Mariana Wagner

12 Holiday Decorating Tips for Your Colorado Springs Home for Sale

Many people who have a home for sale in Colorado Springs this season will want to decorate for the holidays. However, everyone has different decorating tastes, and you will want to make sure that you are following the same guidelines for your holiday decorations as you do when you stage your home to sell.

Here is a list of simple holiday decorating tips for home sellers in Colorado Springs that will help your home appeal to the MOST amount of Buyers, without losing any holiday spirit.

Read the Full Article: Rules for Tasteful Holiday Décor

1. Add tasteful, generic decorations. Don’t get too personal or religious with your decorations.

2. Trade nonseasonal for seasonal decorations. This helps the house feel less cluttered.

3. Don’t imitate Scrooge. Don’t avoid decorations all together. People expect SOME holiday spirit.

4. Think green…and metallic, and white. Drowning your home in bright green, red and gold can be a bit overwhelming. Go a little lower-key while trying to sell your home.

5. Remember the joy of entertaining.Make sure that your home (especially kitchen) looks inviting for holiday entertaining. Remember: People looking to buy your Colorado Springs home are buying a home … AND a lifestyle.

6. Be mindful of valuable gifts. Do not leave valuable heirlooms and/or gifts out during showings.

7. Keep up decorations for a limited time. “Dave Sears, co-founder of OptHome, a homeownership resource Web site in Winchester, Mass., advises a maximum of two weeks before and two after Christmas.”

8. Add warmth and energy. Consider putting your holiday lights on a timer so that home buyers can enjoy them, but your utility bill doesn’t go through the roof.

9. Minimize smells. Instead of the standard artificial-smell plug-ins, consider mulling some cider or baking cooking before a showing.

10. Play soothing music. “Most people get their fill of jingles and carols, so suggest nonseasonal favorites that appeal year-round, says Sears.”

11. Use timely marketing materials. Make sure that your Colorado Springs Realtor® is marketing your home with seasonally appropriate photos.  

12. Remember winter’s threat. Keep your walkways and sidewalks free of snow and ice.

These are simple and effective ways to enhance the sale of your Colorado Springs home this holiday season.

Read Also:

• 5 Tips for Selling Your Colorado Springs Home During the Holidays
• How to Keep Your Colorado Springs Home Clean During Showings

November 29th, 2008 by Mariana Wagner | 2 Comments »

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 29th, 2008 at 7:40 am and is filed under SELLERS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

1. Nancy [Visitor] said at February 8th, 2012 at 12:32 pm

   great article and I"m sure it'll help any seller right now.  Love your blog btw.
    
   Nancy

2. Mariana [Visitor] said at February 8th, 2012 at 12:32 pm

   Thank you Nancy – Your Colorado Springs Vintage Home Blog is coming along quite nicely too!

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