Atlanta Georgia Home Staging

This Atlanta Home Staging Company, Georgia Interior Solutions, has the expertise and experience to help showcase your home and/or listing so that it stands out from the others on the market. With years of experience and a massive inventory designed to compliment any style home, we implement solutions that draw the buyer in and allow them to emotionally connect with the home.

Is Your Home Capturing the Buyers Off the Internet?

Is Your Home Capturing the Buyers Off the Internet?

In the case of this home (see before picture below), we have a completely vanilla kitchen (minus my bin of accessories, of course). The cabinets are white. The appliances are white and we have a light-color countertop. If left empty, it's likely the buyers, when searching the Internet, would likely find nothing appealing about this kitchen.  

If you're selling your home, your objective should be to make the "short list." The short list is comprised of the homes they've viewed off the Internet that are "worthy" of seeing first-hand.

Once a buyer settles on a location, price and size of the home (for example, quantity of bedrooms), they will next look for those that are most appealing. Herein lies the greatest opportunity for a seller. If your home is vacant, dress it up. Trust me. As a professional home stager in Atlanta, I've had the good fortune in having helped hundreds throughout metro Atlanta to help sell their home quickly.

Here's an example of a home we staged last week in Roswell, Georgia:

Kitchen Before Home Staging:

Home Staging Atlanta Before Picture Kitchen

 

Here's how the home now looks on the Internet:

 

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture Kitchen

Staging your home, whether your hire a professional or do it yourself, will absolutely make a difference as it relates to capturing the buyers off the Internet.

 

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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9 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • July 28 2010 09:15AM

YARD STAGING TIPS

 

Here's an awesome set of yard staging tips brought to you by Corinne Kaas, a home stager out of New York City. If you have a home you're looking to sell in NYC, Corinne Kaas with Harmonizing Homes makes the perfect solution.

 

Kathy

 

Via Corinne Kaas (Harmonizing Homes LLC):

Over the weekend I wrote a a blog about a  house that was for sale which had no curb appeal.  Although the house was cute, it lacked that slow the car down and check out this house.  Your yard believe it or not has to impress potential buyers...its the first impression.   Here are some tips for staging your yard by Harmonizing Homes. 

  1. Your front lawn is the first thing that buyers see when they drive by, so make sure your lawn is cut, and edged.
  2. Prune any branches that may be hiding your home, as we saw in the picture in my blog "what is wrong with this house" the house was hidden by this tree, which needed to be pruned.
  3. Mulch around the trees and garden it will look so much neater and fresh
  4. Edge all of your flower gardens...all you have to really do is use a straight edge shovel
  5. Power wash everything...your side walks, deck, house ....cleanness counts
  6. Plant some flowers for color if you don't have flowers planted, or pot some flowers for your walk way or steps.  This time of year it is a bit difficult however, there are still Zinnia's out which are nice a bright and the mums will be hitting the market soon.

 

Flower Box by Harmonizing Homes

 

Hang some window boxes.... you can fill the window boxes with seasonal flowers and Kale for the fall

Create an outside seating area - a small converstional area perhaps around a fire pit.  Place some potted palms around.

 

Staging by Harmonzing Homes

 

Don't under estimate the power of curb appeal.....The appeal will get the potential buyers to at least stop and write down the address and phone number of the agent.....

Harmony.........

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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5 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • July 28 2010 06:57AM

Will Dated Furniture Hinder The Sale of Your Home?

Will Dated Furniture Hinder The Sale of Your Home?

A common practice for homeowners with vacant properties is to utilize furniture that they have hanging around. They make the assumption, and with reason, that something in the room is better than leaving it vacant.  And while most buyers benefit from seeing furniture placed in a room, dated furniture has its drawbacks. Here are just a few:

 

  • The dated furniture can, and does, nine times out of ten, date your home
  • Dated furniture will NOT appeal to a broad base of prospective buyers. In fact, your home will likely be a turn-off to the young buyers 
  • Buyers viewing your home on the internet are likely to pass 

 

Case in point - while on my way to de-stage a home in Grant Park last week, I received a call from a prospect that was relatively close by to where I was de-staging. She asked if I could come over to see her home which has been on the market for 6 months. Armed with only my cell phone to take pictures, I snapped the two before pictures below. I apologize for the poor quality. While the iphone 4 is incredible, the camera, well... not so much (smile).

Eat-in Kitchen before being professionally home staged:

Home Staging Atlanta Eat-in Before Picture

 

After Picture:

Home Staging Atlanta Eat-in after picture

Master Bedroom before being professionally home staged:

Home Staging Atlanta Master Bedroom Before Picture

Master Bedroom After Home Staging:

Home Staging Atlanta Master Bedroom After Picture

 

Home Staging Atlanta Close-up Floral Arrangement

 

 

As you can see in the before and after pictures, there's a huge difference in the look and feel of the home. The up-to-date furniture combined with new accessories, help achieve a look that's fresh and appealing.

For all your home staging needs in and around Atlanta, contact Kathy Nielsen at 678 522 8392. 

We understand what it takes to help sell a home quickly!

 

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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30 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • July 21 2010 09:05AM

Semi-Staged. Is it Effective?

Semi-Staged.  Is it Effective?

Let me start by sharing an example of what I mean when I say "semi-staged."

Home Staging Atlanta before picture keeping room

As you can see in the photo above, there are a few accessories scattered on the bookshelves. The homeowner had added these to help warm up the space. Don't get me wrong, the accessories were a nice touch.  However, if you look closely, you'll see the light fixture in the forefront of the picture.  This room actually served as the eat-in and a great place for the family to gather for dinners.

The challenge for the homeowners, with this semi-staged room, is that buyers were not able to envision HOW to use this room.

After months on the market without a single offer, the homeowners called on Home Staging Atlanta's premier staging company, Georgia Interior Solutions to assist with getting it sold quickly.

Here's what we did:

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture Keeping Room

The simple addition of the table and chairs really made a difference. Combine that with the two accent chairs and a few added accessories (art, books, greenery, etc...) and the room came to life.

The results - home was under contract in less than 6 weeks after having been professional home staged.

 

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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31 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • July 12 2010 09:15AM

Atlanta Home Staging - Same House. Second Time Staging

 

A couple of years ago, I had the distinct pleasure of home staging this home in Atlanta, Georgia. I remember the agent calling me only a few weeks later with the good news that the home was under contract. We were all pleased.  

Fast forward two years.... the owners received confirmation that they would be moving to California for a job transfer.  They were so impressed with how the home looked when they made the purchase that they wanted the same home stager (me) to stage the home.

I suppose this was bound to happen as I've been professionally staging homes throughout Atlanta for almost 5 years. And for those that may be wondering if it's a new agent or not - they are using the same one who originally listed two years ago. 

Here's the home as it appeared two years ago when I first staged it.

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture Kitchen

Here's how it looks now, after the 2nd staging. Please note that the following is NOT a picture I had taken. After having staged the home, the owners were having cleaning people brought in to do a thorough cleaning. I'll be back this week to take my own photos and will post a few other rooms.

Home Staging Atlanta Kitchen After Picture

 

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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14 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 29 2010 08:16AM

Home Staging Investment Properties in Atlanta

Home Staging for an Atlanta Investor - As a home stager in Atlanta, where all the testimonials on my site are in fact mine (smile), I've thoroughly enjoyed working with the Atlanta investors. While the process can be a little different, they are a joy to stage. 

This is an example of a home we staged last week.

Here's what the room looks like when the furniture has been delivered.  I typically have it placed in the "general" area. However, I've been known to make multiple changes to the layout. As any professional home stager will tell you, the furniture, accessories, layout, etc... are NOT about the homeowner. Instead, it's about the buyer.

Atlanta Home Staging Before picture den

Here's the end result:

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture Den

This Atlanta investor made some wonderful renovations to the kitchen as you can see below. My job as an Atlanta Home Stager is to help the buyer emotionally connect to the home.

By design, I don't overload the home with accessories. Instead, I need to compliment the style of the home and use tasteful items that help make it as appealing as possible.

Atlanta Home Stager Kitchen after Picture

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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10 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 14 2010 08:52AM

It's One Thing to Steal My Content. It's Another to STEAL My Testimonials

It's One Thing to Steal My Content. It's Another to STEAL My Testimonials!

 

In the recent past, I've found that others have stolen my content from my website. As if that wasn't bad enough, I just found someone who has TAKEN one of my testimonials.  

To say I'm furious is an understatement. As ANYONE, in ANY profession will tell you, a testimonial is like GOLD and represents all the hard effort you put into the job at-hand. Testimonials don't come easy.

Personally, I work hard as a professional home stager in Atlanta and strive to do the very best job at each and every staging. When I receive a testimonial from either an agent, a homeowner, an investor (whomever), it's something I cherish.

Back to the individual at hand - Not only is this person a thief, he is a liar.  I don't like liars and I don't know anyone that does. He is mis-leading the public. That to me, is absolutely unacceptable.

And to make matters worse, he resides here in Atlanta. In addition to stealing my testimonial, he has duplicated 22% of my site.  That too won't be tolerated.

As the Real Estate Staging Association's (RESA) Ethics Chairperson, I take these matters extremely seriously. As a human being, it's unacceptable.

Here's the testimonial he has STOLEN (this was taken directly from his website):

We had heard that staging would help to sell homes quicker and for top dollar, but weren't sure it was worth it. Nohow would have to agree! We held an Open House 2 days after the house was staged and ended up with 2 offers the next day! The house was under contract that week. At the closing we asked the buyers whether or not the staging helped in making their decision and they said a definite "Yes!" They felt it helped them visualize how their furniture would work in the space and generally made it look more appealing. We would definitely use a Home Stager again!!

 

Here is MY testimonial that I worked hard for:

We had heard that staging would help to sell homes quicker and for top dollar, but weren’t sure it was worth it.  Now we would have to agree!    We held an Open House 2 days after the house was staged and ended up with 2 offers the next day! The house was under contract that week.  At the closing we asked the buyers whether or not the staging helped in making their decision and they said a definite “Yes!”.  They felt it helped them visualize how their furniture would work in the space and generally made it look more appealing. 

 

My testimonial includes the following of which he did not copy:

Kathy was also amazing to work with and went way above and beyond what she was compensated for. Not only did she decorate our flip home beautifully, but she also helped us finish some touchups with our flooring and cabinets while waiting for the furniture to be delivered! Thanks so much, Kathy. You are a gem!  We will definitely use Georgia Interior Solutions again!!

 

On a final note:  There's only ONE person who deserved that testimonial and it wasn't him.


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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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43 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 11 2010 09:48AM

Home Staging for an Atlanta Investor

Home Staging for an Atlanta Investor

 

I was a busy bee this morning with staging this home for an Atlanta investor. I'm pleased to say that all went well. The investor met me at the house as I was taking pictures.  She loves how the home came out.  So do I (smile). 

Here are some before and after pictures:

 

Kitchen before:  As you can see, it's a beautiful kitchen

Home Staging Atlanta Kitchen Before Picture

Kitchen after:  Here's how Home Staging Atlanta helps to capture the buyers on an emotional level:

Atlanta Home Staging After Picture Kitchen

 

 

Living Room Before:  It's hard to tell that this is the living room. The pictures on MLS left the buyers guessing.

Home Staging Atlanta Living Room Before

 

Living Room After: This new look eliminates the guessing game.

Atlanta Georgia Home Staging After Picture - Living room

Close-up of Island:  I just loved how this turned out.  Notice my signature green apples?

Atlanta Georgia Home Staging Close-up

Home Staging homes for Atlanta investors, flippers, REO's, homeowners, agents and the list goes on. Give us a call! We're here to help you sell your home quickly!

To see other examples of our work, visit our website: HomeStagingAtlanta.com

 

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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12 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 04 2010 05:32PM

RESA Needs Your Home Staging Before and After Pictures

RESA Needs Your Home Staging Before and After Pictures

 

Calling all RESA & RESA-PRO members - Looking for bragging rights? You've got a perfect opportunity to submit your before and after pictures (or just after pictures) to RESA for consideration. 

Shell Brodnax, CEO & President of the trade association, RESA, is in the process of finalizing the DVD titled "The Consumer's Guide to Real Estate Staging" and would like to feature, on the DVD case, home staging examples.

To submit, please send your home staging "after" pictures and/or your "before and after pictures" via email to: shell@shellbrodnax.com. We're nearing the deadline quickly. So... if you have photos you would like to have considered, please get them to her quickly.

While there is no compensation involved and no photo credit, you will have bragging rights!

Imagine your agents and/or homeowners purchasing this video and your work is showcased on the cover!

For further information on this incredible DVD - please see Shell's latest Active Rain blog post titled: RESA's Consumer Guide to Real Estate Staging.

While RESA proudly supports the home staging industry, this particular request is limited to RESA and RESA-PRO members only.

Kathy Nielsen

SE Region RESA RVP

 

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Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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3 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 04 2010 06:52AM

Active Rain Home Staging "Before and After" Picture Contest

 

Active Rain Home Staging “Before and After” Picture Contest

 

Home Stagers – It’s your time to shine!

 

 

For years, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of posting my before and after pictures in Active Rain.  During those years, I’ve had numerous clients contact me as a direct result of having posted my pictures.

Home Stagers - I want the same for YOU! As a result, I’ve solicited the approval of running an Active Rain contest that focuses on your best home staging projects. The winners will receive 3,000 points for 1st place, 2,000 points for 2nd place and 1,000 points for 3rd place.


 

Here are the details:

 

 

  • ·       Within the comment section of this blog post, you will post your favorite before and after projects. NOTE: In order to qualify for this contest, you will need to post both the before and after picture.

 

 

 

 

  • ·       Contest will run from June 8th to June 16th by 5:00 p.m. eastern time. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR BEFORE AND AFTERS NOW. CONTEST END DATE REMAINS THE SAME.

 

 

 

  • ·       Five (5) judges have been pre-selected. The names of the judges will be announced after the contest.

 

 

 

  • ·       Judging will be based on the following:

 

 

    Biggest Transformation – how different the room(s) look after home staging.

    Nicest After Picture – how “visually” appealing the room(s) appears after home staging.

 

 

  • ·       You may enter one set of before and after pictures. The home staging photos can be of occupied homes or vacant homes.  No other restrictions apply. Please note:  I, personally, will not be participating in this contest.

 

 

 

  • ·       Judging will be based on a 10-point scale with 10 being the highest.

 

 

 

  • ·       The points will be awarded as follows:

 

 

    1st Place – 3,000 points

   2nd Place – 2,000 points

    3rd Place – 1,000 points

 

To enter - Simply post your home staging before and after pictures to this post in the comments.  If you are having difficulties uploading pictures, please read the following (which was provided by Active Rain):

"After we upgraded the site, we placed strict limits on how long actions could take – this is one of the reasons ActiveRain runs so quickly now. That limit is 30 seconds. When a user tries to upload a large image, sometimes their internet connection is too slow to finish in time, and they receive a "Bad Gateway" or "Proxy Error" message. Until we work out a solution, we recommend that users crop or otherwise downsize large images before adding them to an ActiveRain blog post."

Winners will be announced shortly after the 16th.

I can't wait to see your home staging before and after pictures! Thanks in advance for participating and best of luck to you all!

 

Kathy

 

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A Real Estate Staging Association Finalist for Professional Stager of the Year 2010, Kathy Nielsen understands  what it takes to help sell homes quickly. Considered an expert within the home staging industry, and having years of experience, Kathy makes the perfect choice for preparing your home for the market in the Atlanta area.

Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com 

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91 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 02 2010 01:39PM