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When A Great Job Wraps Up…. (Part 1)

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:15:32 +0000

I just received three proofs from my photographer for a 10,000 square foot home (not including the fabulous patios upstairs and down) which I have been working on for over three years! Wow! What a great feeling to see the finished project photographed and almost ready for submittal to a few premier design magazines my clients (and myself) love to read! Hours of design, drawings, shopping and selections, meetings, and consultations have come together to create the home of my client’s dreams, which gives me a thrill that is hard to describe.

As a designer, it’s my job to produce a final product that exceeds my client’s expectations. That’s right…EXCEEDS their expectations. I strive for this because it pushes me to do the best work I possibly can, and, with this job, I do believe I did it!

When A Great Job Wraps Up…. (Part 2)

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:12:39 +0000

When a client comes to me, quite often they have design ideas swimming around in their head, but often they don’t know how to express them. So, I usually start off giving them a little homework…yes, homework! First, I ask them to browse through interior design magazines and tear out or use stickies on photographs that they like either all or a portion of. The more, the better. It’s the best way that I, as their designer, can understand what they want their home to look and feel like. So, tear, circle, highlight, and write comments are the instructions I give.

Then we review every single photo they bring me and I ask tons of questions to really get a good feeling for their style and color preferences. If I don’t think I’m certain, then we continue until I get it. It’s my job, not theirs, to really understand them.

That’s when I get down to the nitty gritty…sketching, selecting, hunting for everything that I think would work in the design I not have developed. And the process continues until all the decisions have been finalized, and until my clients are totally satisfied. Of course, hours are spent developing budgets; completing millwork and custom furniture drawings; developing window and wall treatments; meetings with vendors; working with the subcontractors; purchasing all the goods and completing the installations, and so much more…

When A Great Job Wraps Up…. (Part 3)

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:11:55 +0000

And, finally, after months, if not years, of work, I have completed the job with happy clients, which makes my day…or year, for that matter. To see all the effort I’ve put forth in the final photographs almost completed is the satisfaction which every designer craves.

So…I think I deserve a little time off. Maybe a splash in that luxurious pool, or maybe a nice glass of white wine on the lounge…until the next client calls and I’m on my way to see what this will be all about. A new project, great! My mind is already spinning…