Atlanta Home Staging Company: Home Staging - Can You Spot the Differences?

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.

Home Staging - Can You Spot the Differences?

There are 5 very distinct differences in the two pictures listed below.  Can you spot them?

Here's picture #1:  

Home Staging Atlanta.com Before Picture

Now... here's picture #2

Home Staging Atlanta.com After Picture

Let's see if you got them right:

  • Wallpaper and border have been removed
  • Walls have been painted
  • Updated furniture has been brought in
  • Light fixture has been updated

Can you spot the 5th one?  It's hard to see but sometimes even the "little" changes can make a difference.  Check out the light switch cover in the dining room.  The gold outdated plate has been switched out to a pure white plate to match the trim.

As a homeowner, these are the types of changes that truly help separate your home from the others on the market.

Atlanta's Premier Home Staging Company,  Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC, takes great pride in helping homeowners, builders and investors with figuring out exactly what type of changes would have the most impact.  Our experience and expertise in home staging can help separate your home or listing.   Visit our web site for more examples of our work at HomeStagingAtlanta.com.

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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27 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • October 10 2007 08:56PM

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Much Much more soothing.... The reduction in distracting art is great too....
Posted by Melissa Marro ~ StagingAndRedesign.com MarketReadyRealEstate.com (Staging & Redesign) over 4 years ago
Night and day. Great work!
Posted by Kelly Sibilsky (Licensed Through Referral Connection, LTD.) over 4 years ago
less clutter, and more inviting like this. I like it.
Posted by Canton Georgia Real Estate--- Dwayne West (Atlanta Real Estate) over 4 years ago
It looks great.  You do a fantastic job.
Posted by Vicky Poe, Realtor/ Auctioneer (First Realty) over 4 years ago
Although I liked the difference in the rooms-the second is staged nicely, I like how you wrote your blog to get the reader engaged.
Posted by Judy Greenberg over 4 years ago
The pictures on the wall and the living room aren't listed in your list.  The first thing I noticed when looking at the picture was the window in the living room and, what looks like fake shutters, were removed, and the window looks larger.
Posted by Donna Harris, REALTOR®, CDPE & ASP - Hill Country Austin Lakeway Homes (RE/MAX Austin Skyline) over 4 years ago

The changes are simple but add elegance.  I noticed you also took down the pictures and added a mirror, nice touch.  I like the runner and flower combination on the table as well.

Posted by Lois Davies, Cape Coral & SW Florida (Century 21 Birchwood Realty, Inc.) over 4 years ago
Wow!  What a great example of the importance of attention to detail!
Posted by Jo Potvin-Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market (Design To Market LLC) over 4 years ago

Kathy - I LOVE puzzles (I must I'm a stager, right?...don't we ALL?)  Do you want me to list all 5?

Jackie

Posted by Jackie Peraza, Home Stager - Framingham, Massachusetts (Perceptions AdverStaging(TM), LLC) over 4 years ago
Great post!  A detailed home stager is key!  Nice job.
Posted by Janice Sutton - Temecula Murrieta Home Stager - Home Staging (1st Stage Property Transformations ) over 4 years ago
Looks great... did they move out and you have a vacant to work with?  I find most sellers are reluctant to move out their furnishings and rent new stuff while they're still living there.  How'd you convince them???
Posted by Judy Heinrich - San Diego Home Staging (Judy Heinrich Home Staging) over 4 years ago

Thanks everyone for all your kind words.  FYI - I received a message from the realtor yesterday afternoon and he simply can't believe the changes. 

And for those that listed the other changes... You too are right.  The absence of the art further enhances the space; the simply floral arrangement with runner provide more of an elegant look. 

Thanks again everyone!

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) over 4 years ago

Judy - The owner intends to stay thru to the end of November (assuming it hasn't sold before then).  Also, the owner wasn't emotionally attached to any of the furniture and understood that bringing updated pieces in would help.

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) over 4 years ago
Another great job! Nice touch removing the shutters
Posted by Keith Perry - REALTOR® -West Metro Atlanta (Coldwell Banker) over 4 years ago
Changing the lighting makes such a big difference. 
Posted by Maureen Maureen over 4 years ago

What about:

6) GREEN - Adding some green to what appears to be a lifeless before pictures
7) FURNITURE PLACEMENT - Moving furniture away from windows to allow maximum flow of light
8) ACCENT PIECES - Putting those extra special touches in the room (i.ei. throw pillows, mirror to help brightne a dark room, flowers for color on the DR table).

Posted by Minnesota Home Staging Firm, Minnesota (Minnesota Home Staging Network~ MN's Top Home Staging Firm) over 4 years ago
By the way, you kind of have that seductive pose thing going on with your AR headshot. Don't take that wrong!!! I don't mean that in a bad way.  I'm trying to think of who you look like for my next Look a Like blog :) 
Posted by Minnesota Home Staging Firm, Minnesota (Minnesota Home Staging Network~ MN's Top Home Staging Firm) over 4 years ago
Kathy - 5 things - the chairs in the dining room.  I see five in the first photo and four totally different chairs in the second.  Do I win a prize?  Lovely transformation.  Maybe I should take a vacation to Georgia and have you "mentor" me.
Posted by Cheryl-Anne Priest Inviting Spaces - Staging Calgary (Inviting Spaces - Home Staging Calgary) over 4 years ago

Come on down, Cheryl-Anne!

Beth - You're right, all those items, greenery, furniture placement, accent pieces are all changes that made a big impact as well.  Can't wait to see you who you come up with (in terms of who I look like). 

Thanks, Keith & Robin.

Maureen - You're right, the light fixture made a huge change!

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) over 4 years ago

Why Beth Darling, she looks just like me, heehee, I'm her identical twin Sister, (known to most as "Sissy").  Great job on the transformation Sis, as always you do such wonderful work.  I'm so very proud of you!!  Now, why haven't you switched out my silver light switch in my kitchen? (teasing). 

Posted by Kerry Sue over 4 years ago

Sissy!  How sweet of you to comment.  I'll get right on that silver light switch of yours over the weekend!

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) over 4 years ago

Hi Kathy,  I'm catchin up on all these missed blogs because I've been MIA from the Rain....Great pics.  I can't believe the difference!  You go, girl!

 

Posted by Abby Roselli, Staten Island Home Stager (ALR Home Staging and Showcasing, LLC) over 4 years ago

Great job... looks like a new house!  Add to the list, removed power cord from table and recovered the dining room chairs with new fabric!

Posted by Patty Keller AnotherMe 770-414-9393 Real Estate Virtual Assistant Company (AnotherME, LLC) over 4 years ago

Kathy-

This was a fun post! Are you a former teacher? Great changes!

Posted by Kathy Riggle Houston Home Staging-STAGING SMART NSOLD (STAGING SMART N SOLD) over 4 years ago
Very nice work - I had lunch with a stager today and was very impressed with her work as well.
Posted by Simon Conway (Orlando Area Real Estate Services) over 4 years ago

Thanks, Patty.  I too thought it looked like a new house.  FYI - the furniture is new.  We removed the antique table and chairs and brought in a more updated set.  Given the base of prospective buyers, that was a strategic move.

Kathy R - Thanks!  No, I'm not a former teacher.   I just thought it would be fun to post the before/afters

Thanks, Simon.  A "good" stager can truly make a difference in the homes on the market.  Thanks for commenting.

Kathy 

 

Posted by Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC) over 4 years ago
Kathy, You did a beautiful job!  I wish more of my clients would make use of a staging professional.  I sometimes even pay for the initial consultation, but it never goes beyond that.
Posted by Gail Robinson, REALTOR, e-PRO Fairfield County, CT (William Raveis Real Estate, Southport, CT) over 4 years ago

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