Your best tool when selling your home, or any property, is your creativity and ingenuity. Yes, curb appeal is important but once the potential buyers are inside the house it is up to you to convince them that yours is the house that they want. In order to do that, you have to make it easy for them to picture the house full of their furniture, mementos, artwork and other possessions.

Paint is the ideal way to make your home a blank canvas for buyers’ imaginations! Even though you might think that beautiful shade of mauve is perfect for your living room, a buyer walking in may look at the color and not be able to see their chrome and glass coffee tables fitting in. For this reason it’s best to paint the rooms in your home with neutral colors.

Neutral colors don’t have to be boring, however. We’ve all seen houses that are stark white throughout every room and thought that the house or apartment lacked personality. White is not the only neutral color available, not by a long shot! As you browse through the paint department of any hardware or home improvement store, you’ll see a lot of different shades of white. There is cream, meringue, eggshell, ricotta, vanilla, marshmallow and antique white to name just a few. If you want to showcase a room that gets a lot of sun, a cream color will make it look warm and welcoming as well as neutral.