Atlanta Georgia Home Staging : Georgia: Decatur

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.

The Effectiveness of Home Staging

The Effectiveness of Home Staging

I read an interesting blog post this morning written by a Broker/Realtor by the name of Loreena Yeo. In it, she describes a home in Texas that would have a much easier time of getting their desired price if they would only seek the advice of a professional home stager and an agent that believes in the value of staging. You can read the entire post here.  As a professional home stager in Atlanta, Georgia, I couldn't agree more. I've had the great privilege of working with many home sellers and have not only helped them obtain their desired price but also have helped them sell more quickly. 

Case in point, this town home, pictured below, had sat on the market for 2 years. The frustration the homeowners had experienced had reached an all time high. With reason. Two years is an incredibly long time for a home to sit. The agent who had this listing had used us in the past and had recommended that they have the home professionally staged. 

In the initial visit, I entered the home using the buyers-eye. My objective is to try and emulate the same experience the potential buyers were experiencing. In this particular home, I simply wasn't connecting with the home on an emotional level. The home was empty; void of anything that would allow me to envision living here.

After we staged the home, I remember locking the door behind me and knowing with all the certainty in the world that we'd be de-staging this home soon. I was right. The home went under contract in less than 8 weeks after we staged it.

Here's how the home looked before and after:

 

Living Room professionally home staged

 

Vacant Living Room

 

 

   This is what the potential buyers were seeing when they toured the home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Georgia Interior Solutions (GIS), LLC is Atlanta Georgia's Premier Home Staging Provider.  Owner and Real Estate Staging Expert, Kathy Nielsen has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement; Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  You can also see one of her staged homes on HGTV's hit show Sleep On It.

With their extensive home staging portfolio, you'll quickly learn that they have the experience and knowledge on what it takes to make your home and/or listing appeal to the prospective buyers.  Contact them today for your free no-obligation appointment:  678 522 8392.

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About the Author: Kathy Nielsen, a RESA 2010 Home Stager of the Year Finalists is  a nationally recognized leader within the home staging industry, offers affordable home staging solutions to help sell your home more quickly.  Kathy can be reached via email at info@homestagingatlanta.com or by phone at 678 522 8392.  Their Atlanta Home Staging services offer a variety of options to accommodate all budgets. To view examples of their before and after pictures, visit their portfolio at Home Staging Atlanta Gallery.

 

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22 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • September 28 2009 08:50AM

Why I said NO to Staging This Listing

For the record, I'm not use to saying NO. Having staged hundreds of homes and millions of dollars in real estate throughout the Atlanta area, I know how beneficial staging can be. 

The truth of the matter is that I've only said NO to two; both happened this year.

The first time was via the phone when the seller had informed me that he only needed the staging for a day. He explained that he was attempting to trick the potential lender in believing that he lived in the home.  The conversation ended quickly.  

The second time happened recently with an investment property I was asked to see. The investors live in California and had purchased three investment properties here in Atlanta.

Having passed the phone interview, I was on my way to see the first of the three properties.

NOTE:  The home pictured is NOT the home but it's close. The home is part of a collection of photos taken by Kevin Bauman Photography. Kevin is an incredible photographer who has an incredible eye. To see more of his photos, visit his site at Kevin Bauman Photography.

Kevin Bauman Photography Abandoned Houses

 

 

 

I secured the keys from the agents' office and hit the driveway with a lot of trepidation.

The lawn, recently mowed, lay covered in hay. Appears the last time it was mowed had been months prior.

The car port was leaning. Not slightly leaning, mind you. This puppy looked ready to topple over.

Let me cut to the chase - the keys wouldn't work so I never did get to see the interior.  No worries. I knew looking at the exterior that their investment dollars allocated to staging would be better served with repairs, landscaping and painting.

Now I had the difficult task of telling the homeowner that I wouldn't be putting a bid in to stage their home.

Again, I'm not use to saying no.

After a lengthy conversation, I ended up being thanked for my professionalism.

As for the agent - well now that's another story. Appears she didn't like the fact that I said no.  Her response: Fine, I'll find another stager who WILL stage the home. I wished her the very best.












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Georgia Interior Solutions (GIS), LLC is Atlanta Georgia's Premier Home Staging Provider.  Owner and Real Estate Staging Expert, Kathy Nielsen has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement; Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  You can also see one of her staged homes on HGTV's hit show Sleep On It.

With their extensive home staging portfolio, you'll quickly learn that they have the experience and knowledge on what it takes to make your home and/or listing appeal to the prospective buyers.  Contact them today for your free no-obligation appointment:  678 522 8392.


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Kathy Nielsen RESA National Board Member of the Year

 

 

About the Author: Kathy Nielsen, a RESA 2010 Home Stager of the Year Finalists is  a nationally recognized leader within the home staging industry, offers affordable home staging solutions to help sell your home more quickly.  Kathy can be reached via email at info@homestagingatlanta.com or by phone at 678 522 8392.  Their Atlanta Home Staging services offer a variety of options to accommodate all budgets. To view examples of their before and after pictures, visit their portfolio at Home Staging Atlanta Gallery.

 

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16 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • July 27 2009 09:03AM

From Occupied, To Vacant To Staged! The Reveal

The scenario:  The homeowner is transferring from Atlanta to San Francisco for a job transfer (lucky man). 

When I first saw the home, the owner had received a recommendation from their agent to remove the wallpaper in the kitchen. Given how wallpaper can be a very personal decision, it made sense to remove it.  Fortunately, the owner had a selection of paint colors from which to select.

Here's the picture of the home (with the wallpaper).

Atlanta Home Staging Before Picture

Here's a picture of how the kitchen looks with the wallpaper removed.  The homeowner has also made the move to San Francisco.  As you can see, we chose a nice neutral color (beyond white or cream).

Atlanta Home Staging Vacant Home Picture

Here's the kitchen "after" staging:

Atlanta Home Staging After Staging Picture

The homeowner decided to place the home on the market "after" staging to leverage the momentum gained with a new listing.  We're all hoping for a quick sale! 

Kathy Nielsen, owner and founder of Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC, and nominated for Professional Home Stager of the Year 2007, is here to assist you with getting your home ready for the market.  Whether vacant or occupied, we have the experience and expertise to help showcase the features of your home or listing.  To see more examples of our work, visit our web site at HomeStagingAtlanta.com.  We offer free no-obligation appointments.  Contact us today at 678 522 8392 to schedule.

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Kathy Nielsen RESA National Board Member of the Year

 

 

About the Author: Kathy Nielsen, a RESA 2010 Home Stager of the Year Finalists is  a nationally recognized leader within the home staging industry, offers affordable home staging solutions to help sell your home more quickly.  Kathy can be reached via email at info@homestagingatlanta.com or by phone at 678 522 8392.  Their Atlanta Home Staging services offer a variety of options to accommodate all budgets. To view examples of their before and after pictures, visit their portfolio at Home Staging Atlanta Gallery.

 

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20 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 22 2008 08:18AM