your home will give you a quick idea where to bring in more light. Rooms with abundant windows greatly benefit from natural light, as your home will be seen during the day. Supplemental light is necessary for rooms with smaller windows or little natural light.
For artificial lighting, you can use:
• Overhead lighting (general lighting and ambience) • Pendant lighting (for specific tasks, such as food preparation in the kitchen, or reading in a living room) • Accent lighting (usually placed strategically on tables or mounted on walls) The combination of ambient, natural, and pendant light can bring out the best in your kitchen and bathroom spaces. For example, you can use mounting track lighting underneath cabinets, improving the aesthetics and functionality of your counters. You also need enough good-quality lighting above your sink and stove areas. Lighting in the bathroom needs to be intense, without being too harsh. Soft lighting enhances any part of the house you want to highlight. Avoid harsh lighting in the bedrooms (think well-lit and strategically placed lamps), except for in the closet, which should have nice bright lighting.
FLOORING
Your home’s value can be downgraded if your floors are in bad shape. On the flip side, if your home’s flooring is well done and in excellent condition, buyers will be more willing to pay more. So, take a good, hard look at all the flooring throughout your home, in each room, and carefully consider what — if any — changes should be made. Move furniture out of the way so you can clearly see its condition. Make notes regarding condition, stains, 86
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