Mastering the fine art of styling your home can have an enormous impact on its sale price, particularly if you’re able to embrace a few of the latest trends.
Sometimes referred to as property staging, the end goal of property styling is to highlight your home’s unique features and potential, whilst diverting attention away from the flaws and shortcomings. It also allows for top notch property photography, which goes a long way in ensuring that your home stands out online to not only drive inspections, but formal offers to buy.
Despite the benefits, styling your home to sell with the help of a professional is not something that every vendor can afford, and taking the bull by the horns yourself is on the rise. For homeowners who are looking for some guidance on how to appropriately style their property before it hits the market in the new year, getting familiar with a few of the latest interior design trends is a must.
Six Tips For Styling Your Home To Sell Next Year
Once you’ve conducted a thorough clean, depersonalised your property, tackled any existing repairs and are ready to get decorating, keep in mind that professional property styling aims to remain neutral enough to cast a wide net for potential buyers, but still showcase the character of the home.
Although homeowners spend an average of $4,200 on living room furniture, $3,000 to furnish a dining room and $9,000 to furnish a three bedroom home, styling your home to get it ready to sell can also be done via renting furniture. Whichever path you opt to take, it’s important to have a well thought out game plan before you start shopping. If you find yourself lacking in inspiration, here are a few of the key interior trends predicted to be trending in 2023.
Mid Century Modern – Elements of mid-century modern interior design include clean lines, muted tones, a combination of natural and manmade materials, graphic shapes, vibrant colours and integrating indoor and outdoor motifs. When it comes to styling your home, this interior palette is a great way to showcase the features and charm of older properties.
Textured Wall Features – While the sleek-wall look isn’t going anywhere, there’s been a resurgence of wall finishes and adornments that generate visual interest, create character and make a home feel even homier. From wallpaper to tiles to venetian plaster, it’s also a great way to make a statement without going crazy with colour.
Home Office Nooks – With recent figures indicating that almost 60% of Victorians are still working from home, styling your home to showcase a home office is a must. While this doesn’t necessarily have to mean a standalone room, consider selecting a well lit area of a living room to add a desk and comfortable work chair.
Warm Colour Palettes – It’s been a rough few years for Victorians, and even now our weather isn’t as warm as it should be. To make the most of being stuck indoors – or to even encourage it – aim to use colour palettes that embrace tones of yellow, orange and reds. Proven to channel feelings of happiness and joy, these are the feelings you want a potential buyer to align with.
Geometric Patterns – While floral has long been on trend, industry experts are seeing this fall out of favour, with geometric patterns coming back with a vengeance. Geometric patterns are a collection of shapes, repeating or altered to create a cohesive design and can cover anything from flooring to soft furnishings like cushions or hall runners.
Statement Art Pieces – When styling your home for sale, artwork is incredibly important as it sets or reinforces a room’s tone, energy and colour palette – without it, a room can feel bare or incomplete. While effective statement art doesn’t necessarily have to be the biggest or brightest, pay attention to its themes, emotions and even framing to get it right.
Should you be looking to sell your home or purchase a new one, enlisting the services of a free property advisor like ESPA can often be a game changer. As an example, your advisor would likely research the property, local agents, check the zoning, evaluate market conditions and communicate clearly with you regarding all of your options – but where do you find one?
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Luke and the team at ESPA are passionate about providing support to some of Australia’s most valued public servants. Along with key industry insights, ESPA also works with a broad range of service providers linked to the real estate industry such as conveyancers, trades, legal practitioners and mortgage brokers.
If you are an emergency services worker looking to potentially buy or sell property in the future, please get in touch with Emergency Services Property Advisors today to discuss how we can turn your real estate dreams into reality, or call Luke directly on 0414 757 705.