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.

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.


 

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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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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.

 

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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 • March 07 2010 03:55PM