Selling Homes with Amanda Lamb

remembermee

My house has colour... and being as it's small looks a little cluttered! But we sold within 5 days... this site won't let me post a link to it

If anyone wants to see my house on rightmove let me know how to post a link!

TBagpuss

I agree that more muted decor with colour from pictures, furnishings etc is a good idea. I would not be put off a house I otherwise liked by the decor (the house I have just bought has the wallpaper the 80s forgot...) but I do take it into account in considering any offer - thinking about the cost and faff of having to cover over really dark or bright colours, get 'feature' wallpaper off the walls etc.

I think also people tend to have quite strong feelings about colours - so if you have a purple feature wall and someone viewing hates purple, then they are going to start out with a strong negative feeling about that room / your house.

I do think it also depends an awful lot on the property. I viewed one house where the sellers had decided to have a deep purple 'feature wall' in the living room - the problem was that this was in a cottage, the room was small and fairly dark to start with - it made it feel really poky and cramped. If they had picked something brighter - maybe a citrus-y colour that reflected a bit more light, it might have worked, but as it was, it really emphasised how small the room was, and how little natural light there was.

remembermee

Copy and paste to my house - see post 12: rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44805754.html?premiumA=true

Anatidaephobia

remembermee wrote: »

Copy and paste to my house - see post 12: rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44805754.html?premiumA=true

Your living room is what I described - cream walls but still with lots of colour in the room from things like curtains and rugs.

eire13

Hi. Thanks all for so much feedback a lot to think about. Love your house remembermee. Well done on your sale. Could I ask what colour specifically is your living room and the master bedroom. Also a lot of people seem to be using a light grey shade on these makeover shows but what colour is it ? Our master bedroom at the moment has a blue carpet would a light shade of green go with that do you think?

remembermee

eire13 wrote: »

Hi. Thanks all for so much feedback a lot to think about. Love your house remembermee. Well done on your sale. Could I ask what colour specifically is your living room and the master bedroom. Also a lot of people seem to be using a light grey shade on these makeover shows but what colour is it ? Our master bedroom at the moment has a blue carpet would a light shade of green go with that do you think?

Thanks I've only lived here since Jan - which is when I got married. Hubby has lived here for 10 years but we have changed the house a lot (it was a typical bachelor pad with urr a lot of mess!).

The living room walls are painted in Magnolia. If you go for magnolia make sure you inject colour with curtains, shades, possibly a rug.

The kitchen colour is B&Q Kitchen and bathroom - Clear Ocean (I love this against the white).
The bathroom paint is not a true representation on the photos - it is actually a different shade of green (it looks blue on the photos). The colour is B&Q Kitchen and Bathroom Water.

The bedroom walls are painted in Dulux Tuscan Glade 4 (have to be mixed).

If you have a blue carpet I would probably stick to different (not too different) shades of blues and possibly teals too.

I haven't used grey shades so I can't comment on that. I do like the grey greens though but I'm always keen to make rooms as light as possible and I worry that the grey hues make things a little darker....

Mallotum_X

Ignore makeover shows, its not real life.

Plain and neutral only if you are redecorating for sale. No feature walls, wall paper, strong colours. Stick to white or magnolia and add splashes of personality with curtains, cushions etc. De-clutter but dont remove everything, make it still look lived in.

hanfrangipane

In my bedroom I have used dulux malt chocolate.

It's neutral, a really creamy light brown, but I think is a bit more interesting that beiges etc. the way I describe it doesn't sell it, but I've had lots of complements on it.

In the living area, i've used dulux natural hessien. Their 'Natual xxx' range is really good for natural colours of different tones which give a bit of variation from magnolia and white which, personally, I would avoid. Magnolia is ok but I find it doesn't complement some colours as it can be quite peachy. White to me though often looks too clinical and not particularly homely. Something off white is much more inviting.

Bit I'd definitely echo the views of keeping neutral or pale colours and inject the colour with accessories that you'd be happy to take with you.

Any idea how to upload a photo to show the malt choc colour?

remembermee

Forgot to say - the hall and landing is painted in B&Q Paradise.

eire13

I have looked at the Dulux Natural Hessian and do really like it. We do have a bit of a problem in the living room as in the chimney breast wall is quite uneven and also has the boiler pipes boxed in so my husband wanted to wallpaper that wall so it looks better what do you think.

My other worry was if I have nice curtains up will the buyer want them and be disappointed they are not included? Maybe that is being silly I am already feeling stressed and we are not even on the market yet lol