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and more inviting, helping to accelerate the sale of the home. As homebuyers view a home, they often tend to imagine how they will live in it. That new open floor plan could be the perfect design for any buyer who sees themselves cooking in the kitchen while interacting with their children or entertaining family or friends. Weighing the pros and cons of using a good amount of your rehab budget to remove a wall comes down to what will benefit the home the most in terms of changing its look to turn a good profit. Although most people think about taking down walls as the solution to opening up a floor plan, there are a couple other ways to achieve a more open floor plan. Focus on removing what is obstructing your view across or through a room. For example, consider removing low cabinets or large, low-hanging lights. Doing so can dramatically change the feel of any room, but without the cost of removing a wall. Raising the ceiling height, if structurally possible, can create the feeling the room is more open too. Raising the ceiling can be costly, but even a small bedroom can benefit from having the ceiling height raised to create the feel of more space. SEE THE LIGHT Lighting is another way to really take a home to the next level. Can lighting, although it may not seem like the prettiest choice, can change the feel of any room in the house. By adding can lights to a kitchen or living room, the size of a room will seem to grow before your eyes! Although it is not a WOW factor
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