I suggest you pose your question in the DECORATING forum. You'll get lots of great suggestions from some very talented folks with great vision.
Good luck!

Oh, I hate when people just shoo posters away to another forum. It's especially disappointing when it's the first answer to their post. It's so unwelcoming.

In fact, this is a perfectly good place to post this question.

There are plenty of people w/ good advice here, and plenty of opinions about curb appeal. hopefully they'll click on your photo and come back w/ some ideas.

I'm not sure this is a good time to pull a bush out of the ground; it's still pretty cold here, and how would you replace it, when the temps are as low as they are? Plus, it kind of fills in a blank spot between the windows.

Can you get to any potted plants that would be hard out-of-doors to do the stuff you'd usually do w/ flowers?

Chimney: My vote, paint it something neutral, a darker version, perhaps, of your siding color. So it doesn't "take over" the front of the house quite so much.

Fresh paint on doors, window frames, etc., would be good; that can be marred in ways we won't even see, but a newcomer would spot right away.

I'm not sure there's much that a different paint color would do.

While the decorating forum is great for decorating you are looking for curb appeal to sell and that does not equal decorating. Why do I say this? Decorating is a personal choice made for you, your lifestyle and your budget. Curb appeal and/or staging is to appeal to the masses. Decorating is actually the exact opposite of staging a house for sale. Saying that, there are some very talented photoshop folks over in the decorating forum that may be able to help once you have some idea of mass appeal. If we had signatures in this forum mine would be Staging is not decorating. Staging is anti-decorating.

Question: you have been for sale for how long? Are you getting any showings? Have you had an open house? If not, and you do have an open house, spend some time in a car across the street or in a neighbor's house across the street to see how many people come to the open house and drive away without going in. That will tell you if your curb appeal is lacking or if it is something else. If people drive away, curb appeal = lacking. Most people come in, curb appeal = ok.

I actually don't think your curb appeal is bad at all, especially considering the time of year.

As far as your inside photos go:

Panoramics make me crazy. They distort and do a house few favors. Your panaramas are especially bad.

The kitchen panoramic is on high speed. Have someone slow it down. The water tank - is that normal for your area? To me it says your water quality is poor and I have to add the price of bottled water into the monthly cost of the house. If the bottled water is a personal choice, get rid of it for the duration and switch to Brita.

The backyard panoramic also seems to be on high speed. It actually made me queasy looking at it.

The living room - get rid of the plant, the vines crawling up the window, the pictures on your mantel. Is that a Halloween mask!? All those pictures on the wall make the room look smaller in the panorama. Pack up the tapes/dvds. It makes the room look cluttered which equates to lack of space in many people's mind.

Why do you have a picture of an open front door? It is supposed to be the foyer but all it shows is there really isn't a traditional foyer.

Kitchen - get all the stuff off the top of your cabinets and re-shoot the photo. The last thing you want people to think is there isn't enough storage space/space for junk/space for doodads, etc.

Place the breakfast nook picture closer to the kitchen picture. They appear out of order.

What is the picture of an open doorway supposed to be? Get rid of it. You may be trying to show the size of the living room, but it just looks odd (especially if clicking the photos and not viewing all the pictures in a row).

The picture of the bedroom with the burgundy bedspread - lose the desk for the photo (you can put it back for function). Take all the junk except one corner item off the dresser. Normally shades open are helpful but the view to the outside is less than desirable. What does the picture look like if you close the shade? Close the shade but open the louvers?

Your bathroom looks nice but that is an awful picture. Is there some way to make it tighter? You want to get rid of the door and concentrate on the inside of the bathroom. The photo makes it look super tiny and all door.

Is your price inline with the comps? Are the area comps all one bathroom or is that going to hurt you now that you are trying to sell? What is the average DOM?

Do you know your tour requires a download!? That is absolutely crazy.

Here are some suggestions for the inside. Get rid of the water cooler. This makes it seem like the water (public or septic) for the home is bad. Also lose the microwave. By having it on the countertop, you are drawing attention to the fact that there is no built-in microwave, which is a negative. Folks won't be drawn to that negative if they don't see a microwave on the kitchen countertop.

Remove all that stuff from on top of the kitchen cabinets. The kitchen is lovely, but the stuff on the cabinets draws attention to it. Also that entertainment unit in the family room..it is blocking the door a bit, it seems. room would look larger if that whole unit was gone.

OUTSIDE: Paint the fireplace a darker slate or darker clay color that matches the home. The light color draws the eye; a darker color will be wonderful. A large pampass grass would be good in front of the fireplace (not too close). 3-4 new shrubs in front of the home would be good. Remove that big bush and have a centerpiece type plant. I am just envisioning a shape of a large aloe vera plant about 2-3' tall and wide. Not sure if NJ can get something of that shape that can handle the winters. Maybe a cottoneaster that spreads wide a bit and is not compact? That would be between the two windows. Then a pair of smaller, wider plants in front of each window. Then something a few feet tall at the right corner, possibly a smaller grass that ties everything together.

sweet_tea 0 ROFLOL - Yeah I wouldn't want to drink that septic water either ;). I know what you meant, but it was funny nonetheless.

I think something is needed to minimize the fireplace or make it blend more. Maybe same paint as the house, to make it disappear.

I was thinking the same thing about the chimney. Paint it a color to kind match the roofing or siding. Something so it doesn't stand out as much. I agree about uprooting a shrub. I think you could stand a better angle for the exterior front shot. I like the color your shutters are now, so just some fresh paint as was already suggested. Potted plants might be a great idea outside. Something with a little color to break up all the green.

It is a cute house! I agree with "talley sue nyc" the chimmney would look great a shade or two darker than the siding.

The bush looks lonely--you need a holly or something tall on the corner of the house and maybe three filler type low bushes staggered in front of the existing bush be sure to mulch with something and put away the garden hose or hide it.

Love the huge hearth inside but there is too much clutter. The chest by the door blocks the entrance and is that a coat closet by the door? If you take another photo include that instead of the open door.

Kitchen is darling but I agree with "sweet tea" you have way too much on the counters and tops of cabinets.

I think you need a bedside table on both sides of the bed in the master bedroom--it looks like there isn't one. Is that a matching piece in boy's bedroom that you could use? Have you thought about taking out the desk and maybe putting it somewhere else if there is a problem with space in the master bedroom?

Good luck sorting through all the suggestions--it really is a cute house.

Debra123,
I see you got some great response here and in the Home Decorating forum. Some in the H.D. forum even went so far as to Photoshop in plantings, new colors etc!
Have fun and good luck selling.
Spy

Cute house! I had to look twice for the water cooler, it's only seen in the panorama and agree, you might think to look at the panorama, then take a few things out. We actually buy bottled water but have a filter water system, then another on the sink. The micro doesn't bother me. I don't mind the speed on the outside panoramas, but would slow it down some inside.

The panorama shots of the bedroom don't seem to match the photos.. looks like the desk was moved? I'd also clean that room out some (furniture) and retake the photos.

What I wonder most is the price. You have a 3 bedroom 1 bath house in a town where there is new construction. Pretty sure Tim Schaeffer is building down there as we looked at new houses last year. There was all sorts of new construction around.

Not sure I would do much outside. I would paint the chimney darker; surprised that Chickory didn't do that on the decorating forum. I like what she did with plants, but the evergreens she used on the left are probably going to be pricey. I doubt you will get back any money you put into it, although it might sell faster, might not.

Spirea are nice plants to use, they have a long bloom time. You could also use Forsythia, as that should be coming into stores soon if it's not there already. There are also different forms of Lilac that would look nice. Planting right now isn't good as the ground is still a bit cold / hard and you might end up losing what ever you plant. What you can do is buy it, dig the hole, then put it in the ground still potted. Then throw mulch on it until it is planting time, then you just lift it out & plant.

Someone mentioned moving the bird bath IIRC. I have a few photos uploaded here of my bird bath to give you an idea of what you can do with color. I use things like Veronica, Salvia (annual & perennial) Caryopteris Heavenly Blue (more of a shrub), purple cone flower, black eyed Susan, different types of iris (bearded, Japanese), loosestrife, pink & yellow primrose & lilies & daylillies and lots of different grasses both perennial & annual. I like iris that have variegated leaves as it gives some interest when not in bloom. Roses also should be in the stores soon, you can pick them up potted and budded / in bloom which would give you a nice pop of color. Maybe it will inspire you to throw a little color around the bird bath?

Here is a link that might be useful: post on decorating

OMG I have just checked back to hope for some suggestions, and wow. Thank you so much for your suggestions. Im blown away. Im going to pull the desk out, and I was impressed, yes,scded424, that was my side table! I will tke it out of my sons room and put it back. The panaramics are bad, I plan on implementing alot of your suggestions and asking for the pic to be redone. I will take down the clutter off the fireplace, and remove the microwave before a showing, and now that you mentioned it, I dont know why they took a pic of the front "foyer"! I am going to check out the other site I was directed too. Wow. Thank you so much. I will paint the fireplace, and as soon as this is done(dh is gonna be busy, lol!) I will show u the results. We are dropping the price to 229,898 in the hopes to draw some peeps. Thanks again!! (I'll have you know Im printing all these suggestions and getting to work!!!)thankx!
deb