Decorative Pillows? Yes. Don't fight it.

Decorative Pillows.

Yes, they're unnecessary for a good sleeping experience, and honestly probably quite unnecessary for the comfort of your sofa.

Simply put, as many of my clients have pointed out, decorative pillows are highly impractical items.

"Dust collectors", as my dear mom would call them.

I mean, where on earth do you put those things when you go to bed?

That said, as investors and sellers, we're not scrounging the shelves of Home Goods for pillows to be practical.

We're purchasing them for the photographs.

It's our modern day reality. We're entrenched in a digital society, and photos are what sells your property.

Appealing to the consumer is what's important, and those pillows can make a home look a lot more inviting and complete.

They can be used to pull together colors and textures in a room, helping to create a mood, or for popping in an interesting accent to a bland or neutral space.

I'm embarrassed to admit that back in the day, I also tried to fight the pillow trend.

The bottom photo was my first attempt at decorating this particular bedroom in one of my investment properties.

Yuck.

I cringe whenever I look at the photo.

I knew better.

The bed is exceedingly comfortable, with sateen sheets and down filled pillows and comforter, but you'd never know it.

You wouldn't care.

It looks messy and uninviting.

A quick visit to the store for a duvet, some throw pillows, a throw blanket that matches (along with a couple other touches, but we're not talking about balancing spaces in this post) and now we're in business.

The transformation is complete, and the resulting increased number of renters are well worth the $200 spent on the extra bedding.

If you need help picking out appealing finishing touches, aka pillows and the like, please let me know.

Always happy to lend a decorating hand to make sure you maximize your real estate rental or sale potential.