Neutrals are your best bet when staging your property for sale with paint colours that won’t offend potential buyers. Of course you can’t please everyone, but choosing the right paint colour continues to be one of the top tools for your biggest return on investment when you’re selling your home.

 
Neutrals are colours that will match well with a wide range of other colour options. This is important to potential buyers who are walking through a listed property because they are imagining how their own furniture and accessories will fit into the space.

Ideally, potential buyers don’t want to spend a lot of time or money trying to create this fit. So you can make their life easier by making it neutral for them with a coat of paint. In the picture of an office we staged, you can see that the neutral background would work for pretty much any coloured furniture, curtains, art, rugs etc. that the buyer would want to put in there.

 
Move in ready is the goal when possible. Keep it simple.

 
I’ve written on the topic before. While these exact colours may not be available in your area, it gives you a good sense of what can be effective in staging. Find the posts here:

• Warm staging colours
• Cool staging colours
• Hot colours for your front door

And for more inspiration on stage safe paint colours that won’t offend, take a look at the Set Your Stage Facebook albums of the various homes and condos that we’ve staged for sale.