FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Redesign sessions are priced by the room based on size. Color consultations are $550 for the first 2 hours and $150 each hour after.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
DREAM IT. First we ask that you fill out our Client Intake form. The form includes pictures of your current space and images of rooms you love, along with a few questions about your needs. Because we start creating (and shopping for) your new space before we even meet, the more details you can provide the more efficient our design session will be. Contact us and we’ll send send you our current rate card right away. Tess enjoys the challenge of coming up with money-saving crafty ideas. With years of teaching experience, she’ll show you how to maximize your home's design potential and advise you on where to save and what's worth saving for. CREATE IT. It's Redesign day! Clear your morning and be ready for an exciting, collaborative design session. We’ll learn more about your functional needs, discover the best possible layout for the room and decide on what can go and what must stay. We then create your new vision from the ground up, coming up with a design plan and resources that fit your budget. Your plan will include exact measurements of new pieces needed, along with color and style recommendations and examples of what you are looking for (if not the exact piece itself.) You'll get a step by step to-do list, so you know exactly what to find and in what order. BUILD IT. Using your design plan and inspiration mood board, you sit on sofas, try out chairs, and shop around for the needed pieces. You gather as many samples as possible using the guidelines in your plan. We meet for a follow up (or two) to fine-tune and ensure that the textiles all work together. Final paint color (if painting is an option) is selected and any last minute details come into place (pillow suggestions, color for lamps, etc). See more examples of our designs in action.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I studied Residential Interiors at the Boston Architectural College and earned my Interior Refiner certification from Lauri Ward's renowned Use-What-You-Have™ Redesign and Redecorate program in 2008. I then went on to become a True Colour Expert™ by training with Maria Killam of Maria Killam Colour and Design. Most importantly, for a hands-on study of performance fabrics, I gave birth to twins in 2014 who taught me what sticky fingers on fabrics really meant.