星期五 [ 2010-2-26 10:35:10 | watches1013 ]   The way to make the right impa FIRST impressions can have a powerful effect on buyers. So it's worth making your hallway memorable for all the right reasons... What does your hallway say about your house? Is it a well- planned entrance that gives a tantalising taste of a harmonious, spacious home? Or is it a dingy dumping ground for shoes, pushchairs and football boots, with mismatched, dirty paintwork, and a picture of your Great Aunt Mabel staring down at prospective buyers? HALLWAY NEGLECT Although it's the core of the home, the hallway tends to be passed through, and passed by, and seldom receives the same attentions as the other rooms. But, as architects and designers are increasingly aware, a spacious-feeling hallway not only creates an important first impression, it actually makes a house seem bigger. Tina Jesson, founder of Home Stagers, believes that, when attempting to sell a house, the hall's gotta have it. wholesale colthing "People make up their minds within seconds, so if it doesn't give a good impression it can let the whole house sale down. If the area is dingy and full of stuff, your buyers will feel that the house is too small and dingy too." DECLUTTER: HOW TO MAKE YOUR HALLWAY LOOK BIGGER First of all, and I know it's boring, boring, boring, but you have to clear out the clutter. Feng shui consultant Tom Coxon agrees: "From a feng shui perspective hallways conduct the energy from the front door to the rest of the house, so basically they need to be large, wide, free of obstructions and uncluttered." Obviously, this means putting the bike in the shed, and recycling the pile of free newspapers and pizza flyers, but there's more. Tina Jesson advises her clients to limit the number of coats hanging in the hall to one per family member, and to try to do the same with shoes. "In this area less is definitely more," says Tina. "If you go with hooks on the wall they really need to be in a recess, say under the stairs. Coat stands are okay if you have the room, but they take up space. I'd recommend that you put them away in a wardrobe." COLOUR: PAINT YOUR HALL BIGGER Once your hall is clutter free, you can get out the rolex replica paints. Although neutrals are usually recommended, if you have a large, period house for sale, painting with deep traditional colours can emphasise the pedigree of the building, and give a really grand entrance. But such a bold colour scheme won't work for most of us with small hallways. Pale colours are a safer bet, but there are still a few tricks that will improve the sense of space. Paint skirtings the same colour as the floor to give the impression of a larger surface area by blurring the edges of the room. Always paint the ceiling white unless it is very high (in which case try painting the area above the picture rail a deeper shade than the walls.) SPACE: TOO THIN? You can square a narrow hall by painting one of the shorter walls with a naturally advancing colour such as red or yellow. The longer walls will appear shorter, and the hall will feel a more pleasant shape. In the same way, putting coat rails along a shorter wall, or painting the door and surround the same colour as the wall will deceive the eye and appear to widen a long skinny room. Try keeping the same coloured walls and flooring in the hall and the rooms it opens onto. On a viewing day, make sure that the doors are open, and you'll find that the boundaries between the rooms blur, as the hall borrows space and light from the neighbouring rooms. LIGHTEN UP! "Dark houses don't sell," says 浏览(227) | 回复(0) |