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Clutter CAN Eat Equity!

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Home Stager with http://atlantahomestaging.net

Barb Schwarz, with StagedHomes.com, has coined the phrase Clutter Eats Equity.   I couldn't agree more. 

When asked by Jeff Aughey with Alpha Homes to view this townhome to determine what the home needed from a staging perspective, the solution came quite quickly.

As you'll see in the "before" picture, the toys are a bit overwhelming.  The baskets are filled to the brim with items that well... simply don't need to be there.

Here's what I'm referring to: 

Home Staging Atlanta Before Picture 

By removing the clutter and adding a few accessories, the home now has a level of sophistication.

Home Staging Atlanta Before Picture 

Striving for a sophisticated look in your home?  Georgia Interior Solutions is a full service home staging company in Atlanta, serving Cobb County, Marietta, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Dallas, Kennesaw, Powder Springs and surrounding areas.  View our web site at HomeStagingAtlanta.com for more examples of our work.

 

 

 

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Home Staging Atlanta - Kathy Nielsen - 678 522 8392

 TOP 10 Professional Stager of the Year in the

United States 2013  - RESA


This Atlanta home stager understands what it takes to separate your home or listing from the others on the market. Armed with a massive inventory, we can add the furniture and accessories befitting the style of the home as well as the demographics of the buyer. We also provide our after pictures at no additional charge. 

 

Atlanta Georgia Home Stager Kathy Nielsen

 

Our Atlanta home staging services have helped hundreds of sellers secure a contract quickly. Visit our website at http://atlantahomestaging.net to see first-hand the solutions for selling your home, listing or flipped property. Contact us today to schedule your appointment by emailing Kathy at Kathy@HomeStagingAtlanta.com or by calling 678 522 8392. We've got the furniture and accessories your home needs!

 

 

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Cindy Lee Harper
Re/Max Signature - Port Orange, FL
ABR

What a difference in your clients Townhome.  I am an ASP and went thru Barb Schwartz program.  So much fun in creating from what the sellers already have to make their home out shine the other homes on the market!  Good job on this Staging. 

Jul 29, 2007 01:50 AM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Linda - The cost was extremely low. 

Al - You're 100% correct.

Cindy - Thank you.

Kathy

Jul 29, 2007 01:55 AM
Sharon Simms
Coastal Properties Group International - Christie's International - Saint Petersburg, FL
St. Petersburg FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS
It does look much better. Removing the red slipcover (is that what you did?) also provides for a classier look in all light color tones. Uncluttering - of course!
Jul 29, 2007 02:13 AM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Sharon - The red chair is gone.  The chair you see pictured is one that was in a corner in the other side of the room.

Kathy

Jul 29, 2007 02:16 AM
Yvonne Root
rooms b.y. root - Prescott, AZ
Home Stager - Northern Arizona
Kathy, You conquered the clutter and gave sophistication to the space in one fell swoop or as we say around here "in one swell foop." What a great transformation!
Jul 29, 2007 02:50 AM
Jo Potvin
Design To Market LLC - Cincinnati, OH
Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market
What an amazing difference!
Jul 29, 2007 05:20 AM
Cindy Lin
Staged4more School of Home Staging - South San Francisco, CA
Host, The Home Staging Show podcast
it looks so much better! all those candles in the fireplace freaked me out! great job!
Jul 29, 2007 05:34 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA
Great job Kathy. I am running out of nice things to say to you, since all your jobs look so good.
Jul 29, 2007 05:40 AM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Thanks, Yvonne & Jo.

Cindy - Yes, there were way too many candles.  This is a good example of "less is more."

Michelle - You are so sweet.  Thank you.

Jul 29, 2007 06:24 AM
Terry Haugen STAGE it RIGHT! 321-956-2495
Stage it Right! - Melbourne, FL
Hi Kathy, well presented!  I'm a no-clutter in my home neat freak.  Mainly because if the house has stuff laying all around it doesn't look clean, and represents work I need to do.  So, I keep things hidden away, and for the most part all surfaces are clutter free, that is until my grandchildren spend the night :-)
Jul 29, 2007 06:57 AM
Vicki Bishop GRI - Alabama Real Estate
Coldwell Banker United Realtors® - Bay Minette, AL
It has a great look now. The baskets and the red chair took away from the room.
Jul 29, 2007 07:05 AM
Lexa R. Montierth
NextHome Complete Realty - Tucson, AZ
Real Estate Sales Agent and Marketer
It's funny because we see the differences, but how many times do we walk into a house (realtors, not stagers) and not see the obvious.  Good Job.

Lexa Montierth
Jul 29, 2007 04:13 PM
Cheryl-Anne Priest
Inviting Spaces - Home Staging Calgary - Calgary, AB
Inviting Spaces - Staging Calgary
Kathy - the room looks so much more serene "after" you pulled off your magic.  I couldn't agree more with Cindy about the candles in the fireplace - stood out for me like a sore thumb.  What were the client's thinking - everything in that room was busy, busy, busy.  I like the new picture you put above the fireplace, certainly more calming than the before picture.  The blue to green kitchen in the background is also far more soothing.  Congratulations - great job.
Jul 30, 2007 03:07 AM
Anonymous
Tracie Martin, AZ Home Staging Solutions, Peoria, AZ
Nice job.  As a Stager I understand how difficult it can be to work with a client's belongings to create the look you are going for.  Your photos are an outstanding example of what a difference a Stager can make!
Jul 30, 2007 05:48 AM
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Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"
Kathy ~ Very nice transformation!  Rreducing the candles in the fireplace, tidying up the baskets, moving some of the furniture (including "Charlie's" chair) were all great ideas that make the home so much more appealing.
Jul 30, 2007 06:52 AM
Lori Gilmore
One Savvy Move - Joliet, IL
One Savvy Move Home Staging
You are so right about clutter. . . most homeowners don't realize the deadly effect it can have. 
Jul 30, 2007 08:09 AM
Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes
Another fine solution by the Staging Professional to go to in the Atlanta area - Georgia's Interior Solutions!
Jul 30, 2007 02:24 PM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Thanks everyone for your kind words.  I'm definitely here to help make a difference.

As I say to many of my prospects and clients - should I elect to sell my own home, there would be a definite need to "stage" it.  Don't get me wrong, it looks nice but... the flow is wrong and there are way too many items.

Again, thanks for commenting!

Kathy

Jul 31, 2007 12:40 AM
Cheryl-Anne Priest
Inviting Spaces - Home Staging Calgary - Calgary, AB
Inviting Spaces - Staging Calgary
Kathy - staging your home?  I can relate to that and am actually in the process of packing away all the "things" that have been collected over the years.  I have packed six boxes of elephants - yes, elephants.  I had them all over the house.  There was even one with wings "flying" on my fan.  Now that they are packed away, I realize how much space I have and how much I like it.  
Jul 31, 2007 01:28 AM
Margaret Woda
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD
Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation
Small changes here made such a huge difference.  Now THIS is a good example of what staging can do for a client because it is not a complete re-make.  I don't think most sellers want that.
Aug 06, 2007 01:18 AM
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