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Interior colours for home staging should be selected from the colour palette that appeals to most buyers. Neutral colours!  You will see stagers use mostly neutral colours and then bring in items to add accent colours that will be echoed throughout the house.  If you look a the gallery on our website you will see this as work. (Be sure to click the images to enlarge them for better viewing.)

What are neutral colours? A neutral colour is one that blends into the background. Neutral colours are relaxing, calming and often appear to have no colour – and that’s the thing – it is appearance only.

Neutral colours are versatile; they provide the perfect canvas for all other colours that you place against it.  Often artwork, soft furnishings and decor with provide the splash of colour, making them the ideal backdrop for displaying artwork.  We have entire shelving systems colour coded with soft furnishings.  What we choose to use will depend in the existing colour and tone of the property and who we are appealing to.

Townsville being based in the beautiful tropics may see us use tropical art work and sometimes having indoor/outdoor flow.  The challenge of staging is often creating zones and flow.

Also – know who you are appealing to.  For example, if we have a 2 bedroom home each with ensuite which is not a family home and will probably have two adults living in it,  we will do one to appear masculine through colour choices and the other feminine.

If you are looking to sell your home, changing wall paint colours is the fastest and most economical way to update your entire home. The trick is to select colours that coordinate and flow from room to room.  And this is where colours can echo into other rooms which provides a feeling of flow.

Paint colours that are bold, dark or bright, may turn some buyers away because they will be thinking of all the repainting they will have to do. For example, having bedrooms painted bright pink sends a subliminal message to most buyers – this room is a girl’s room.  Other strong colour choices may put off buyers.  When you paint your house you paint if for you.  When you are getting ready to sell you want to make the home appeal to as many buyers as possible.

Balance colour in any room using the 60-30-10 rule: 

60% of a room in a dominant colour – Typically the wall colour

30% of a room in a secondary colour – Furniture, drapes, flooring

10% of a room in accent colour(s) – Achieve this this through accessories: pillows, art, blankets

Neutral colour palette

Neutrals include black, white, all the greys in between, beige, white and earth tones.

Best of all, neutrals appeal to both sexes and work successfully in all rooms.

Neutral colours have the widest appeal among home buyers, plus, a neutral colour palette will complement most people’s furniture.

Some people think a neutral colour palette will be boring. This colour combination can be very restful and sophisticated.  And the use of accent colours gives it personality and energy that is versatile in the appeal it creates.

Examples of interior colours for home staging that most people love are beige, taupe, ivory, coffee tones, honey, butter, golden, wheat, blue-green, mossy green, brown, blue-grey and grey.

Grey is a sophisticated colour and very trendy at this time.

Grey complements all other colours and serves as an excellent backdrop for bright colours, allowing them to stand out.

A home stager can provide you with advice of colours.  So even if you are 6 months or more out from selling, start gathering advice and taking steps to get your home ready for sale.  Through colour and staging, you can achieve a considerably increased sale price as a result of taking the time to see your home through the eye of a stager and would-be buyer.