Photos of the interior would be helpful.

Neutral is the way to go. Paint every room the same color. Beige but pick a beige that compliments the carpet colour. I use Benjamin Moore natural linen for a lot of homes I sell. Yes I'm a realtor. Paint all trim in cloud white or designer white.
This will create a feeling of a larger space and will be neutral so a buyer can then picture their furniture and colour wishes for the walls. Edit a lot of the furniture and pack your personal belongings. After all your moving aren't you? Neutral, clean homes sell. Wishing you all the best

Mixing red,yellow and white vs cold color.but to change some color isn't enough,should relandscape,replace the porch,windows,the door....I try to some

Generally speaking, buyers are not able to visualize - to see past clutter, mess, or see what a room could be used for.....home stagers understand this & design each room to inspire & impress buyers.

Neutral is not the only way to go: colour does not turn off buyers as long as it is tasteful.

The key is to present a welcoming, clean property with space in each room, and each room having a clear purpose.

If you can, bring in a professional home stager (for one in your area, go to Real Estate Staging Association site, www.realestatestagingassociation.com). They will do a consult & provide you with advice, which you can follow, or they can provide the services.

Buyers are buying space, not your furniture or decor. So, de-cluttering & packing up excess clothing, furnishings, personal items & sports gear is the first step, not painting.

If you want to post pictures of your rooms, I can provide more specific recommendations, or you can hire a stager in your area to advise you on how to make your property stand out from the others in your real estate market.

Take pictures of each room and look at them - you will easily see what changes need to be made.

HI -- The best thing you could do for the next owners is to paint with an antique white primer through the whole house . I did this in my parents house and it sold right away .The house looked so clean and fresh and up to date and bigger too. Then the new owners could choose their own colors when they move in .

Sorry folks, I didn't have any interior photos available on my device to share. I thought seeing the outside would help with understanding the odd split foyer I explained.

I appreciate the expert advice regarding decluttering. W are already in the process of doing so and plan to move all but essentials to our Florida home, leaving only a few pieces of furniture in each room and just enough clothes and personal items needed while we live in the home and list (we can't afford to leave our local jobs until this house is sold). Also, it is unlikely we can afford a professional stager, decorator. Although we are not upsidedown, we are about at break even.

If I can get some interior shots, I will post. But I am looking for general home selling advice regarding paint. The home needs fresh paint as part of perpetration for sale and I want to select a palette that will offer the broadest appeal.

As described, the home has teak wood floors nearly everywhere. bedrooms will get new neutral carpet one step above builders grade nylon.

As far as the comments on the exterior. Thanks for your input. But we are NOT making major changes ie; front porch. This home NEEDS the light from that glass front door, so that won't change. Of course we will be planting annuals for color along the front. But those shrubs hide ugly concrete footers for the porch.

I may invest in SW consultant if I can't sort through the helpful conflicting comments. But keep them coming. (I really can't too many afford consultants)

ps: this is an under $200k neighborhood north of Baltimore. Blue collar, not high end.

What is the real estate climate like in your area? Are homes in your price range selling well? I liked Sharon Charboneau's advice. We too are selling and have been told by numerous people, including painting contractors, friends and our Realtor, that we should not be putting money into painting. We won't see it back we are told. People want to make the home their own and most will paint it with their own colors anyway. Instead, we are making any needed repairs, spot cleaning, de-cluttering and moving unnecessary things to our home up north while it is on the market. Think carefully about whether you will see the money you invest come back to you, especially if you are about at break even.

Or a gray with white trim. You could paint the carpeted rooms in a different color. Linen white is pretty, too.

It sounds like this home is full of bold colored rooms. The first impression that a buyer gets is usually online and this many rooms with saturated colors will not impress the largest group of buyers. It is much more difficult and expensive for a new homeowner to cover a deep wall color and many buyer's will not have the positive first impression that is so important. I agree with a soft neutral beige or greige that compliments the floors and carpet with white trim.

I would paint everything cream or off white so it brightens up your home and and keep the trim white.

Thanks for the links! Brickln. I think I want to stay away from the grey tones and go for warmer linen, beige, etc as the home faces north with smaller windows. I am afraid the greys will look too gloomy.

Marilyn. The home needs fresh paint. We previously had a pellet stove and changed it to a gas fireplace. But the soot stains remain. Besides the living room is deep russet. We loved it, but it is a strong color that others may object to and reprinting might scare the hell out of the . Paint is one of the least expensive things to improve a home. Additionally we have replaced odd flat doors that had no header (yep, straight to the ceiling) with prehung 6 panel doors and added the headers. So the drywall still needs to be painted too. The paint is a must.

Good idea to take into account your room lighting. North facing windows do darken the room. I also have found that fresh paint, along with cleaning and organizing, are some of the best returns we see on resale. Landscaping too, but that is another discussion:)

@marilyn. We are doing all of the other things you listed as well. But no major investments. We just completed the laundry/utility room (a nice 10. X 10 room with great storage shelving added in crisp white, a hidden HW heater and stacked WD.).
Also power washing the exterior, recalling the tub, all of those details that show well.

I want to get many of the basics done before consulting with a realtor so as not to waste their time with remedial advice. I am very great flu for all of your great input! I want to take the least expensive route to getting top dollar and not have the home sit for months and months. The only other major ticket item is going to be to consider getting our driveway asphalt resurfaced :-/

I agree the grays are gloomy- institutional looking IMO- but it seems to be what younger people want. I love the brightness of the Linen White. The Natural Linen is close in color to the mortar in your stone, so the exterior would sort of set the tone for when you walk through the door. Maybe the richer tone for the main rooms and the lighter one for the bedrooms?
Re: exterior, I think the arched fascia board is a nice feature; perhaps it can be lowered and you can attach a board above it to hold the gutter? Planters could hide the footers and really go well with the style of the house. The bushes sort of hide it and block light.

Is there any way to replace the two tall center plants with Lowe bushes to hide the concrete pillars? Trim and shape bushes. I love hydrangeas, but it it they taken over the bottom right window.
A nice clean paint color is elephant tusk by Ben Moore OC-8. A nice off white.
elephant tusk

I'm sure you've already sold your house, but I will add this advice for people who might stumble across this discussion. If your house does not receive a lot of natural light, white, or the wrong cream will make it look gray and dingy, not bright. Without light, white and other light colors turn to gray. If you pick a neutral, pick one with a warm undertone that doesn't turn gray in low lighting. Look at your paint chips in dim lighting and you will see what I mean. For example, I just painted my interior hall a warm neutral with a gold undertone that won't go dead, but the wall does not look yellow or gold. Paradoxically if you want a low light space to feel warmer, you need more color saturation, not less. This doesn't mean a super dark or bright color necessarily, but avoid gray undertones and look for one with an undertone that still carries a sense of color in low light. .