Atlanta Home Staging Company: Stager Tools that Reside OUTSIDE of the Toolbox

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.

Stager Tools that Reside OUTSIDE of the Toolbox

Sure, there are great tools inside my toolbox that I couldn't live without.  Items such as:

  • Paint Markers (walnut and dark cherry)
  • Laser beam (ensures pictures are hung straight)
  • Zots (little bits of glue dots that are used for a variety of things)

The list goes on and on....

And now for the list of items I couldn't live without:

  • GPS - No longer do I fear the homeowner saying take Exit 251 and go North.  I use to cringe.  I'm so directionally challenged that I would give myself a good 30 minutes of extra time to ensure I wasn't late for an appointment.
  • Smart Phone:  Ah, yup... it makes me feel smarter.  Why?  I'm kept in the know.  I receive my emails there, can access the internet, can even jot down notes for reference at a later time.  I'm in love.
  • Picasa - This little on-line service hosts all of my pictures; allows for me to create a "web album" and allows for edits making that part of the process so much easier.  Here's the link:  Picasa (from Google)
  • Picnik - Resizing photos is something I no longer dread.  This site makes the process super easy.  In addition, if you subscribe to their service (some things are free, others are not), you're able to create drop shadows on your pictures; place text on your photos and a bunch of awesome incredible features. Here's the link:  Picnik

If anyone has any questions on any of these, feel free to send me an email: Kathy@homestagingatlanta.com.

Kathy

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19 comments • Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager • March 25 2008 08:07AM

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Kathy, I use picasa and my GPS-all the time!  I got to go to the Picnik site and play!  Thanks for the tips- BTW  the bathroom looks marvelous!
Posted by Marci Toliver, Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging (438-4642) about 4 years ago

As I read your blog, I was mentally saying "check" to all of the items you listed...and then I got to the end and discovered something new...picnik!  I have been looking for a program to easily resize and change/add to pictures, especially when creating newsletters.  Thank you!  After I finish staging today, I am going to play tonight with pictures.

Posted by Tracy Moses~Redefining LUXE~Staging ~ Decorati (Redefining LUXE) about 4 years ago
Kathy, you are so right about the GPS! I too would cringe when it came time to get directions, because my memory is shorter than a split second. I 'd be in such a hurry to get everything written down, I wouldn't be able to ready my writing! Better living through modern technology! Love it!
Posted by Hearth & Home Staging, Staging Kitsap County, Roberta Anderson (Hearth & Home Staging) about 4 years ago
Thanks, Kathy- I just discovered Picnik, and I have been having SO much fun! GPS is available on my phone, and though I have been resisting, it's time I admitted that I get lost EVERY TIME!!!
Posted by Elaine Manes Gage~Colorado Stager ~ A Wonderful Space, LLC (A Wonderful Space, LLC) about 4 years ago
Kathy ~ I think my GPS is my favorite "tool"! 
Posted by Kathy Passarette, L.I. Staging/Decorating (Creative Home Expressions) about 4 years ago
Hmmm.... I've never used a GPS but maybe it's time to try one!
Posted by Dawna Graham (River City ReDesign & Painting) about 4 years ago
I would literally be lost without my GPS.  Probably the greatest thing I could have gotten.  I am fearless to go anywhere and always know that no matter where I go I just hit "home" when I'm done and I can get back home!  God bless the person who invented it for geographically challenged people like me.
Posted by Sharon Tara New Hampshire Home Stager (Sharon Tara Transformations) about 4 years ago
GPS, that is on my list boy do I really need one!  I like the other items on your list to, I think I have to go shopping.  Have a great day!
Posted by Lorinda Ward Serving, Hampton Roads Virginia. Norfolk, Chesapeake, Va Beach (Keffer Realty) about 4 years ago

I loved GPS, now I LOVE my turn by turn directions that are spoken to me while I drive through my Blackberry!  I don't have to read the directions from the printout from Mapquest that half the time is wrong.  

Another useful tool in my toolbox is Magic Erase Bars.  Love them!  

Rafia in different shades is also another inexpensive tool to use in any bathroom.  Another inexpensive item that I have been using is synthetic starfish.  I buy them from WalMart for$6 for a bag of ten.  I use them in bathrooms on towels, and on books beside beds. 

Have a great week! 

Posted by Paula Ryan, Refreshed Spaces, LLC (Refreshed Spaces, LLC) about 4 years ago

Hey Kathy-

I agree with Picnik & Picasa, but admit to still using Mapquest & standard cell phone.  Maybe a family member will gift me one of those & bring me up to speed. 

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Riggle Houston Home Staging-STAGING SMART NSOLD (STAGING SMART N SOLD) about 4 years ago

Hey Kathy-

I agree with Picnik & Picasa, but admit to still using Mapquest & standard cell phone.  Maybe a family member will gift me one of those & bring me up to speed. 

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Riggle Houston Home Staging-STAGING SMART NSOLD (STAGING SMART N SOLD) about 4 years ago

I use to rely on Mapquest!  The GPS is perhaps the most useful tool of them all.  Well... that and the phone.

Kathy

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

Great tips - especially the laser - I am directionally challenged as well... and unable to straighten pitures!!

Posted by Sharon Lancaster SRES® Realty Executives Okanagan (Realty Executives Okanagan) about 4 years ago

I wish I had a GPS!!  The next best thing for me is to Google the address and print it before I leave.  I find Google to be more accurate.

Posted by Tina Parker, CSP, SRES, REALTOR® (Century21 Trident Realty) about 4 years ago
I love all the same tools...with the exception of the Smart Phone!  Grrrr....(that's the sound I make when I am jealous :)) it is on my wish list.  My hubby has one and I can see how valuable it would be for me too!
Posted by Janice Sutton - Temecula Murrieta Home Stager - Home Staging (1st Stage Property Transformations ) about 4 years ago

Yeah Smart phone,,,hummmm....do want to say I couldn't go without the safety pin IN my toolbox...

Posted by Terrylynn Fisher, HAFA Certified, EcoBroker, CRS, CEP Realtor, Etc. (Dudum Real Estate Group - BuyStageSell.com) about 4 years ago

and rubberbands  . . .  great info Kathy.  You always share such great stuff!

 

 

Posted by Karen Dembsky, Atlanta Home Staging (Peachtree Home Staging LLC, Home Staging in Atlanta, GA) about 4 years ago
HI Kathy!  I need to learn more about Picasa...I am trying to figure out how to save all the photos better.  It is a chore for me and one which I dread myself.  I take many, many photos in my quest to take good shots...but wish I had a 'unloading' center to sort them all out!  I also will have to try the 'zots'...I have not heard of those! Thanks!  I always like to learn about new tricks!  Regards-Kathleen G
Posted by Kathleen Garvey - Stager Idol Award - Denver Home Staging - Best Home Stager (Enhanced Interiors & Home Staging) about 4 years ago
Thanks to my mommy and daddy I finally have a GPS...I love not having to read directions while driving!!!  Great list, Kathy!
Posted by Abby Roselli, Staten Island Home Stager (ALR Home Staging and Showcasing, LLC) about 4 years ago

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