But first we need to sell our condo.
Before I met with any realtor we eliminated the clutter in all of our rooms. This meant finding a storage unit to put any of the crap that we didn't need for the next few months. And by 'crap' I mean anything that would remind a potential buyer of the itty bitty 1067 square feet of living space.
Things we put in storage?
~ Our recliner. This opened up the living room, giving a nice flow to the combined living/dining area.
~ A tall bookshelf crowded with books. I felt the open wall space would give buyers the ability to visualize different uses for this part of the living room.
~ Two of our dining room chairs. Six chairs and two bar stools really suffocated the small dining area. With the leaf in the table removed and only four chairs, you see more space around the table.
~ We emptied the attics so the buyers could see how we finished the attic flooring and how much of their own crap they could shove up there.
~ Any kitchen appliances that haven't been used in 6 months went into storage. We didn't want buyers to see that the kitchen couldn't even house our own normal sized appliance collection, leaving them to wonder where they'd put their own stuff.
~ One of the dressers in our bedroom was removed for the same reason as the recliner and dining room chairs.
We polished up the kitchen (since it is the crowning glory of the property) making sure to take any clutter off the beautiful granite counters.
John tackled any projects that were left unfinished from years past.
I had to take pictures for the realtors to use on marketing websites. Well, I didn't have to , I chose to because I don't trust other people to take the best ever photos of our property.
But I have a confession to make. Despite all my efforts to de-clutter, I still had to move junk from one room into another, take a picture, then move the junk back. Repeat for each room. I think the resulting photos turned out really nice though.
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