People love red in the dining room and the master bedroom. Which when you think it about it, seems like polar opposites in thinking.
Red is often used to stimulate the appetite in the dining room. While in a bedroom you are trying to create a calm oasis to sleep in. A place to rejuvenate your self for the next day by using calm, neautral colours. Red really doesn't fit the bill to achieve that end.
I prefer to market homes with calm colours in all rooms including the dining room and master bedroom. However, some homeowners decide they will not paint in neutral colours even though they are trying to appeal to the most people who are out looking to buy a house.
Remember when selling a home...
Staging is marketing your home for sale not decorating to suit your design desires.
When you are selling a home you are selling space and light. Whether you have 1500 sq. ft. or 4500 sq. ft. you are always trying to make it look bigger to increase the perceived value of a property.
Dark colours equal smaller perceived space and light, light colours equal more space and light.
Dark/bright colours do not show well online. With over 80% of buyers looking online to buy, doesn't it makes sense to let buyers see the features of your home while viewing listings online. Buyers click through to the next listing when they see dark/bright paint colours instead of the focal point in the room or the features they will be getting with your property.
You decide... should the red walls stay or go?
