Atlanta Georgia Home Staging : Georgia: Marietta

Can Home Staging a $69K Home Help?

Some may argue that having a $69K listing staged simply doesn't make sense. However, the Atlanta investor, who has used me on his last four homes, would argue that it makes sense at any price point. Three of the four listings have gone under contract in less than one week. He's banking on a quick sale and I'm confident he'll get it.

Here's a close-up that I took earlier today in the room I staged as an office:

Here are the before and after pictures of the living room:

Home located in Marietta, Georgia and was professionally staged by Kathy Nielsen. All photos are copyright protected.

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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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15 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • May 11 2010 08:54PM

They're MY Words, Not YOURS. Dealing with Plagiarism

Dealing with Plagiarism

When I created the content for my website, I spent hours figuring out WHAT I wanted to say and HOW I wanted to say it. Did I say hours? I really spent days. So, why, on God's green earth, would anyone think it would be okay to take what I say and use it on their own website is beyond me.

It's wrong.

Yesterday, I took my pages thru CopyScape and found not one, not two, but three other websites that have used my verbiage.

It's wrong.

Do they not know that they we could be penalized for duplicate content? Do they not know that if the matter isn't addressed promptly that I can take legal action?

And no, I don't want to hear that your webmaster is to blame. You own your website. You own the words it contains and the pictures used. I also don't want to hear that you've hired someone else to write your content (which is what one of the three have claimed happened). If that's truly the case, then "note to self", ask for money back as they didn't write the content used on your site. I did.

Yes. I'm a little angry. It's happened time after time and it's wrong.

And no, I'm not flattered.

Now I'll go on record - please do not copy the content from my website. And never, ever should you think it's okay to use my photos without my permission. I'm the one that made the investment in my camera and took the steps necessary to learn how to take great photos of my home staging project.

I work extremely hard at what I do. Everything you see on my website is a direct result of what I've done, not what you've done.

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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 • April 21 2010 08:00AM

Marietta, Georgia Home Staging - by Kathy Nielsen

Home Staging Atlanta - Georgia Interior Solutions is pleased to share with you our most recent home staging.

As most of our home staging clients are aware, we service many cities throughout Atlanta. From Buckhead to East Point, to Roswell and Marietta and many cities and towns in between.

For this owner occupied home in Marietta, Georgia we began the process by first removing some of the existing furniture. With a clean slate ahead of us, we set off to make a great first impression.

We warmed up the entry way with an accent piece.

The library was next as this is the room that is immediately to the right once you walk into the home:

Straight ahead is the kitchen:

A vignette shot, which I'll use on my Home Staging Atlanta website

All photos are copyright protected.

Thanks for taking the time to view our photos of our home staging in Marietta, Georgia!

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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 • April 14 2010 06:29PM

Home Staging Before & After Pictures

Home Staging in Atlanta

As I shared on my Atlanta Staging Information blog site, there are several reasons why home staging is so effective. One of the greatest benefits is that it can help define the purpose of the room.

Case in point - here are two sets of before and after pictures of the home we staged on Monday in Marietta, Georgia. As you walked in the front door, there were two rooms; one on the left and the other on the right. As it turns out the room on the left, which I had thought was a formal living room, turned out to be the dining room. If I was confused, I knew the prospective buyers would be confused.

My job as a professional home stager in Atlanta is to:

Bring in the warmth thru the furniture and accessories and make the home feel like it "welcomes them home."
Showcase the homes' features as well as space
Eliminate the confusion that may exist as to the purpose of the room.

Here's what the living room looked like before:

Home Staging Atlanta Before Picture

Here's the after picture:

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture

Here's the room that I thought was the formal living room:

Home Staging Atlanta Before Picture

Now here are two "after" pictures of the room:

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture

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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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

Atlanta Home Stager After Picture Master Sitting Room

23 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • July 08 2009 08:23AM

Why Beautiful Kitchens Help Sell Homes

Kitchens are like magnets; they simply have this way of drawing everyone in and are viewed by many as the heart-of-the-home. Buyers know and understand that they'll be spending a great deal of time in the kitchen and therefore, pay close attention to this particular room. As a seller, it's important to further engage the buyer by creating a space that welcomes them.

Here's a before and after picture of a home we staged this week in Atlanta. Oh, and the comment from the homeowner: "I should have done this 10 months ago."

Before:

Atlanta Home Staging Before Picture

Here's the after picture: By design, we simplified the amount of accessories used. My objective is to compliment what the builder has created and not to overwhelm the space.

Atlanta Home Stager Before Picture

Here's a close-up picture of one of the florals and apples (my signature staging accessory):

Atlanta Home Staging

Floral:

Home Staging Atlanta

For more tips and information on having your home professionally staged, visit our Atlanta Home Staging Information blog at AtlantaHomeStagerInfo.com

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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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

Atlanta Home Stager After Picture Master Sitting Room

11 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • June 12 2009 10:09AM

How to Arrange a Living Room When Selling Your Home

How to arrange a living room when selling your home.

A common challenge for most sellers is understanding what actions to take in each of the rooms. Given that we live amongst our things, we end up being familiar and perhaps even comfortable with the current arrangement. However, there are some extremely easy and very effective changes that will work in almost every living room out there.

Here's a collage I created of an occupied home we had staged:

Atlanta Home Staging Company Collage

Visit our Atlanta Home Staging Information blog for the step-by-step process. These changes were done in less than a day and made a significant impact on how the buyers viewed the home.

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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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 • May 19 2009 02:12PM

Atlanta Home Staging - Trifecta

Three Staged Homes - Three Now Under Contract

I'm calling this my Atlanta Home Staging Trifecta. I was notified on Tuesday that three of the homes I had staged are now under contract. Happy Day! The sellers are thrilled, their agents are ecstatic and I couldn't be happier.

Here they are, along with a little history:

Atlanta Georgia Home Stager After Picture

Home Staging East Point Georgia

This home is owned by an investor. We had the home staged and within days it went under contract. One day prior to the closing, we de-staged. Closing came and the financing for the buyer fell through. So, we re-staged. Two weeks later, we're scheduling another de-stage as the house is once again under contract.

This coming week, I'll be staging a 2nd property for this same investor. I'm calling this new property "the rainbow home." I'll be posting before pictures soon in another post so be on the look-out.

Atlanta Home Stager After Picture

Home Staging Midtown Atlanta Georgia

This is a town home located that we staged 3 months ago. Prior to being staged, this home had been on the market for over 1 year.

The homeowner was thrilled with how the staging look and beyond thrilled with the results.

Atlanta Home Stager After Picture

Home Staging Mableton Georgia

This home, priced higher than most in the neighborhood given its' finished basement, had lingered on the market for 8 months.

Staged and under contract 6 weeks later.

Take note - all of this inventory is coming back in and is ready for YOUR home. Contact us today for your free in-home evaluation. We'll preview your home, whether vacant or occupied, and provide you with a home staging proposal.

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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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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

Atlanta Home Stager After Picture Master Sitting Room

13 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • May 07 2009 10:05AM

Bedroom Transformation Before & After Pictures - Home Staging Marietta, Georgia

A Before & After Bedroom Transformation - Home Staging Marietta, GA

Okay, I admit it, I love to make my home staging clients squeal.

In this particular home staging, the homeowner clapped; the agent squealed and the agents' mom wants to fly me to Connecticut to decorate her home. And while pleasing my clients is always nice, the real objective behind home staging is to ensure the home appeals to the prospective buyers.

The opportunity to enhance the visual aspect of the home is exactly what home staging is about. And at HomeStagingAtlanta.com, we aim to do just that.

Here's an example of home we just finished last week. Here's the "before" picture of the master bedroom:

Bedroom Picture before being home staged

Now here's the same bedroom after being staged by Atlanta's premier home staging company:

Picture of a bedroom after being home staged

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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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

Atlanta Home Stager After Picture Master Sitting Room

14 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • May 02 2009 09:47AM

How to Add Visual Energy (Interest) to Your Home When Selling

How to add visual energy to your home when selling:

One of the greatest opportunities a home seller can do is to ensure their home has "visual energy."

What is "visual energy" you ask? It's the energy a room generates visually to a prospective buyer.

Visual energy can be:

Features within the home. For example, crown molding can actually add visual energy to a room.

Furniture and accessories. Yes, the pieces that reside within the home can and do add visual energy. One without the other, however, may seem out of place. Here's an example:

As you can see in the above picture, we have a combination of some furniture pieces (coffee table and TV) and a few scattered accessories (floor plant, candles and mirror on the mantel and rug). While there's some degree of visual energy within the home, the missing pieces (i.e., sofa) are really throwing the energy off Not good for prospective buyers.

Now here's the same room with all of the right components (furniture and accessories).

Can you feel the difference? The energy comes from not only the pieces added but how they are laid out.

Now let's get to the "how":

If the home is vacant - consider bringing in furniture and accessories. Yes, I meant to underline the word "and". Furniture alone isn't going to get us the same level of visual energy needed when selling. As for how the room should be laid out - let's use the after picture as an example. I snapped this picture from the front entrance. With the TV being on the wall to the right, that left us with two options for the sofa 1) facing the fireplace or 2) on the wall on the left. Given that this house is on the market and we're selling the REAL ESTATE (said another way, square footage the home has to offer), the best solution is the wall on the left. In placing the sofa on that wall, we have a ton more "visual space."

If the home is occupied - considering paring down on the number of furniture items. Your objective is to add as much "visual space" as possible. Be careful with the accessories. A common mistake made by many (and you can see it in the "before" picture above) is to place a mirror on the mantel. While it may look appealing, the reflection may not. In this case, it was reflecting the balcony railings on the 2nd floor. The best rule of thumb when it comes to accessories is to find the right balance. Start by taking all of the items out of the room and adding in a few at a time.

And if in doubt.... always contact a professional home stager. Whether the home is vacant or occupied, they'll share sound advice and are pros at creating the right "visual energy" needed to help sell a home more quickly.

Here's a close-up of the orchids on the table. The home pictured, by the way, was professionally home staged by Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC.

Picture of Orchids used in a home staging

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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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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32 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • May 01 2009 03:16PM

Solutions for Selling Part I - Home Appeal

As a professional home stager in Atlanta, Georgia, I'm often asked for solutions that will help grab the attention of the prospective buyers. And with reason; the more "appealing" we make a home, the more it will stand out from the others on the market.

In the case of this home, we had a spare room (located to the left of the entrance as you walked in) that lacked purpose. If left as-is, it surely would have left many a prospective buyers wondering how they could use this room.

Here's the "before" picture (see below). As you can see, the room already has a perfect neutral color for the wall; an incredible rug and a gorgeous built-in bookshelf. However, the room lacks appeal.

Home Stager in Atlanta Georgia Before Picture

Here's the "after" picture. The solution for this room, given the built-in bookshelf, was to turn this into a home office. Perfect for the homeowners as the wife works from home.

Atlanta Georgia Home Stager After Picture

(photo taken by: icatch360)

I'll be posting more "solutions for selling" ideas so be sure to subscribe to my blog.

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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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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

Atlanta Home Stager After Picture Master Sitting Room

16 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 22 2009 07:28PM

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Can Home Staging a $69K Home Help?

Can Home Staging a $69K Home Help?

They're MY Words, Not YOURS. Dealing with Plagiarism

Marietta, Georgia Home Staging - by Kathy Nielsen

Home Staging Atlanta - Georgia Interior Solutions is pleased to share with you our most recent home staging.

Home Staging Before & After Pictures

Why Beautiful Kitchens Help Sell Homes

How to Arrange a Living Room When Selling Your Home

Atlanta Home Staging - Trifecta

Bedroom Transformation Before & After Pictures - Home Staging Marietta, Georgia

How to Add Visual Energy (Interest) to Your Home When Selling

Solutions for Selling Part I - Home Appeal