As a home stager in Atlanta, Georgia, I'm often asked to assist homeowners with making their vacant home more appealing to the prospective buyers that will be visiting the home. Having staged hundreds of homes throughout the Atlanta area, I began this project like I do with all the others:

• Step 1 is to understand the demographics of the buyer.  Will they be first-time buyers, or seniors heading into their retirement years?  It's an important question that helps define the design element that will be used in the home.  
• Step 2 is to understand the price point of the home.  For example, if I'm staging a home priced at $99,000 versus a $3M home, the accessories used would be different.
  

Here's an example of a recent project that I did for a builder.  The first set of three pictures will take you through the process of what the vacant home staging looks like.

Here's what the room looked like on my first visit.  As you can see, the room is rather plain.  

The likelihood of the home "appealing to a prospective buyer" ranks low in comparison to the finished project.

An easy solution to add warmth to any room is to add color.  It was on my first visit that I had recommended a warm brown on two of the walls.  Here's what the room looked like on my 2nd visit:

As you can see, there's a big difference in the room.  The dark brown color actually helps add depth to the room.  A good point to remember is that the smaller the room, the darker the color as it will help visually expand your space.

Now for the physical staging.  While the painting did lend itself to a far more appealing look, the objective of home staging is to have the prospective buyers envision living in the home.

Here are two pictures (two different angles) of how the room looked when completed:

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Kathy Nielsen, Owner & Founder of Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC has appeared on the pages of Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Home Improvement, Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  Kathy has also staged a home for 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 a free no-obligation appointment at 678 522 8392 for all your home staging needs.