Home Upgrades on a Budget

Tip #7: Paint walls a warm, inviting color

Zigi and Yusef used to have bright-colored walls, but decided to tone it down with white once they decided to sell.

Despite what they had been told, white is definitely not everybody's color. "White is not a neutral," Nate says. "In fact, it makes every crack, every imperfection in the walls stand out."

Nate immediately warms up the color of all the walls in the house with Lowe's American Tradition Satin paint in Warm Buff for a total of $132. "This is a much warmer feeling in the house," Nate says. "And I think that's what you want a prospective buyer to think."