Welcome to “Chandelier” by Jan Walker.

Great lighting can make a home sell at the top of the market.  Well placed lighting, lamps, chandeliers or spots can actually create a feeling of warmth and can uplift the spirit.  Rooms that are dark will turn off a buyer faster than the green swamp swimming pool. 
Every room in a home has a “best view”.  It is the view that a photographer would focus on when setting up a shot.  You can focus a buyer’s attention in a particular room on the best view by skillfully lighting up that area with table lamps, angled spot lights or even better – with a spectacular ceiling mount light fixture or chandelier.

With the right lighting rooms look larger, more decorated.  Don’t be afraid of a great chandelier or one that you think might be too large.  A big light can be spectacular as long as the ceiling height can take it.  Never hang a light fixture lower than the top of your tallest friend or relative.  Never hang a chandelier so low over a table that you can’t see the top of the head of your guest sitting across the table from you.  

Just make sure you are prepared to part with that great light fixture on closing day, because once a buyer sees it – they are going to want it.  If you can’t part with that Paris flea market find, Venetian crystal beauty or Great Grandma’s bedroom fixture – replace it with something else that looks almost just as good, without the memories – prior to listing and crate your beauties in the garage.  You might even want to cover them with a sheet…  no sense tempting the future  buyers!