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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe a real estate agent can chime in...but when I was looking at houses, the ones with a non-white neutral, with white trim, always looked better. (except the bathroom, most bathrooms looked good in white).

I really like SW Kilm Beige. [/quote]

I agree with this.

Regarding a stager, my issue with paying a stager for paint selections for sale is that your goal is quite literally the opposite of choosing something unique and tasteful; it is to choose something extremely popular and non-controversial. Go to a paint store and ask to see some neturals. As the employee what they have been selling a lot of from the neutral card. Punch the card number into their little computer and it will show you the best white for the trim. This is cheaper and simpler than using a stager, and more likely to produce the right answer, because the right answer on what color to paint your walls for resale purposes only is "the most popular neutral color of the moment, and a matching white trim."[/quote]
I think you misunderstand what a home stager does. A stager is not a decorator. A stager provides recommendations on maximizing the appeal of a home to your target buyers, whoever they are (e.g., young urban professional, middle-aged suburban couple with kids, ...). They provide recommendations and/or assistance in decluttering, cleaning, neutralizing, and ultimately 'staging' the home for sale. It's a lot more than just picking a paint color and, even then, it will be something neutral.

Also, it's important to recognize that paint colors can look completely different in your home, depending on the lighting conditions and the surrounding environment (e.g., kitchen cabinets, countertops, etc.). For example, I had to pick paint colors for a home we rent out. Professional painters are expensive and I wanted to get it right. I asked for neutral recommendations from the color consultant at the local Benjamin Moore. The colors looked great, until I painted samples on the livingroom wall, where they looked hideous in the bright light from the huge picture window. Several tries later, I found exactly the right paint for that room and most of the house. The kitchen had its own issues. The maple cabinets had a pink undertone which made picking a color a bit more of a challenge. Ultimately, I found just the right color. Between the paint and the light 'staging' I did for the home, we wound up renting the place for hundreds more per month than any of the real estate agents thought that we could - with multiple offers.

I don't mean to complicate things, but sometimes things can be more complicated than they first appear.[/quote]

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