When the powers of lighting and colour combine, it just feels right!
Everything hinges on how a space feels for a potential buyer when they first view it. Lighting and colour are key players in achieving a stunning interior that feels like home within moments of stepping inside. The “wow” factor idea gets bandied about a lot, but often it’s not a loud “WOW” so much as a quiet intake of breath when a buyer finally finds a space that feels right – that leads to the sale of a home.
Let’s talk lighting
Capitalising on natural light and adding impactful lighting features to optimise the appeal of a home to a prospective buyer is a key consideration when we stage a home. Of course, the first objective is creating photographs that really sing – so that potential buyers are halfway to being sold on a home before they even step inside.
The power of lighting is so much more than practical – it can really lift a house from mediocre to memorable, creating spaces that feel warm and bright, that balance serenity with just the right amount of drama – to make them stick in buyers’ minds. While a striking lamp might help illuminate a dark corner, what clever lighting can achieve is helping people see themselves in a space and creating an overarching feeling of warmth and elegance.
Creative with colour
Colour is another key consideration when staging a home for the market and ties in with the lighting solutions we opt for. Sometimes it’s about adding impact through pops of vibrant colour. Others, it’s about adding subtle layers of texture and pattern in more muted tones, so that buyers can project their own style and personality into a space.
Whatever the space we are working in, be it a blank canvas or a characterful villa, we draw on the latest colour trends to either lift or help unify a space. Right now, naturals and neutrals are on trend. Organic tones can complement the features of an older home while making the space look fresh and smart; they also lend warmth and depth to a slick new abode.
We have a plethora of unique cushions and throws, artwork and vases to help coordinate the colour scheme throughout a space and make it come alive – first in the photographs, and then in the minds of buyers when they walk through an interior and soak it all up.