Post #193566 by Formikahini on Wed, Oct 19, 2005 10:01 AM

Way true, JonPez-

I'm leaving behind the cool shelves I put in above the windows in the kitchen and tiki room (for displaying my crap), the big white look-like-built-ins in the living room (for displaying my crap), the white shelves in the back of the closet and above the clothes up to the 10' ceilings (for holding my wearable crap), the beautiful old medicine cabinet I and a friend put in in the bathroom (to hold my grooming crap) along with the pedestal sink underneath, etc. And I'm leaving the vividly painted walls, dammit! Most people LOVE my adobe red living room and the Lucy Ricardo lips red '50's kitchen, plus my aqua bedroom and celadon green bath. I refuse to return everything to white!!

Some "stagers" (professionals who "stage" your home for potential buyers) recommend strip-to-boring-white, but most now say put ON a great color to perk up the home. Invest some money to make loads more. I read one tale where they spend $20,000 on a house's (well, mansion's) entrance, clearing away a fountain, etc., and made $200,000 more than the original asking price the sellers had in mind to ask! But they all agree to take away as much personal clutter as possible, even rearranging the furniture to give more 'flow'.

I will have a very, VERY full storage facility when I start trying to sell my home one day.....yeesh....

And the buyers will still see a lot of my tiki stuff, mind you. Even if I take away 3/4, my remaining 1/4 would be a B*TTload.