Selling Your Home the Speedy Gonzales Way! Five Quick and Easy Tips to Add Sparkle to a Tired Kitchen! Article 2~Staging and Updating the Kitchen.
Contrary to popular belief updating your kitchen to make it sparkle does not have to cost a fortune. In Article 2 of my series on ‘Selling Your Home the Speedy Gonzales Way' we will explore some simple and inexpensive ways to spruce up your kitchen. When considering these options you can commit to a few and still enjoy a great return on your investment.
Five Quick and Easy Tips to Add Sparkle to a Tired Kitchen!
•1. Paint! Paint is the one of the best and least expensive ways to add sparkle to your kitchen. Paint can cover those outdated, tired kitchen cabinets. Paint can brighten a darker kitchen.
•2. Add or Update the Cabinet Hardware! Adding or changing the hardware (handles and knobs) on your cabinets is a great way to update and add sparkle to a kitchen. Cabinet hardware is inexpensive and readily available at most home improvement stores.
•3. Update Dated or Scratched Countertops! Of all the suggestions on this list this may be the one that gives you the most hesitation. You're probably thinking replacing countertops doesn't sound easy or inexpensive. Rather than replacing them you might consider tiling over the existing surface. Still too much, how about re-laminating using the existing overlay. You can also add tile backsplash above the existing countertops to add sparkle.
•4. Clean, Clean, Clean! Even more than any other room in your home your kitchen Must be CLEAN to sparkle. When cleaning a kitchen to list your home pay attention to the details. Clean crevices and corners. Clean behind, inside and above the refrigerator. Remove family pictures, magnets, and artwork from the refrigerator. Your kitchen needs to be ‘white glove' clean.
•5. Staging Your Kitchen! Like any other room in your home stage your kitchen. If your cabinets have an open area above utilize this area to display your better china, or greenery. If the kitchen is eat in set the table with a nice matching table setting. Remove all clutter and most small appliances from counter surfaces and store them, in place add a decretive bowl with fresh fruit or a clear lemon jar to dress up counter tops.
I hope you found this information useful. Remember these ideas are only suggestions and each property is unique, so before you decide to renovate your whole home in order to sell it have a REALTOR® preview your home and give you their opinion of changes that can be made to best accentuate your property and ‘Sell Your Home the Speedy Gonzales Way!'
Cindy Cranston and Faye Taylor are REALTORS© with Keller Williams Heritage living and doing business in the South San Antonio, Floresville and La Vernia, Texas market. We represent both homeowners and home buyers in these areas.
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Cindy Cranston and Faye Taylor are the Total Edge Team Realtors® with Keller Williams Realty Heritage living and doing business in the South Texas, San Antonio, Floresville and La Vernia, Texas market. They represents both homeowners and home buyers in these market areas.They specialize in military family and distressed properties. They enjoy the great rewards gained by helping our military heroes and their families buy or sell their home, and assisting distressed homeowners to sell their home and avoid foreclosure.
Cindy has been involved with the United States military her entire life; First as a proud military brat while her father served, then as a Medical Technician in the Air Force, and for the past 14 years as a military wife to her career military husband.
Cindy~ 'Having been around the military my whole life gives me a unique perspective on the challenges that face a military family. I am uniquely qualified to understand this situation from all angles, and enjoy helping relieve some of the burdens caused by your military PCS.'
Faye has earned a Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation from the National Association of Realtors®. The CDPE designation makes her uniquely qualified to assist homeowners who risk losing their homes. She works diligently with loan mitigation, asset managers and the homeowner to find an alternative to foreclosure.
Faye~ 'Working with homeowners and families to help them avoid a bank foreclosure is truly rewarding. The prospect of foreclosure can be financially and emotionally devastating, it's important to understand your options. CDPE has equipped me to help homeowners navigate this process and guide them to their best course of action.'
Cindy, good points. The buyer may like the smell of a fresh baked pie but they don't want to see the mess that was involved making it. Keep it clean and clutter free.
Great tips Cindy. I'm glad to see you included Speedy Gonzales, I used to love watching that cartoon.
For one of my occupied home staging clients, we took these exact steps. Painted her walls a good neutral that went with her backsplash tile and painted her dark red cabinets white. We put new hardware on, cleaned, and had just a couple colorful accessories in each corner. It looked like a completely different room. Cindy, if you like, I'll add one more comment with a before & after photo showing what a huge difference these exact steps made. Won't do so without your permission though. Great advice!
Pangaea,
Feel free to post the before and after pictures. I think that would be awesome and only help me prove my point, that little things can make a big difference. Thank-you!