An Empty Space
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UNDERFURNISHED?
And after culling and being very meticulous with what furniture stays and what goes, you have achieved what you consider the right look. As we know very well that right and attractive ‘feeling’ in your property will help attract the highest number possible of prospective buyers and ultimately, their competing offers will raise the final selling price and you will be ready to move into your next adventure of profitable investments.
With IDFP you have learned that the right styling will translate in increased profit. So, you have replaced worn furniture with quality pieces and found the right balance between impersonal and too-personal décor. You have also learned that too much furniture will make rooms feel smaller, and ‘more space means more value’. Hence, you have cleverly culled towards an ‘airy and spacious’ feeling… but have some corners possibly become a little naked?
Yes, it can happen. Take away, clear, make room… the impetus of showing floor-space may result in obtaining empty spaces that are not doing the room any favour.
No worries, all you have to do is find a furnishing piece that will fill that empty space, right? An item that will add to the space either functionality or decoration.
Under furnishing only leads our prospective buyers into sensing a house that is not lived in, and as a consequence some will struggle to see themselves in it too.
As the obvious naked corners must be filled in with clever styling, choose pieces appropriate in the overall environment. Furniture of small built feel thin, and will not intrude in the space. Pieces with tall or thin legs will feel light and allow the floor to be still visible, not intruding in the feel of a larger floor area.
In fact, can that naked corner be transformed into a study nook? A reading corner? An intimate retreat? Using a rug is a clever way to define and optically separate this area from the rest of the room it is in. Could this next space become a niche that feels like an extra space to our floor plan? This is what we call IDFP.
Naked areas:
- Disrupt the feeling of a lived-in home and must be ‘dressed’
- Should be furnished with thin or light looking furniture
- Naked areas should be used to create the feeling of an extra area
