Atlanta Real Estate Tips

Moving To A New Home

Decor

Besides furnishings, your decorating decisions will involve the windows, walls and floors of your new home.  Since moving can be a big expense, you may want to consider how much you spend for redecorating.

Here's how to approach decorating projects:

• Before moving, check with painters, carpenters and craftspeople that you know to get an idea of what they currently charge.  Compare these prices with those you receive in your new market.  Get recommendations from satisfied customers to find the most reliable decorating help.
• Look for ways to freshen the windows, walls and floors of your new home before investing a lot of time or money - particularly if you're not ready to make a long-term decorating commitment.
• Be prepared to change window treatments that won't fit the dimensions or color scheme of your new home.  If the fabric or color is part of an overall room decor, look for ways to adapt your current treatments.  Add inexpensive, ready-made sheers in a coordinating color or in crisp white.  Shorten too-short floor drapes to sill length for a casual look.  Shutters, woven shades, or mini-blinds help create new effects.  Add tiebacks, decorative trim, or ribbon to complete a new look.
• Change the curtain or drapery hardware for a new image.  Wooden rods can be painted and brass and chrome rods add accent.
• Consider the exposure of each window.  Those that receive excessive sunlight may require extra coverage.