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What are your rates?
When I meet with a client we first discuss his/ her needs and what they may
want me to do for them. I charge $60.00 per hour and all work is totally documented. I often take retainers, invoice monthly and/or at the end of the job. I provide written quotes for all goods and subcontract work and ask to be paid in full upon completion. I accept checks, cash, and Visa.
Do you have a minimum project size?
Projects can range from a one hour consultation to the cost of designing, renovating, and furnishing an old farm house for a developer who purchased land to subdivide and develop. I always enjoy working with people designing and building new homes or additions, and helping new homeowners decide what project to tackle first. I have even helped clients decide what house to buy, knowing how they wanted the home to function and work once it was fixed up.
What are you strong suites?
I am good at visioning what a change can do that is a talent many do not have. I enjoy fixing up things so that they look the best they can be. Change and improvement do not have to be expensive. Color and its distribution can do a lot. Proper window treatments not only serve functional purposes, such as providing privacy or keeping out sun, but also can accent the window, the room, and the furniture. There are many drapery seamstresses and workrooms in business, but they are not all designers. A good interior designer creates a window treatment that not only covers the window but also sets the mood and also helps the dimensions of a room. If the windows are attractive and do not need to be covered I prefers using fabric that will soften the lines of the room, to dress, not cover the opening. The windows are the eyes of the house. Custom window treatments can be expensive, but there are ways to cut down costs if needed. However if the budget is less of a restriction, there is so much that can be done by adding the finer details. A House should flow from one room to another, the colors of each room can be different but the changes should occur gradually so that the home hums as a
whole. All rooms should function and serve a their purpose. It takes good space planning and knowing what products and services exist that can make each room work. Do you have a dog who sits on the sofa. Or do you want to hide a TV or the paperwork on your desk, watch TV from your bed, sit lots of visitors in a room many of us do.
Do you work just in the Boyertown area?
I have clients from Boyertown, Reading , Pottstown, Chester County, the Greater Philadelphia area and beyond.
Is there any style of design or decor you like more than others?
The immediate area is conservative as a whole. Therefore most of my portfolio is relatively conservative. I love wood and stone and the natural elements but enjoy perking them up with a little modern glass, chrome, brass, black, modern art and bright colors. Good clean modern lines of some plumbing fixtures and lighting go well with antiques. Lighting does so much for a room. By placing different lights placed in various areas a home creattes spaces that can be used at different time of the day to change the mood and function of the room. Mirrors too are great, as long as one does not catch his or her reflection all the time.
Can you work with new construction projects?
Are you building or remodeling? Call me before you call the contractor.
I can suggest many details that a builder can incorporate in your home so that you can hide the TV, seat many more guests than you have chairs for, make you kitchen function at its best, maybe hide the refrigerator, dishwasher , washing machine, and dryer, have room for everybody at Thanksgiving, a place the kids can play while you make dinner, a window for your herbs, extra beds on demand, and light when and where you need it.
What other services can you offer?
Along with interior and exterior design services, I have many industry contacts that afford me the ability to assist you with custom designed cabinets, all types of decorative tiles, custom made pieced and appliqued quilts to match your decor, interesting plumbing and lighting fixtures, sinks, kitchen appliances, collectables, antiques, imported goods, fine carpets at reasonable prices, fabrics, wall coverings, art at all prices, window treatments, flooring old or new, decorative painters, and contractors to do it all.
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