Peachtree City, GA has been voted the 8th best city to live in by CNN MONEY Magazine!  

So, if you are looking for one of the best homes for sale in Peachtree City, look no further! 

Check out the video by clicking on the home for all the treasured details.  It's a wow!

 Peachtree Home Staging -- The Experts in Atlanta Home Staging Diversity

How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)

Like any good home . . . ActiveRain Groups need good housekeeping! 

I've been asked to share some housekeeping issues and blogging tips with the group Stage If Forward.  I am sure these housekeeping tips are useful to many other groups that are home to you here at Active Rain

Mop up your misspelled words - spell check is easy to use and always available when posting on ActiveRain

De-clutter your post of being all caps or bold letters.   Mix it up for a clean look! 

Shine up your post with some graphics or photos - sentence after sentence is D U L L

Q-tip clean; posts should be free of negativity

Polish up on your love linking skills.  Learn how here

Wash out (your mouth and posts) with soap; no "not so nice" four letter words or abbreviations, PLEASE!

Sweep up all comments made to your posts and respond to them.  You have followers!

Vacuum away any unnecessary rambling. Short, sweet and to the point is always best.

Organize your post to address your audience; your colleagues and/or your clients

Wipe out a closed mind and be considerate of other peoples points of view

Dust yourself off if the comments aren't coming in and keep posting; it takes time to gain your audience

Flush away comments you receive that don't make you smile - we all get them from time to time

Deodorize; smell appropriate to every group you post to by staying on topic to the group's interest and purpose

Take out the Trash - Your post will be trashed if your post is off topic to the group

Put away ActiveRain points by touching base and signing in every day

Fumigate your opposing views and comments to be diplomatic and appropriately challenging

Pick Up support for and from your fellow bloggers by lending encouraging comments when you see fit

Straighten up your profile by adding a new HD Profile Photo

Disinfect.  Remove any spam by contacting AR Support

MAKE YOUR BED !!!  - Remember, your blog on ActiveRain is the bed you made - and lay in !

BEHIND EVERY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING POST TO THE STAGE IT FORWARD GROUP . . .

THERE IS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MODERATOR! 

I want to recognize the current Stage It Forward moderators that are donating their time managing and featuring the posts for this group . . . they are the ones that read every post and then award you that coveted gold star highlighting your talents and content to be the best among the best.  Our moderators are top notch bloggers themselves and I am sure you will want to extend your appreciation.  Below is some information they asked me to share with you:

Maureen Bray:  "A/R and SIF became part of my daily routine in April of 2007 and since then has become an important part of my marketing plan.  But more importantly, I've met such great stagers both in my local area as well as across the country, and really appreciate their input and experience.  What a great community for home stagers to connect and support one another while continuing to educate the public about the powerful benefits of staging!"

Karen Otto:   "Since joining Active Rain & the SIF group in early 2007 I have grown to appreciate how much this free resource has done for not only my business but for the staging industry as a whole.  It is a place where anyone can learn, share and connect with others not only professionally but personally as well. I am proud to be a part of this wonderful community of real estate professionals who share my passion, many of whom I call friends."

Sharon Tara:   "Staging is more than a business, it's a passion.  SIF is more than a Group, it's a home base.   It's a place to find answers and a place to share success stories.  Whether you take from or give to SIF, the result is a stronger industry for us all."

Gary Barnett:   "I am the Director of Operations for Home Matters Home Staging, Training & Rental in Indianapolis, Indiana.  I am also a strong supporter of SIF as a networking community and a place where home stagers can connect and share.  I believe that by helping each other, we can develop the industry through educating consumers and agents by way of our actions and words.  I view my role as a moderator to be one of highlighting important and relative information that can positively impact us all."

Kate Hart:   "I feel blogging is essential to getting consumers to see and understand how staging works. As stagers we expect home sellers to buy into the abstract idea that --  if you do the following to your home it will look better and sell faster!  Blogging about our business, our staging success stories and staging statistics shows home sellers exactly how a staging plan can work."  Kate Hart is an award winning home staging expert from Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

 H O M E   S W E E T   (B L O G GI N G)   H O M E !

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 Peachtree Home Staging -- The Experts in Atlanta Home Staging Diversity

How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)

To Be (a home stager) Or Not To Be (a home stager) -- That is the Question!

Having been a Realtor for 9 years, my research and decision to enter the home staging industry made perfect sense for me three years ago, and my homework into starting a home staging business proved to be an excellent decision for me.  All the right components were there.  I do not regret starting Peachtree Home Staging and the investment I have made to make my business successful.

I stumbled on this public blog through my Google alerts for "Atlanta Home Staging".  I don't know the person who posted this; but I can say it would be someone I would like to meet.  I would consider it an honor.

People that do their homework, and follow the lessons learned, prior to investing into a business dream, always prevail -- whether they choose to invest or not. 

This person, Olive Rue, did her homework and made an EDUCATED decision, verses an emotional decision.  Many home staging wannabes make the decision before doing the homework.  I am hoping that Home Staging will be in her future, even if now is not the right time!

CLICK THE LINK AND ENJOY THE GREAT READ!!!

OIive Rue: Update: Careers In Home Staging

Many of you will have a burning desire to post a comment on Olive Rue's post. 

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Peachtree Home Staging

The Experts in Atlanta Home Staging Diversity

How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)

Atlanta Home Staging Redesign Service

In addition to providing vacant home staging solutions in the Atlanta area, Peachtree Home Staging also has a strong focus on interior redesign services for the occupied home.  Our redesign service includes working with the home owner's furnishings and accessories to create the most appealing presentation possible and to demonstrate the function of the home.

We always make it a priority to work with the home owners belongings.  But, if need be, our Atlanta Redesign service includes advising our clients as to what accessory items they may want to add to complete the presentation.  We can provide the items from our "to die for" inventory selection, or coach them on where to shop and what to buy for DIY.

It is such an enjoyable, and engaging service for the home owners.  We always strive to incorporate the needs and circumstances of the homeowner into the equation of the final presentation.  When the job is done, the comments we get always make us smile!  Here are just a few comments we frequently hear:

" . . . you mean I could have lived like this for the last 7 years?!"

  BEFORE:                                                                   AFTER:

" . . I can't believe how much larger my living room is now!" (not that it really is larger -- tee hee)

AND, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE:

" . . . wow, I would NEVER have thought about angling my couch that way.  What an improvement."

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Peachtree Home Staging

The Experts in Atlanta Home Staging Diversity

How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA

Home Staging -- A must read article!  is a post I did earlier this week -- and today I stumbled on another informative article on the subject.

The linked post above generated some great comments.  If you haven't read them, go back to the post and catch up.  There was a lot of concern regarding fake, false, etc.

Today I stumbled on this article which interestingly touches on a lot of our discussion in the comments of my earlier post.  Please check this one out --

  http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/08/24/Virtual-home-staging-draws-mixed-reactions

When looking through MLS, have you ever noticed a listing and the picture is a drawing? Generally this is for new construction or renovated properties.  Under the photo it sometimes discloses "Artists Rendering"

Maybe digitally altered photos should be disclosed? 

This is an industry topic to stay on top of!

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How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)

Home Staging Atlanta Model Homes and New Construction

Welcome to my series on the variety of different presentations a professional Atlanta home staging company will provide to best market and sell an Atlanta real estate property for sale.

The first post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta Downtown Condos! 

The second post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta In-Town Lofts! 

Then came the third post of the series, Home Staging Atlanta Metro Homes!

The fourth post in the series is all about Home Staging Atlanta Midtown Homes

The fifth post featured is about Home Staging Atlanta Rental Homes and Atlanta Duplex Homes

And now is time for the final post in the series about Home Staging in Atlanta

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Home Staging Atlanta Model Homes and New Construction

Atlanta home builders have understood the concept of merchandising (furnishing) their finished product, (the "Model Home") for as long as I know of.  I remember going with my Mom and Dad "house hunting" and walking through model after model -- all furnished, or in today's terms "Home Staged". 

No Internet then -- my parents generation found new construction neighborhoods through the newspaper and through word of mouth. 

When we went house hunting I used to picture myself eating breakfast at that cute table in that extraordinary kitchen.  I even pictured my Mom smiling as she whisked around the many counter tops. 

I would envision how cool it was going to be to have my girl friends over for popcorn while watching Charlie's Angels. 

I can still hear my little sister and me runniing through the brightly decorated bedrooms, yelling, "this one is my room, this one's mine!  I called it first!" And then of course, Mom and Dad saying, "GIRLS, shhhh!"

Every time I home stage an Atlanta property with that smell of "NEW" I think back to those times and it brings a smile on my face.  Those are my memories, but now it is all about making memories and a home for someone else.  That is where I connect the memories gone by to my pride in new home presentations with my home staging.

 Thank you for following my series!

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Peachtree Home Staging

The Experts in Atlanta Home Staging Diversity

How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA

Home Staging Atlanta Rental Homes and Duplex Homes 

Welcome to my series on the variety of different presentations a professional Atlanta home staging company will provide to best market and sell an Atlanta real estate property for sale.

The first post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta Downtown Condos! 

The second post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta In-Town Lofts! 

Then came the third post of the series, Home Staging Atlanta Metro Homes!

The fourth post in the series is all about Home Staging Atlanta Midtown Homes

And the fifth post featured here is about Home Staging Atlanta Rental Homes and Atlanta Duplex Homes

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Peachtree Home staging has home staged many duplexes and rental properties in Atlanta.  If it is a duplex, sometimes we only stage one side as the other side is rented.  Sometimes we stage both sides as the entire building is for rent or for sale.  Whether the duplex or home in Atlanta is for sale or for rent, the staging provided by Peachtree Home Staging has solicited a quick sale or a quick rental.  Here is just a couple of the comments we have had landlords and investors shout our way:

I used Peachtree Home Staging to stage my rental property. Karen, the home stager's, commitment to my project and her attention to detail got my property rented within a week after it was staged. Before that, it sat for 3 months without a tenant! I plan to call her right away when I need to find a new tenant!  Dr. Kelly Robinson, Atlanta, GA    

AND . . .

I am a real estate investor who has utilized Karen's expert home staging services for several of my properties for sale. I can say without a doubt that Karen's creativity, home staging, real estate marketing knowledge, and honesty were the contributing factors in the sale of these homes, and I will employ her (home staging) services in the future.  Michael La Russo, Owner, Quality Homes of Peachtree City, Peachtree City, Atlanta GA Suburb    

AND . . . 

Karen did a great job (home) staging our vacant rental house. I believe it helped rent the house (in Newnan, GA) quickly! (Less than 3 weeks!)  Nick Garrison, AAA Rentals, Newnan, Atlanta GA Suburb     

Here are some before and afters photos from last weeks staging just completed.  Can you guess what these two living rooms have in common besides the fact that they were both staged by Peachtree Home Staging?

What do they have in common?  It is the same building.  It is the two living rooms from each duplex units.   Each side of the duplex was Professional Home Staged by Peachtree Home Staging.

A MUST READ!!!  Virtual staging sparks sales of vacant homes

Virtual Staging has been a topic of discussion here on Activerain (AR) in the Stage It Forward (SIF) Group for quite some time now.  I stumbled on this article that appeared in the San Fransisco Chronicle.  The article was written by Judy Richter as a Special to The Chronicle published on Sunday, July 19, 2009. 

Forgive me if someone has already posted this link to the article here on AR, but regardless I believe it to be a must read (and the comments made) for anyone in the industry regardless of your opinion on Virtual Staging. 

Referencing back to Maureen Bray's recent post Requiem for a Home Stager ~ What went Wrong?, I can only say that any one that is in or entering in to the home staging industry needs to be staying on top of all of the advances and technology affecting how home staging is emerging as a home selling solution and marketing technique. 

Read the Article -- Virtual staging sparks sales of vacant homes  It is the most informative one I have read on the subject. 

And then -- READ THE COMMENTS!

I'd love your comments on this and think we would all prosper from a healthy discussion on the topic.  I for one, think this is around to stay (and grow).  That being said, you get what you pay for. 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

When I go to buy a TV and all the televisions are up, on and running, I instantly know what my presentation will be like . . . makes me drool, actually.

If I go to buy a TV and all the televisions are boxed up, but there are photo's glued to the side of the box showing me what they look like when they are operating, would I buy?  Maybe, if it was a deal.  Would I drool?  I doubt it.  It would certainly save the TV store money just doing a photo display . . .

And, that is "budget merchandising".  It exists in every industry, including home staging.  Did you catch the part, "if it was a deal"?  I'm just saying . . .

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How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)

Home Staging Atlanta Mid-Town Homes 

Welcome to my series on the variety of different presentations a professional Atlanta home staging company will provide to best market and sell an Atlanta real estate property for sale.

The first post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta Downtown Condos! 

The second post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta In-Town Lofts! 

Then came the third post of the series, Home Staging Atlanta Metro Homes!

This forth post in the series is all about Home Staging Atlanta Midtown Homes

Some Atlanta Neighborhoods in and around Midtown: Inman Park, Morningside, Emory, Virginia Highlands, Candler Park, Piedmont Park, Edgewood, Little Five Points and Ansley Park 

Atlanta's midtown area brings great variety in housing.  There are many smaller bungalow style homes that were built in the 30's and have had renovations that have modernized them.  The charm just oozes through, even with the trendy modernizations that occurred over time.  One of the most difficult parts in staging these homes is the lack of today's traditional foyers.  The homes for this era so typically found in midtown have the front door open into what was considered the Parlor.  Home staging expertise will be able to demonstrate the charm, engaging the buyer with the delightful coziness of this home feature.

Here are a few examples of home staging parlor rooms with a front door entry

The advantage of this engaging parlor concept is highlighted above by our home staging.  When unexpected company stops by there is an immediate inviting space to sit and chat for a short visit.  The remainder of your home stays private and personal, unlike today's open floor plans.

Thank you for following my series!

Next to come, please visit my fifth topic in the series, Home Staging Atlanta Rental Homes and Duplex Homes

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Peachtree Home Staging

The Experts in Atlanta Home Staging Diversity

How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)

Home Staging Atlanta Metro Homes 

Welcome to my series on the variety of different presentations a professional Atlanta home staging company will provide to best market and sell an Atlanta real estate property for sale.

The first post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta Downtown Condos! 

The second post of the series was Home Staging Atlanta In-Town Lofts! 

Now to follow comes the third post of the series, Home Staging Atlanta Metro Homes!

Atlanta metro homes --Yep, the Suburb life!  The homes come in all sizes and shapes, new and old, pricey and not so pricey!  Something they all have in common?  When it is time to sell, there will be competition.  Other similar homes in the subdivision or area will be competing for that buyer you want to claim as yours!  The Atlanta home stager's job is to make your home standout from your competition.  The Internet photos is where to start differentiating your home and showcasing your offering!

So off to the Internet MLS photo's we go! . . .  You pick which photos entice you the most to visit the following property . . .

OH!  Please tell me you are coming to visit the Atlanta Metro home on the Right, Professionally Home Staged by Peachtree Home Staging!

Thank you for following my series!

Next to come, please visit my topic, Home Staging Atlanta MidTown Homes

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Peachtree Home Staging

The Experts in Atlanta Home Staging Diversity

How folks live in a home is their business, how folks present the home for sale is our business!  

For tips on how to prepare your home for sale and information on staging a home in Atlanta, visit the web site of PEACHTREE HOME STAGING or call us at 770 595-8809.

We do occupied and vacant home staging with professional perfection! Please visit our portfolio here

Peachtree Home Staging is a proud APPROVED AND ACCREDITED Business of the Greater Atlanta Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Georgia State President of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)