Atlanta Home Staging Company: Georgia: Marietta

Home Staging in Marietta Georgia - My backyard

We home stage all over metro Atlanta but in the case of this home, it was a mere 3.4 miles from my own home. What a treat!

Another treat (and yes, this day was full of them) is that I had Iran Watson, Atlanta's best real estate photographer scheduled to shoot this home. Turns out that Iran knows the Atlanta investor and didn't know that I staged all of his Atlanta investment properties. In fact, Iran, impressed with my work, tried to convince this Atlanta investor to switch stagers. The investor turned to Iran and said: "I love my home stager and I'm not switching." Finally, it was revealed that the home stager was me. Too funny. 

The icing on the case is that I had the assistance of my twin sister, Kerry, with the staging. Her home is a mere 1.5 miles away and she happened to have had a vacation day. 

This vacant home went through an incredible transformation. Here's how the living room/kitchen eat-in appeared.

Home Staging Atlanta Before Picture:

Home Staging Atlanta After Picture:

The following were also taken by Iran Watson, a Real Estate Agent in Marietta and an Atlanta Real Estate Photographer. I just had to include these two detail photos as they look to me like they belong in a magazine. Nice job, Iran.

Home Staging in Marietta was an absolute treat!

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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Is Your Home Capturing the Buyers Off the Internet?

If your home is on the market, one of the most important things you can do is to ensure your home stands out on the Internet. Why? Because home buyers are using the Internet to create the list of homes they want to see in person. The better the photo, the more traffic you'll have.

In the case of this home (see before picture below), the room appears dark and dreary and the window treatments are actually a detriment. Should that have been the photo used, it's likely buyers wouldn't be inclined to want to see it in person. 

With a little of our home staging magic (provided by HomeStagingAtlanta.com) combined with the extremely talented Atlanta Real Estate Photographer, Iran Watson - I have no doubt that buyers will be interested in seeing this home.

And here are a few more after pictures:

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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Why This Home Got Multiple Offers Only 3 Days On The Market

It wasn't due to a magic pill, nor even a wand. Because I was involved, I can tell you first-hand that it took 4 things. Here they are:

• A great real estate agent
• Homeowners who were willing to price it correctly
• It was made beautiful, inside and out
• The MLS photos were stunning

At the bottom of this post, I go into further detail on each of these bullet points listed above.

Here's a flyer of the home:

Great Real Estate Agent: 

Marketing the home is critically important in any market condition. A great agent is one that is aggressive in their marketing and knows the value of getting the home as much exposure as possible. 

Homeowners Who Are Wiling to Price it Right:

Of course we want as much money for our home as possible. However, it's important to understand that "pricing it right" is critically important. Priced too high for the area, and you'll have a house that sits and lingers. This is another value-add that agents provide to homeowners who are looking to sell. Agents have access to the tools to help determine the price. 

Make it Beautiful Inside and Out:

When buyers pull up to your home, it's important to create that first great impression (often referred to as curb appeal). An ugly yard is surely going to turn them away whereas a beautiful, well kept yard and entrance will surely draw them in.  As for the inside - impressions, they say, are formed in the first 30 seconds (if not shorter). Having a home that is warm and inviting helps engage the buyer.

MLS Photos:

It's important to understand that buyers are using the Internet to create their short list of homes that they want to see first-hand. Having great photos will help draw the buyer in.

In the case of this home, we had all four. The homeowner had a wonderful agent, priced it correctly, made it look beautiful on the outside - had it professionally staged by me and used the photos you see listed in the flyer for MLS.

Results: Two offers for the full asking price with another 10 calls after the offers were received. 

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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Marietta Georgia Home Staging - Before and After Pictures

Here's a recent home staging in Marietta, Georgia. The homeowners were an absolute joy to work with and did so much in preparation for putting the house on the market (i.e., new carpet, freshly painted walls, etc).

Here's the living room before staging. Because the carpet was recently laid, I wanted everything perfect. Hence the vacuum. 

Here's the living room after we staged it. NOTE: After Photos were taken by Iran Watson - Atlanta's Preferred Real Estate Photographer.  Iran is an incredible photographer and I'm extremely fortunate to have had him shoot this home.

Dining room before picture

Dining room after picture:

Master bathroom before picture (with a few last minute items from the homeowner):

Master bathroom after picture:

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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Why I LOVE what I DO - Home Staging in Atlanta

As a little girl, I always envisioned doing something I loved for a living. Having grown up in Miami right next to the Orange Bowl, we were huge football fans. I would sit for days thinking how lucky those football players were as they were doing something they loved and getting paid for it.  Lucky ducks, is how I described them. I was 7 then, so... yes, I used the term "lucky ducks" (smile).

Well, years later, and with nearly 5 years of helping home owners sell their homes quickly thru home staging, I can honestly say I'm doing something I love. Having the ability to turn a blank canvas into something more appealing for the buyers is rewarding.

Here are pictures of one of our latest home stagings. This one was done for an Atlanta investor.

Living room before being professionally home staged:

Here's how the room looked like after we were completed:

Kitchen and eat-in area before picture:

After picture:

And perhaps one of my most favorite close-ups:

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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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.

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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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:

Here's the after picture:

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

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

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.

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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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:  

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.

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

Floral:

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.

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.

 

 

 

 

Home Staging Website:  Home Staging Atlanta

Before and After Pictures: Atlanta Home Staging Portfolio:

Email:  Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com  

Blog: Atlanta Home Staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Kitchen Transformations
• Short on Space? Keep it Simple
• Tips on Selling Your Home From a Professional Stager
• Curtains. Should they stay or go?
• How to dress up your coffee table and end tables when selling
• Quick tips for table settings
• How will buyers remember your home?
• Atlanta Home Staging Consultations - Check out what the homeowner did
• Atlanta Loft Gets Home Staged
• How to ensure your home appeals to a broad base of prospective buyers

 

 

 

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