The document provides 10 tips for creating a welcoming atmosphere and making a home shine when selling it. The tips include refreshing the entryway with a new mat, door paint, and cleanliness; letting in natural light by removing drapes; ensuring windows sparkle by removing screens; doing a smell test to avoid odors; cleaning and organizing bathrooms; removing items from the refrigerator; and making beds daily with new bedding to give a fresh, never used look. An additional tip suggests using yellow flowers at the entry to make the home memorable.

1. 10 Ways To Create a Welcoming Atmosphere
And Make It Shine ~When Selling A Home!
1. Place a new, non-descriptive welcome mat at the door.
2. Doors should be refreshed with a new coat of paint.
3. Make sure the entry to the home is clean. No cob webs
or dead flowers.
4. Hardware on entry doors should be updated...brass that's
showing it's age makes the buyer feel...not maintained.
5, Once inside, let the sun shine in. Nothing makes a room
cheerier than natural light. Remove the heavy drapes,
open the blinds and let it shine.
6. Windows should sparkle! Remove
the screens. Builders don’t put
screens on model homes.
Have a friend do a “sniff test”
7.
SMELLS DON’T SELL!
8. Bathrooms
o Fresh caulk around tubs and
cabinets.
o New towels should be in view.
o Stow all toiletries including 9. Remove all art and magnets from
those in tub and shower in refrigerator. Clean top, bottom,
baskets or containers out of under and inside.
site.
o Toilet seats should be down, 10. Make beds daily. Use new
o Rugs and toilet brush should bedding and pillows to have a
be out of site. fresh,, never been used look
o Replace the toilet paper with a fresh roll.
Yes, you still live there but a potential buyer does not want to “feel” you do!
May your walls know joy, each room hold laughter &
every window open to great possibility-
One More Way To Make It
~mary anne radmacher.~
Shine!
.
It is said the color yellow has an aesthetic
Courtesy of:
and psychological effect on our brain.
Place yellow flowers at the entry. Make
your home memorable by giving it an
extra splash of shine!
Prestopresentations©2008