FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
I have always been upfront and extremely fair within my cost and fees within my expert services,... that I have always provided so that all knows exactly what to expect when it comes to upon completion of the installation......
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
I am always supplied with basically a moving hardware store within my van equipped with all necessary equipment to handle any job, whether it's anything to do with all drapery and artwork installations... For 36years supporting the designer industry in every aspect!! That also includes all faucets of drapery/window treatments, Artwork, Picture Galleries, Mirrors, Bath Fixtures,.such as towel racks, toilet holders, All, Furniture Assembly,... etc..... I have many designers across the board that will attest and have work with for many years. From top to bottom across all spectrums... that i have supported in my best of ways!!!,.... So much fun and definitely a privilege in doing so!!!๐๐
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have owned and sold several corporations within the design industry with as many as 30 or more employees that have worked for me for many years within the design industry. I have mentored many Interior Designers and Interns from various Universities that have prospered within the design industry throughout many years. I started as a production manager in my early 20s. Manufacturing vertical blinds for Bedells MFC.. Then at age 22 opened up a retail store called Vertical Station and a service company called Metropolitan Installations and Repairs.... At that time 1988 I was then doing consultations for all drapery, shades window treatments and doing installations for many design firms. In 2004 I co-founded Designers Choice Design Center. My design center that was for the design trade only. With having over several hundred design firms on account. I was representing as a wholesaler to the trade,.. Robert Allen, Kravit, Duralee,Fabricut, Scalimandre, and some of the best well known fabric companies within the fabric industry as well as wall coverings, Drapery Hardware, furniture, accessories as a wholesaler satellite design center to the Washington D.C. Design Center. In 2006 I opened up The SilkTasselRod Shoppe in Arlington, Virginia along with my drapery workroom to the trade, mostly high end design firms...manufacturing draperies, euro shams, bedskirts, pillows, etc. Trust me, i did not mention my over several hundred dignitaries throughout New York and the Washington D.C. area and throughout this country that i have had the absolute pleasure to professionly work with. Way to many to mention!!!! Now, after getting rid of all the payroll and the headaches of my crazy endeavours,..i have settled down enjoying exactly what I love to do.... Giving the public the best of services in the best of ways at a affordable fair cost. The public deserve the best!!!!!!๐