OUR MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Our minimum investment is 3 spaces / $150k for a project that does not involve renovations.
After our initial consultation, we will prepare a proposal outlining the estimated design fees for your project. When hiring a designer, it is a good rule of thumb to figure on 15-20% of project cost going toward design fees.
There is a wait list to begin new projects, so it’s a great idea to reach out as soon as possible. In general, we recommend at least being under contract on your home before reaching out, as it will be hard for us to help in a meaningful way without an address to reference.
We work primarily in Philadelphia, the Main Line, Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We are open to travel for the right project!
Depending on the scope of your project, we will bring in our preferred GC to bid your job. If needed, we will bring in one other trusted GC to submit a competing bid. Our relationship with our primary GC enables us to function like a design-build with seamless communication and problem solving.
Once you have decided which contractor you wish to hire, your contract and payments for construction will be directly with them. We will be responsible for project management, communication with GC and problem solving, regardless of who you hire. For decorative trades such as upholstery, window treatments and wallcoverings, we have trusted collaborators that we will bring to you. Management of each tradesperson will be handled by either the GC (for construction trades) or our team (for decorative trades).
Project management is an integral part of full-service interior design. This means everything from inspecting every little piece of hardware for flaws to site visits during construction to ensure the design is executed as intended.
We currently only offer full service design where we are able to space plan, conceptualize and finish a room in a holistic way. Our design process works best when we can execute a full room concept for you, rather than supplying you with a la carte design suggestions.
We begin by measuring your spaces, inventorying all items that will want to be stored/incorporated in your new design, and conducting an in-depth interview with you to learn about how you want to use the space, lifestyle considerations, tastes etc. We follow this meeting with a ‘rooms review’ where, based on what you have shared with us about your style, we show you a wide range of rooms to get deeper into the minutia of your likes and dislikes - color, pattern, hardware, lighting, wood finishes, art, everything! The next meeting we will share layouts, itemized budget estimates and a curated “mood” for your design. Once we have finalized a layout, we move into specifying all of the design elements - all finishes, fixtures, furniture and décor. We present these final designs to you with 3D color renderings, product boards, finish samples and swatches.
We do the heavy lifting in this process and we have limited, focused meetings with clients. These will include the Design Interview, Rooms Review, Schematic meeting and Design meeting. Each of these takes around 1 ½ to 2 hours. We may be in touch as needed with emails and the occasional quick zoom as well, but in general the problem solving is on us - not you!
We take great pride in teasing inspiration out of the most tentative client! With a series of focused meetings, we will focus in on your likes and dislikes and nurture that inspiration into a full blown concept. We identify as intuitive designers and tune into your personality, using our knowledge and resources to bring out the very best, most stylish version of you!
We are happy to incorporate, reupholster, or refinish good quality existing furniture, as it makes sense within the design goals you outline for us.
We manage all purchasing for our projects. We source from a wide variety of to-the-trade vendors that we know will stand behind the quality of their products, and we sell product to our clients typically at or below MSRP.
During the initial consultation, we walk you through our process and help you understand our services, background and philosophy as a design firm. This meeting gives us a chance to view your home, hear about your goals, timeline and budget, and for both parties to determine if we are a good fit for each other.
Reach out to us via our contact form HERE and be sure to include your full address including zip code, and as much information about your project as you have. Our client intake coordinator will be in touch with you shortly thereafter to schedule a complimentary discovery call.
