Although farmhouse style is more popular than ever,
it can still be a bear trying to sell a true farmhouse property — even one as beautiful as yours. The right buyer can be influenced by the little things, however. Here are some surefire ways to help your farm property sell faster without running up your credit card bill.
Fresh Paint
Nothing could be easier than revitalizing your home and/or barn with a fresh coat of paint. Not only is it proven to help you sell your home faster, but it’s fairly inexpensive. A solid paint job can cost under $100 if you shop carefully for discounted items or cashback offers from a store like Lowe’s. Farmhouse colors are known to boost buyer interest, so consider pastels and a gray color palette. One place to turn your focus is your doors — both inside and outside the house and on your barn. A sparkling new door and accompanying trim are sure to impress.
Affordable Accents and Decorative Items
While the core elements of your home and property are the big attractions, it’s hard to overstate just how much surface-level flourishes can influence a potential buyer. The good news is that through coupons and promotional codes at stores like Bed, Bath, and Beyond, you can make this staging project a relatively cheap endeavor. Home-staging experts say that the top decor items to make your house pop include decorative throw pillows, new bedding accents, mirrors, lamps, and drapes/curtains to “add extra height” to any room.
Embrace Nature by Adding Plants
A home-staging tip that works for almost anyone is to spruce the place up with inexpensive greenery. This plays especially well on a farmhouse property, where potential buyers are already thrilled to be surrounded by nature. HGTV suggests that you focus on container plants for the porch, patio or area surrounding the front door, and to make sure shrubs and small trees are well-manicured. You can find affordable container plants and shrubs at home and garden stores like Home Depot, and you can save even more if you shop around for discounts and coupons first.
Stay True to Your Farmhouse Style with Some Subway Tile
Subway tile is one of those home design trends that has always been cool and most likely always will be. A great DIY weekend project is adding inexpensive tile to your kitchen backsplash, shower, or laundry room. This will go great with the barn doors, farmhouse sink, and shaker cabinets you likely have in your farmhouse.
Clean Up and Declutter Your Barn
The barn on your farmhouse property may not be in use, but it’s still a huge selling point to a potential buyer. It’s hard to justify buying a property when the barn on it is run down and cluttered beyond what’s normal. The main strategy is to purge, group, and hang. First, you have to throw some stuff away. Next, you must put like items together in an organized manner. Lastly, you need to get as much stuff off the floor as possible. Hanging stuff will make the space appear less-cluttered. If your barn needs to be restored, the price can sneak up on you. It’s important to look for financial incentives and reuse/recycle materials to cut costs.
While farmhouse style is popular right now, for a potential buyer to pull the trigger and purchase a true farmhouse property, things have to be just right. As long as the bones of your home, barn, and other structures are solid, you will get bites. But to hook the fish, you have to stage the home and make some last-minute DIY fixes to really wow them. Try these cheaper ones first.
Author
Suzie Wilson is an interior designer with more than 20 years experience. What started as a hobby (and often, a favor to friends) turned into a passion for creating soothing spaces in homes of every size and style. While her goal always includes making homes look beautiful, her true focus is on fashioning them into serene, stress-free environments that inspire tranquility in all who enter. The Ultimate Guide to Prepping Your Home for an Open House is filled with tips, tricks and other advice based on Suzie’s years of experience in interior home design that will set you up for success.
Cover photo by Matthew Brodeur
