atlanta georgia home stager: How to Prepare Your Home For Sale During The Holidays - 10/02/12 10:31 PM
How to Prepare Your Home For Sale During The Holidays
I'm all for decorating during the holidays. In fact, I have boxes and boxes in my attic of Halloween and Christmas decorations. However, should I put my home on the market during the holidays, I'd use about a fraction of what I have. There's a reason behind it. When I decorate, I "add" to what's already out. In other words, I'm not packing, I'm adding more things.  
Now as much as I'd hate to call my holiday decor "clutter", the simple truth is that it is. And as we all … (66 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Selling Your Home and Have Lots of Lookers But No Takers? - 05/06/12 10:41 PM
Lots of Lookers But No Takers?
For anyone selling their home and/or have a listing that is getting lots of lookers but no takers, it can be extremely frustrating. You're likely thinking that it's just a matter of time. 
It's the very thing that was happening with this town home in Smyrna, Georgia. Despite the quantity of potential buyers visiting, not one was making an offer. After months on the market, the investor looked into having it professionally home staged. They had never used a home stager before and wanted to "test the waters", sort of speak.
They called on our home … (11 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Preparing Your Home For the Market - 03/08/11 12:37 AM
As any professional home stager will tell you, there are a lot of decisions to be made with respect to what changes are made within a home. The decisions can range from big to small. However, the impact of that change needs to be substantial.
Preparing your home for the market can be tough. One of the greatest benefits of hiring a professional home stager is that they understand what changes need to be made to have the greatest impact.
Which leads me to this home staging we did last Friday in Atlanta. With a few small changes, the room went … (17 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Home Staging Atlanta - A Vacant Home Transformation - Before and After Pictures Included - 11/17/10 01:19 AM
A couple of weeks ago we staged this beautiful home in Atlanta for one of our newest REALTOR Partners. 
As you can see, the home is lovely. However, some of the rooms lacked definition as to their purpose. Case in point, this first before picture (see below). One of the very first questions I asked the agent when I first saw this home was how the homeowner used this room. If I, as a professional home stager, was asking, you can be assured that buyers, when viewing the photos online were wondering the same thing. 
One of the greatest benefits in … (16 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Table Settings by Atlanta Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen - 10/13/10 04:35 AM
Table Settings by Atlanta Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen
 
As a professional home stager in Atlanta, one of the most frequently asked questions I get asked by home owners who are preparing their home for the market is how to dress up their table. Whether it's the eat-in table, dining room, or counter-top in the kitchen, a few additions can truly help set your home apart from the others on the market.
Here are some quick tips for setting a table:
Select a centerpiece - Color and scale are important so be selective. Plate settings - Not every table needs to … (18 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Atlanta Home Staging Consultation - Come See What the Homeowner Did! - 09/06/10 02:21 AM
Atlanta Home Staging Consultation - Come See What the Homeowner Did!
As a home stager in Atlanta, I've been known to stage my fair share of vacant properties. In many ways, the staging of a vacant home is like having a blank canvas. In other words, we have free rein. Some may even argue that the staging of an occupied home is tons harder. I will admit that they can be a tad bit more challenging. But nonetheless, the results can be thrilling.
Here's a recent example of a home seller, that had sought our advice on how to showcase her home.
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atlanta georgia home stager: Atlanta Home Staging Before and After Pictures - 09/02/10 01:40 AM
Atlanta Home Staging Before and After Pictures
Yes, furniture and accessories placed in a vacant home can make a huge difference in how buyers view a home. With most people being "visual", these items help buyers to see the home in a whole different light. It also helps them to emotionally connect with the home.
Last week, my home staging company in Atlanta, Georgia Interior Solutions, was selected by a new set of investors looking to make a difference in how their home was viewed by the prospective buyers. With the investors having finished the renovations, it was time for us … (16 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Maximize Your Results When Selling Your Home by Following These Easy Home Staging Tips - 08/07/10 03:11 AM
Maximize Your Results When Selling Your Home by Following These Easy Home Staging Tips
Easy Home Staging Tips:
 
Obtain feedback from a friend, relative or neighbor - Your objective is to get the most honest feedback as possible. Start with the exterior and work your way through the entire house. If your home has a garage, basement and/or attic - make sure you address those places as well.  Check out your competition - Even if it means driving around and writing down the addresses to view them online, you need to understand how your home compares to the others on the … (8 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: No Worries. We will work our magic and this home will look great. - 05/08/10 12:23 AM
Home Staging Atlanta
Let's start with the picture first so that you'll see exactly what I mean. 

 
Yes, the exterior matches the interior. 
 
 
While I took over 30 pictures, I suspect that the only room that will be recognizable (after we've worked our magic) is this one of the formal living room as the fireplace is staying.
 
 
But, no worries, Home Staging Atlanta's premier home staging company, Georgia Interior Solutions has partnered with an Atlanta investor to rock the Atlanta market. We're on our 9th home. With his renovations, combined with my staging, we've never had a home sit … (18 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Atlanta Home Staging - Trifecta - 05/07/09 03:05 AM
Three Staged Homes - Three Now Under Contract
I'm calling this my Atlanta Home Staging Trifecta.  I was notified on Tuesday that three of the homes I had staged are now under contract.  Happy Day! The sellers are thrilled, their agents are ecstatic and I couldn't be happier.  
 
Here they are, along with a little history:
 
 
Home Staging East Point Georgia
 
This home is owned by an investor.  We had the home staged and within days it went under contract.  One day prior to the closing, we de-staged.  Closing came and the financing for the buyer … (13 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Bedroom Transformation Before & After Pictures - Home Staging Marietta, Georgia - 05/02/09 02:47 AM
A Before & After Bedroom Transformation - Home Staging Marietta, GA Okay, I admit it, I love to make my home staging clients squeal.   In this particular home staging, the homeowner clapped; the agent squealed and the agents' mom wants to fly me to Connecticut to decorate her home.  And while pleasing my clients is always nice, the real objective behind home staging is to ensure the home appeals to the prospective buyers.   The opportunity to enhance the visual aspect of the home is exactly what home staging is about.  And at HomeStagingAtlanta.com, we aim to do just that. … (14 comments)

atlanta georgia home stager: Solutions for Selling Part I - Home Appeal - 03/22/09 12:28 PM
Solutions for Selling Part I - Home Appeal
 
As a professional home stager in Atlanta, Georgia, I'm often asked for solutions that will help grab the attention of the prospective buyers.  And with reason; the more "appealing" we make a home, the more it will stand out from the others on the market.  
 
In the case of this home, we had a spare room (located to the left of the entrance as you walked in) that lacked purpose.  If left as-is, it surely would have left many a prospective buyers wondering how they could use this room.
 
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atlanta georgia home stager: This Home is Ready! Is Yours? - 03/18/09 01:19 PM
 
 

 
 
As Atlanta's premier home staging company we understand that the tasks associated with preparing your home for sale can be overwhelming.  With vacant homes sitting idle, to occupied homes needing de-cluttering and perhaps repairs, the list for homeowners seems to get longer and longer with each turn.   Not knowing where to begin only adds to the frustration.
 
Our home staging solutions, from key room staging to whole home staging, eases the stress and worry associated with preparing a home for the market.
 
Here's an example of a vacant home (with a few scattered … (12 comments)

 
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Kathy Nielsen

Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

Marietta, GA

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Author Bio: Kathy Nielsen has been a professional home stager since the end of 2005. Kathy works with Atlanta home flippers, homeowners and agents to assist them in getting their home ready for the market.

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