Small Things That Make a Big Difference in Selling Your Home/ Closets & Storage Spaces
Every buyer wants lots of closet and storage space in their new home. You can just never have enough! Whether you have small, average, or loads of closet and storage space there are a few things you can do to maximize your space and make it look bigger and really organized.
Closets: Do you have piles of clutter, shoes ,and clothes hiding in your closet? Care your clothes jammed onto the rods? It may work just fine for your day-to-day living but a potential buyer sees a big mess. In addition, they may have a hard time imagining how much space the closet really has to offer. Try these simple steps to make your closet clean and clutter free:
· If your rods are packed with clothes, edit them. Pack away out of season clothes and clothes you have not worn in over a year. (side note: did you know we wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time??) Less is more for creating an impact in your closet.
· If your budget allows, consider buying hangers that are all the same. You can find plastic or wood hangers fairly inexpensively at big box stores. The continuity looks really polished.
· Organize remaining clothes by sleeve length and color (example: short sleeved white, long sleeved white, short sleeved brown, long sleeved brown, short sleeved red, long sleeved red…you get the picture) While this is something you may never dream of doing for yourself, to a buyers critical.
· Consider some kind of shoe rack – either floor style, over the door style, or hanging style. Looks very tidy.
· Keep items that need to be folded very neat and tidy.
· Small closets can get a big boost by adding a drop down rod extender which doubles hanging space for tops.
· This rule applies to front closets as well. Consider using boxes or baskets in a theme color to hold things like mittens, sports items, and other do-dads. Organize shoes with some sort of a rack.
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