Home selling tip #27

Mind your entertainment center manners.

The entertainment center is a big attention hog and it often behaves rudely in front of potential buyers viewing your home. What do I mean by rudely? I mean that it insists on getting all the attention in the room. It’s often oversized and cluttered and tends to loom over the family room in an uncomfortable manner.

Many homes include a family room with a gorgeous fireplace or a breathtaking view and yet the homeowners obscure these things with their giant TV, stereo and 6,000 DVD’s and CD’s. Let me add that the fireplace is NOT an entertainment center!! I understand that it seems to be an awfully convenient place to place a television but please cut it out!

Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against television. In fact I love television. I’d be lost without it. There aren’t too many things in this life that I find more relaxing that settling down to watch an episode of Bones or Ugly Betty or an old episode of Buffy on DVD but when you’re trying to sell that house get that huge TV the hell out of the family room! Or at the very least put it in an obscure corner with as little clutter as possible around it.

As big as TV’s are getting they just make many rooms seem smaller. Especially when they are arranged as the focal point.

Shove the TV aside, get some new window coverings to frame that gorgeous view, or place a fresh flower arrangement on the fireplace, and sell your house!

photo credit: simply Rik

Beth Skinner is a real estate professional who actually returns phone calls and emails! Click here to search the MLS for your dream home.

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