What Attracts Millennials When Buying a Home

Social spaces
Entertaining friends is very important to millennials, the more places in the home that are conducive to socializing, the more attractive it is to younger buyers. Put taller than usual table with bar chairs in the kitchen to give the impression of being a good place for a crowd to place their drinks during a cocktail party. If there is a balcony, try to fit a grill out there if it is allowed, it represents freedom and adulthood more than most other pieces of furniture.

Millennial-preferred amenities
Access to superior technology is important to this demographic, so take the time to research options available for those in your home. Millennials want a place to charge all of their gadgets, so build in shelves right next to electrical outlets as designated charging stations.

Showcase storage
Many millennials in urban areas don’t want to own a car, so their biggest burden is what to do with their bike. In small condos there isn't usually room to store them so they end up taking up space in the living room. One of the solutions is to mount a bike vertically in the wall space behind the entry door.

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How to Stage a Home Without Breaking the Bank

If you are selling or considering selling your home staging is what might help you to reach that desirable price tag that you feel is essential to accomplish your goals.

Many sellers think that they can't afford staging, that staging is absolutely cost prohibitive in their situation.That's not necessarily true, and to demonstate how it can be done without breaking the bank, I would like to share with you the recent publication by Rismedia Housecall /http://blog.rismedia.com/2015/golden-rules-home-staging/

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Are Shoffices Coming Here?

Shoffices, or shed-office hybrids, are rapidly becoming a backyard fixture for homes In Great Brittan. A handful of London homeowners have already jumped on the bandwagon, combining a home office and storage shed with the help of some serious space-saving architecture.

Will Americans follow that direction? Maybe, or maybe not, but the idea is interesting.

1.       Working from home is much different than working in an office. Who really wants to work in their home? With a shoffice, you can physically separate yourself from your home life, eliminating all possibility that your mind will start wondering…

2.       Your backyard won’t look like a barren wasteland. If your backyard’s lacking in the landscaping department, a shoffice is the perfect way to enhance it.

3.       Your kids will love it. If you don’t need an office at home, construct a shoffice anyway and let your child’s imagination do the rest. What kid wouldn't love a cave/spaceship to play in?

4.       Your home’s value will go up. Creating usable living space where there was none typically has a positive impact on a home’s value. No matter the seller’s original purpose, an agent or stager can showcase a shoffice as a functional (albeit detached) part of any home.

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Add Some Bling To Your Spaces

Grays have been catching on in more interiors this year and so has the color’s “flashier cousin” – silver, which is becoming a popular accent color in 2014. Silver is adding some sparkle to rooms, through shimmering fabrics and reflective glassware to even kitchen backsplashes and furniture.

Silver can be an attention-getting touch to liven up a space’s interior.

Metal tiles gained popularity in the past decade or so with the explosion of stainless steel kitchen appliances, and stainless steel tiles were [and still are] great harmonizers. However, they’ve also made their way out of the kitchen – and all that glitters isn’t always stainless steel. Tiles are available in different metals, including bronze, copper, and titanium, as well as different surfaces, such as brushed, polished, and textured.

Metallic finishes are everywhere from metal-toned lamp shades to the detailing in fabrics and throw pillows. Brass is also making a comeback in the metal arena. But you might want to still hold off on swapping out all those light fixtures for brass and keep the trend reserved to accessories, for now. The trend is evident, though, as more accessories take on a vintage gold look, such as in mirror frames to gold curtain rods.

Some gold and silver touches may just be the modern touch to bring a room more up-to-date.

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Power of Gray in Staging

Gray is a subtle color that can bring sophistication to interiors while also the neutrality that home buyer crave.

It’s the hot new neutral, a sleek and sophisticated color option that adds refinement to almost any room. Walls that are painted gray are great backdrops for almost any style of décor, and gray is such a dignified color that it can elevate the appearance of even the most modest furnishings.

Gray can be a great color choice for embellishments throughout interiors, such as a gray wash on wood furniture or the fabric in seating.

2014 color forecast expects grey to be used more in homes, and the grey’s flashier cousin, silver, used as an important accent color.

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The Color of 2014

Move over Emerald, there’s a new hot color in town. Get ready to embrace purple in 2014.

 “Radiant Orchid” as the “2014 Color of the Year.” This attention-getting hue a “captivating, magical, enigmatic purple” that is expected to catch on in everything from home interiors, accent pieces, and accessories to clothing lines in 2014.

“An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple, and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love, and health,” says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “It is a captivating purple, one that draws you in with its beguiling charm.”

The color complements olive and deeper hunter greens as well as makes a great combo when paired with turquoise, teal, and light yellows. It can also help liven up neutrals, such as gray, beige, and taupe.

Radiant Orchid will replace the 2013 color of the year, Emerald.

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