Getting your house prepared and ready to present to the market is always a tense time. Lots of people start de-cluttering and painting everything a fashionable shade of beige (the paint will probably have a real fancy name like "taupe o't morning" or something similarly weird, but essentially it'll be beige). All this is good though, as you're presenting to the prospective purchaser a fresh, clutter free home. It's a bonus too to be able to have on your property schedule the words "in move in condition".
Now that you've de-cluttered and are happy that your home is in move in condition it's time to call back the estate agent to get those all important photographs taken.
Now's the time , I think, to go and buy a nice bunch of fresh flowers. Quite apart from the colour they can inject into that "taupe o't morning" decor, fresh flowers will make you're home look more personal, more cared for. I'm surprised that more people don't have fresh flowers in their homes when they're being photographed. I've trawled through loads of schedules this week and I've saw loads of green plants but not a lot of homes with freshly cut flowers. I think they add to a schedule. Here's a selection.
I love the huge vase of flowers. Not too sure about the two palm trees though!
Look how the blue flowers on this pot plant pop out against that "taupe o't morning" paintwork. I love this room.
Fresh flowers on this desk makes the room look warm. I wonder if they come from the gardens beyond.
Not sure if these sunflowers just haven't opened yet, or, if it's a case of "fresh flowers - you're doing it wrong". What do you think?
Lol, I love your comments to each of the pics! You're totally right! Not sure about the palms and the slightly plastic-y looking sunflowers either!
Posted by: Nina | April 15, 2009 at 08:38 AM