We are guessing without pictures. White trim and white ceilings are basic, boring, and foolproof. No one has said ‘I can’t buy that house because of the white ceiling’. Same for bright white trim.

• Thanks Hallett. I haven't posted since GardenWeb days and am having trouble editing/deleting pix.
• Here is range at kitchen

• dining room from study - assent wall is SW sawdust

Living room....how do you delete LOL? Carpet is greyish neutral with a bit of green, NOT pinky beige like the pix.

;itchen in EK Khaki

Hope the pix can help.

Can't see a reason why the house wouldn't sell. Is it listed yet?

Clean it till you can eat off of any surface, remove all personal items, simplify everything, even if it means renting a storage facility, and list it. You might upgrade the lights to 3500K or 4000K LEDs for a truer color read.

Thanks for your comments. Not listed yet, Angel, probably in spring. Yes decoe, we will clean and clean.

I guess after all the obsessing over paint colors over the years, it feels weird to go So it won't read too stark? I was thinking also to switch from flat to eggshell or satin for the kitchen and baths. Because.. durability - even though I won't be here. And given the switch, go a shade darker for the kitchen and baths Relaxed Khaki is a shade darker. and close to current color. Some contrast with the counters in the kitchen would seem a good thing. (Wool Skein looks spot on match to the counters).

Do you know your market? Knowing exactly what has sold and what has not sold is key. Knowing why homes sell in your neighborhood is another key. Think about what made you buy the house you are living in.

My last home was in a neighborhood that had some of the best schools in the state. My home was built in 1970 and most of the other homes on the market were new builds or recently built homes. They were all neutral, at the time gray was the hot neutral. If I painted my home to look like the new builds I was in a direct head to head competition. I had darker, richer colors and I had a much larger back yard. Since the schools were the biggest draw I marketed my house as having kid friendly, designer colors and emphasized the large back yard.

My house sold in 3 days in a market where it was taking most homes 30 to sell.

You need one buyer. The one buyer will pick the best home for their family for the price that they can afford. If there are 10 other homes on the market in your area all in the same price range what will be the tipping point to bring your home to the top of the list?

Having anything that looks like it needs repair will make buyers think that the home was not well maintained.

Pricing the home right is the most important thing you can do to ensure that you get as much from your home as possible. Overpricing and having the home sit while others sell devalues your home and you will get less money in the long run.

Beware of agents trying to tell you that your home is worth more than it really is. They want the listing. Listings make their phones ring. It is great if your home sells, but the 10 buyers who call on it all need homes and hooking those buyers is the true value of getting a listing as a real estate agent. Sellers always want to sell their house for as much as they can and that greed is used by listing agents to get the listings.

Research the agents who are selling homes in your area. Look at how long the homes are sitting on the market. You will be able to tell pretty quickly which agents know how to price homes well and those that offer pie in the sky pricing to con sellers into listing with them.

Every agent may have a couple of listings that were overpriced and sat because some sellers won't listen and insist on a listing price that is too high, but the majority of their listings should sell quickly without price reductions.

If your paint is in good condition you don't have to re-paint. I would only paint if the walls look like they need painting.

Don't worry about buying expensive paint or the durability - your not going to be there and buyers are not going to notice.

Almost all renovations you do cost more than they increase the sale price, so you are essentially gifting money to the buyer and have less to spend on your next home.

Wise comments Jennifer. Our listing agent has been my husbands friend since childhood. I follow the market closely. It has cooled bit, but is still robust.

This house will likely sell very easily. Unique Y shaped design for optimal light and cross ventilation, solid build, lovely lot and exceptional location: end of cul de sac with a foot path out to grocer, YMCA, pub, churches, transportation, etc. House next door, a standard ranch with less features and privacy, sold in July in one day for 10% over asking. We are selling only because we are leaving the state. We are building and nervous over what the market here will be like in spring. We need to be poised to sell regardless of the market

I't been a few years since I've painted the walls, and much of the trim has not been repainted since the build in 1987. It is tired. I am tired. And have discovered I don't have the balance or nerve anymore to paint atop a 26 ft ladder. Also, I am not as good painter as I thought - the painter noted many areas sub par. (He did our exterior 5 years ago - excellent flawless work.)

This house has been good to us; it deserves a fresh start.

Pure White for the trim?

I sold my house a year ago. We repainted using Wool Skein. Everyone commented what a beautiful neutral it was. Go for it!

White trim and a soft neutral eveywhere else. no need to have multiple colors when selling.

Why don't you just offer a "painting credit" and give them the name of your painter? It sounds like everything is neutral enough to not be a problem. Save yourself the time and trouble, and let the new buyer be excited to pick their own colors.

I think one of the nicest looks that is quite popular today is to paint the walls, ceiling and trim one color, using sheen to create the difference. Eggshell walls, satin trim and flat ceiling.

It is what I would do if I were painting to sell.

Unless you're in an unusually cool market, the housing market is really hot right now. It's hard for me to believe you couldn't sell it as-is pretty quickly (see Jennifer Hogan's post). In fact, spend the next week cleaning and list it next weekend. The market will die in November - December. No one wants to move over the holidays. Unless you're really not in a hurry, then list next Spring. Spring is the hottest market if you have the type of home a family will buy instead of empty-nesters or young marrieds.

The colors you have already are pretty neutral - there is nothing extreme that will keep anyone from buying it. Put your efforts into cleaning and decluttering. Rent a storage space to move things to if you have too much stuff, although the pictures you posted don't show any clutter.

Looking at the pictures I am not sure that I would do anything except get rid of the accent wall in the dining room, unless there is a lot of marks and dings on the existing walls and trim.

I kind of get the painting for neutralization, but on the other hand, my first place sold with a pink ceiling, twice, because the second owner did not change it. and my second place sold with a black stairwell, and a pale blue first floor, twice, because the second owner did not change it. And both units got very good feedback on the interior design overall.

White is in top fashion in my area. Use the Dover White on trim, walls and ceiling. Here's a stager's article on it: https://professionalstaging.com/color-of-the-month/color-of-the-month-dover-white/ It is more important to coordinate the white with the hardwood than the carpet because the hardwood is more permanent than carpet which can be easily changed. You already know the Dover White trim looks fine with your hardwood floors.

No one is offended by white walls that can be easily painted over in new colors. What does annoy buyers is brand new paint in out of date colors (gray and greige are out of date in my area) that require primer before they can paint a new color. This is especially annoying when scaffolding is required.