By now, we've all know how critically important photos can be in helping to sell a home more quickly. What may not be as well known is how handy a little site called Picnik can be.
The following picture was enhanced using Picnik.
Here are the steps I had taken to enhance the photo:
These simple changes took less than 5 minutes to make.
Given how important photos are to agents and to home stagers, these small changes can truly help enhance your photos.

Georgia Interior Solutions (GIS), LLC is Atlanta Georgia's Premier Home Staging Provider. Owner and Real Estate Staging Expert, Kathy Nielsen has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement; Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. You can also see one of her staged homes on HGTV's hit show Sleep On It. With their extensive home staging portfolio, you'll quickly learn that they have the experience and knowledge on what it takes to make your home and/or listing appeal to the prospective buyers. Contact them today for your free no-obligation appointment: 678 522 8392.
Home Staging Atlanta
This town home pictured below hasn't lacked for lookers. In fact, according to the agent, it's been shown over 30 times in the last two months. Unfortunately for the homeowner, who now resides out-of-state, this has been the case for the last two years. Yes. You read that correctly. The home has been on the market for two years. While you may be quick to conclude that it's not priced right, I can assure you that it is. In fact, it's the lowest priced unit in the complex, number one. And number two, others are selling.
Might it be that they weren't connecting with the home? Here are two before pictures of what they (the prospective buyers) were seeing when entering the home:
Dining Room:
Living Room:
The challenge for many buyers is that a vacant home is made more difficult to connect to on an emotional level.
After being professional home staged by Georgia Interior Solutions today, here's what they will see:


And because I love close-ups, here's one of the coffee table:

Georgia Interior Solutions (GIS), LLC is Atlanta Georgia's Premier Home Staging Provider. Owner and Real Estate Staging Expert, Kathy Nielsen has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement; Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. You can also see one of her staged homes on HGTV's hit show Sleep On It. With their extensive home staging portfolio, you'll quickly learn that they have the experience and knowledge on what it takes to make your home and/or listing appeal to the prospective buyers. Contact them today for your free no-obligation appointment: 678 522 8392.
Home Staging in Atlanta
As I shared on my Atlanta Staging Information blog site, there are several reasons why home staging is so effective. One of the greatest benefits is that it can help define the purpose of the room.
Case in point - here are two sets of before and after pictures of the home we staged on Monday in Marietta, Georgia. As you walked in the front door, there were two rooms; one on the left and the other on the right. As it turns out the room on the left, which I had thought was a formal living room, turned out to be the dining room. If I was confused, I knew the prospective buyers would be confused.
My job as a professional home stager in Atlanta is to:
Here's what the living room looked like before:

Here's the after picture:

Here's the room that I thought was the formal living room:

Now here are two "after" pictures of the room:


Georgia Interior Solutions (GIS), LLC is Atlanta Georgia's Premier Home Staging Provider. Owner and Real Estate Staging Expert, Kathy Nielsen has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement; Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. You can also see one of her staged homes on HGTV's hit show Sleep On It. With their extensive home staging portfolio, you'll quickly learn that they have the experience and knowledge on what it takes to make your home and/or listing appeal to the prospective buyers. Contact them today for your free no-obligation appointment: 678 522 8392.
Staging a Vacant Home in Atlanta
This morning, before I headed out to stage this newly constructed vacant home, I managed to post a teaser blog with before pictures. What I didn't tell anyone is that we were under a very tight deadline. I needed to have the home staged and ready for the agent by noon for her Tuesday Caravan.
We left at 8:30 and arrived at 9:30. We had 2 and a half hours to finish this home. Here's what we staged: Living room; kitchen, powder room, dining room, master bedroom and master bathroom.
So, did we manage to meet the deadline? You bet! We finished the staging by 11:00. I brought one assistant and together we made it happen. My company motto has always been that we make the process easy. Today, I proved it.
Here are the before and after pictures:




Our vacant home stagings take cold and vacant houses and turn them into warm and inviting homes. For further information on staging your vacant home, visit our blog at Atlanta Home Staging Info.com
Georgia Interior Solutions (GIS), LLC is Atlanta Georgia's Premier Home Staging Provider. Owner and Real Estate Staging Expert, Kathy Nielsen has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement; Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. You can also see one of her staged homes on HGTV's hit show Sleep On It. With their extensive home staging portfolio, you'll quickly learn that they have the experience and knowledge on what it takes to make your home and/or listing appeal to the prospective buyers. Contact them today for your free no-obligation appointment: 678 522 8392.
Vacant Home Staging in Atlanta
Soon, I'll be on my way to home stage the following home in Atlanta. This newly constructed home is lovely on the outside. As for the inside, prospective buyers are having a difficult time understanding how best to use the space. Here are the before pictures:
Here's the view from the other angle:
I've gone ahead and added an after picture of this home on this blog as well. Here it is:

UPDATE: You can see the transformation this home went thru by visiting this post: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1117636/vacant-home-staging-in-atlanta-with-after-pictures
Georgia Interior Solutions (GIS), LLC is Atlanta Georgia's Premier Home Staging Provider. Owner and Real Estate Staging Expert, Kathy Nielsen has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement; Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. You can also see one of her staged homes on HGTV's hit show Sleep On It.
With their extensive home staging portfolio, you'll quickly learn that they have the experience and knowledge on what it takes to make your home and/or listing appeal to the prospective buyers. Contact them today for your free no-obligation appointment: 678 522 8392.
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