Atlanta Home Staging Company: March 2010

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.

Atlanta Home Staging Transformation Before and After Pictures

Home Staging Atlanta

I absolutely love what I do. I love creating the design plan, choosing the furniture and accessories that will be used in my home staging projects here in Atlanta, and the physical aspects involved in the home staging. With each new home staging, I aim to make a difference in how the home appears to the potential buyers.

Here's a home we did this morning just off Northside Drive (love those homes over there).

Sunroom before picture: (as you can see, the big armoire was covering one of the best features within the home).

Atlanta Home Staging Sunroom Before 2 

Now here's what it looks like after being professional home staged:

Atlanta Home Staging Sunroom 2b 

Same room, different angle before picture:

Atlanta Home Staging Sunroom Before 1 

After picture:

Atlanta Home Staging Sunroom 

Dining room before picture:

Atlanta Home Staging Dellwood DR Before 

Dining room after picture:

Atlanta Home Staging Dining Room 2b 

Living room before picture:

Atlanta Home Staging Dellwood LR Before 

Living room after picture:

Atlanta Home Staging Dellwood Living Room 1 


Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

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Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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16 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 29 2010 05:38PM

Tips to Help Make Small Spaces Look Bigger

Tips on Making Small Spaces Appear Bigger

The other day, while watching HGTV, they ran a commercial called Smart Tips by Christopher Lowell (sponsored by KMart). This particular tip was so useful that I took the steps to rewind and captured every word spoken.

Before sharing his tip on making small spaces appear bigger, I just have to say that he is (and has been) one of my most favorite interior decorators. When he had his show called Christopher Lowell, I tried to watch every episode. If he came on and I happened to be out of the room, my husband would call out "your boyfriend is on", at which point I would come running.

 

Direct from Christopher Lowell:

"Did you know that small things in small places actually make a room look smaller. It tends to amplify the very thing you're trying to disguise.

Two things can help.

Contrary to popular belief deep rich wall color can make small rooms look bigger vs. plain white walls which actually emphasizes the size.


The human body only needs 18 to 20 " to comfortable navigate around furniture.  When in doubt, go bigger in size.  A few over scale pieces in small spaces vs. tiny stuff will actually make the room look bigger as the eye will always go to the furnishings.

Thanks to Christopher Lowell and to KMart for sharing these tips with us.

A message to home sellers - when selling your home, consider implementing these tips. If in doubt, a professional home stager can help tremendously.

 

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

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Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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20 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 24 2010 08:00AM

Up Close And Personal with Home Staging in Atlanta

Up Close And Personal with Home Staging Atlanta

 

One of the greatest compliments we receive at Home Staging Atlanta - Georgia Interior Solutions is in regards to our photos. It pleases me to no end as I spend an incredible amount of time at the end of the home staging project to capture as many photos as I can. When I return to the office, I'm as anxious to send them to the homeowner as they are to receive them.

And like many professional photographers (no, I'm not a professional photographer but do use similar practices), the photos will go thru some edits. If you're a professional home stager, I encourage you to take the time to make those edits. If you're confused or don't know where to begin, then absolutely invest in the webinar being provided by Jackson West. You can read his post here. Jackson has perfected the art of editing and provides great insight into what the process is about.

Here are two recent photos I captured from a home staging project in Grant Park yesterday.

Grant Park Home Staging Bedroom Close-up 

Grant Park Home Staging LR Close-up 

I started taking "vignette" photos as a way to add some magazine-like qualities to my Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio. Yes, it adds more time at the end of the project. However, I think it's well worth the time.

So... give it a whirl. Snap a few close-ups. I promise you, you'll be glad you did.

 

 

 

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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18 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 11 2010 08:39AM

Atlanta Home Staging Before & After Pictures

Grant Park Home Staging 

We just finished our back-to-back home staging projects in Grant Park and I'm pleased to tell you that both turned out extremely well. The homeowners were very happy. You can see the last weeks project by visiting our Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio.

It's simply amazing just how big of a transformation a vacant home can go thru when professionally home staged. And the most surprising thing is that it doesn't take a lot of pieces (furniture or accessories). What does matter is what those pieces are. Our home staging Atlanta projects are designed around the demographics of the buyer as well as the style of the home.

Here are a few home staging before and after pictures:

Kitchen:

Grant Park Kitchen Before

Grant Park Home Staging Kitchen 1

Master Bedroom:

Grant Park Master Bedroom Before

Grant Park Home Staging Master After 1

If you have a vacant home in or around Atlanta, feel free to contact us for a free estimate.

About Grant Park in Atlanta from Wikipedia:

Grant Park is also the in-town neighborhood surrounding Grant Park, and is Atlanta's largest historic neighborhood. It includes the 88 acres or 35 hectares of Oakland Cemetery(established 1850), where Margaret Mitchell, Bobby Jones, 25 former mayors of Atlanta, six former governors of Georgia, and many Civil War dead are buried.

 

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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18 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 11 2010 07:57AM

How to Avoid Leaving the Buyer Guessing

Tips from Atlanta Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen.

 

It's happened to me. Has it happened to you? You enter a home and you have absolutely no clue as to what the purpose of the room is?  Unfortunately, it happens too often, especially if the home is vacant. 

Tomorrow I'll be home staging a home in Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia that had this exact dilemma. I arrived, entered the home and just stood in middle of the room scratching my head (okay, not really "scratching my head" but, you get the point).  I was told it was the living room.  It sure didn't look like a living room. However, I can assure you that after tomorrow you'll know exactly what room it is. Stay tuned for the pictures of this home staging project as I'll be posting them as soon as I get back.

In the meantime, here are tips on "how to avoid leaving the buyer guessing."

  • Give the room a purpose by understanding the demographics of the buyer    Let's say the room in question is on the main floor. It may make sense to turn that room into an office if in fact the buyer is young or of middle age. This age bracket has a tendency to work from home and would make for a perfect solution for this room.

 

  • Take into consideration the location of the room in question - For example, if the room is located on the upper level, just outside of the kids rooms, then consider creating a "play room" for the kids.  If it's a room over the garage (attached to the house), then consider making that room an office. 

 

  • Think like a buyer - Having lived in your home, you're well aware of what the room is (or was) used for. However, understand that the buyer isn't in the same position and hasn't a clue. Start at the front door and use the "buyers-eye."

Remember - leaving the buyer guessing is never a good idea. With proper planning, using the above home staging tips, you'll be on your way to setting definition to that confusing room and eliminate the guessing game.

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

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7 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 09 2010 08:01AM

How to Arrange a Room When Selling

Confused on how to re-arrange your room when selling?

You’re not alone.  The question; "how do I arrange the furniture?" is perhaps the most frequently asked questions I receive as a professional home stager in Atlanta.  And with reason.  Most sellers have seen enough shows on TV to understand that there's a need to change.  However, they're challenged on exactly what changes would benefit them the most.  Puzzle Picture of living room from Atlanta Home Staging

Let's begin with reviewing the objective:  

The objective for the seller is to showcase the features as well as the space the home has to offer.

How is that accomplished?

 

  • Find the feature you want to highlight.  Perhaps it's the fireplace in the living room or the built-ins in the keeping room.  Your objective as a seller is to draw the buyers' eye to that feature.
  • Add visual space. This can be accomplished by removing an item or two from the room.  For example, if you have two end tables today, try removing one.  If you have a dining room table with a leaf and 6 chairs, try removing the leaf and two of the chairs.
  • Expose your flooring.  This is especially true if you believe this to be a feature of the home. Try removing the rug or reduce the size of the rug you use.  Yes, area rugs can add warmth but if over-sized, then you risk covering up one of the best features of the home.

 

 

 

Also know that there are experts in place that are use to "putting the pieces together." An experienced home professional can easily help you identify the features, knows what it takes to add that "visual space" and can recognize what features may be hidden and need to be exposed.

 

How to arrange a room when selling can be a little tricky. However, with those basics in mind, know that it's perfectly okay to have a room re-arranged 5-6 (or more) times before you settle on the right arrangement.  

Another suggestion is to get ideas from magazines or better yet, from a home stagers website.  You can view photos of some of my most recent home staging projects in Atlanta by visiting our Home Staging Atlanta Portfolio.


 

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

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Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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16 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 08 2010 07:55AM

Knowing Where the Lockbox is Going is Important. Learn Why.

Knowing where the lockbox is going is important.  Learn why.

Lockbox on front door

 

 

 

 

As a professional home stager in Atlanta,  one of the very first questions I'll ask the real estate agent is where the lockbox to the home is going to be located.

That single question can make a significant difference. It's a question that all home sellers should be asking their real estate agent.

Why is that question important? It's where the agents who bring the buyers to see your home will be entering. If you're use to entering your home via a side entrance, it's likely not going to be the point of entry into your home when the agents show it. Instead, 9 times out of 10, it will be the front door.

With "first impressions" being everything (in fact, buyers will be forming opinions in the first few seconds) you want to dress to impress from the exterior to the interior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some tips:



For the exterior:

  • Add pots of flowers, or in the winter, add winter greenery such as juniper or spruce
  • Paint the front door
  • Change the hardware such as the handle and the knocker
  • Ensure the door bell is in working condition
  • Sweep

For the interior:

  • Add a mirror or artwork
  • Use a stand (for keys and sunglasses)
  • Add greenery (nothing better than bringing some of the outdoors inside)
  • Position a rug right at the front door
  • Add a container for umbrellas

These small and inexpensive changes can make a world of difference when selling your home.

 

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

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Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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5 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 07 2010 03:55PM

Atlanta Home Stagers Hits the Airwaves

Real Estate 101, with host Mary Gill on WAOK 1380, features Atlanta Home Staging Guest - Kathy Nielsen

I'm extremely excited to have the opportunity to share with the listeners what the home staging process is about.

The show begins at 11:00 a.m. and will end at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, March 6th. From start to finish, I'll be discussing a variety of topics regarding the importance of preparing your home for the market.

Here's a preview of some the topics we'll be discussing -

Key rooms - Starting at the entrance to the backdoor of your home, there are key rooms that become critically important to the buyer. I'll be sharing a list of what rooms "buyers" consider important.

Achieving the right look for your home - Learn what "look" you should be going after and why it's important.

How to influence the buyer - Yes, there are things you could and should do that make a difference. I'll be sharing a variety of tips that sellers can use.

With a two hour show, the above is just a preview. Make sure you tune in, if you can.

 

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

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Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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9 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 05 2010 03:34PM

Grant Park Home Staging in Atlanta Georgia Before and After Pictures

Will home staging this Grant Park home in Atlanta, Georgia help it sell more quickly?

I firmly believe that it will.  Home staging, when done properly, will absolutely help to engage the buyer on an emotional level.

Using the "eye-of-the-buyer" in all of my home staging design plans, my goal is to capture the essence of the home and make it appealing to a broad base of prospective buyers.

Here are a few before and after pictures of this Grant Park home we home staged just yesterday.

Master Bedroom before home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging Master Before 

Master Bedroom after home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging Master After 

Entrance prior to home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging Entrance Before 

Entrance after home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging Entrance After 

Office before home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging Office Before 

Office after home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging Office After 

Living room before home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging LR Before 

Living room after home staging:

Grant Park Home Staging LR After 

Here are two close-ups of some of the accessories used in this Grant Park home staging project:

Grant Park Home Staging Close-up 1 Grant Park Home Staging Close-up 2 

Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

RESA Professional Stager of the Year - Southern Region 2011

Whether your home is vacant or occupied, this Atlanta Georgia Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen, understands what it takes to sell a home quickly. Her homes have graced the pages of several publications, appeared in TV commercials as well as on HGTV's hit program Sleep On it.

With years of experience and a massive inventory - Kathy makes the perfect choice.

 

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Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

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15 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 03 2010 08:08AM