helps create the modern feel needed. Incorporating more modern elements such as black and gold metal finishes, various textures, and furniture designed with clean lines helps to create today’s modern farmhouse. For a modern farmhouse design to be successful, you need a perfect balance between vintage and modern elements. Again, keep in mind that the history behind the modern farmhouse design came out of updating and modernizing old farmhouses. Taking the modern design too far risks losing the
charm and vintage feel that is expected in a modern farmhouse—and vice versa.
buyers the opportunity to question the home’s design or make them feel uncomfortable in an unbalanced home. Educating yourself about a home’s history and background before the start of any new project will prevent you from making substantial financial mistakes as well. Your project will go faster and smoother and be more enjoyable. Creating a home from the outside-in is easy when you apply the essential elements specific home styles require.
DON’T FORCE—STAY ON COURSE
Sticking to the essential elements of a home’s style will help you create homes that feel “right” to buyers. With the average viewing time for a buyer being around 15 minutes for a 2,500-square- foot house, your window of opportunity to secure a buyer is short. Don’t give
MICHELE VAN DER VEEN
Michele Van Der Veen is the host of Good Day segments, including Flip It, Decorate Like a Designer, and Stage to Sell. She started her career in real estate investing more than 30 years ago. A published author, Van Der Veen has been recognized and featured in international magazines for her unique approach to interior design. Acquiring a formal education from the Interior Designers Institute of California, her experience stems from building custom homes to flipping more than 100 homes and working in commercial real estate development alongside her father at a young age. Not afraid to push the limit on her designs and investments, Van Der Veen will often be heard reassuring her team about her decisions by saying “Don’t worry, we are the comps!” For more on Van Der Veen’s work or to contact her, visit iHeartHomescorp.com.
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