lucky. We moved away and then moved back across the street from our old house and the new owner painted all of the bedrooms mustard! I did sell that house with a red dining room and 2 owners later, it's still red.

We lived in Kent for 2 years, loved it.

[sundial]

I would suggest that you stick with a neutral warm tone. Tastes vary so much and trendy colors change so quickly.

[Tri Girl]

Tri, do your friends tease you? Do you have a problem with xtra paint cans in your house? Do you hide paint, hide the fact that you painted again? Do you fail to finish the edges before you change to a new color? Do you paint splotches right on the walls and then leave it for a few months?

sheepishly grinning: yes, yes, somtimes, yes and yes (especially yes on the last one this summer when I was deciding what color to paint my house). Yes, I painted the outside of my house. Granted, it really need it, but it took me two weeks and I had fun painting and transforming the outside. I also paint on canvas. I'm not the best artist, but I sure do love to paint landscapes.

[OakLeaf]

Did I mention that I have never seen a snake or roach?

Where do you live they don't have roaches? I thought they were supposed to live in every climate in the world including desert and arctic? And snakes are good, they keep the rodents down. Probably eat roaches too.

[Trek420]

Trek, my pillows are really boring, I don't love them. They have been puppy chewed.

Ah, new pillows, then. Buyers want to feel like they walked into a spa. I'd aim to have the towels compliment the pillows which goes with the ....

OTOH if there are colors you love use 'em, market be d@mned.

A very wise contractor (UK's and my cousin) said there's no telling how long it will take to sell and close. Why suffer? If there is something you really like in the home go for it even if an imaginary buyer might not.