In fact, during a past get-together with girlfriends, one of my good friends said that the minute she walked into my house, she loved it and she wanted to move in with me! It reminded her of a “Sex and the City” inspired design which was a huge compliment for me because I love “Sex and the City”. They say they love my home because it’s so me and they can see my personality in every single room. Everyone who comes into my home compliments it. How do you feel about your home now years later? The end result came out even better than what I expected, and each room is absolutely a reflection of ME. Plus, it was easy for me to select and buy things with the shopping list you provided. It was so helpful for me when you put pictures of each item together on the mood board so I could visually see how everything would come together in each of the rooms. When you put together the design concept, measured each room, drafted the floor plans, and created the visual mood boards, that blew me away because I had no idea what the process was. You considered the colors, flow, furnishings, and accessories that represent me and created a feminine and soft design that I truly wanted. You created each room to reflect my personality. How was I going to make my new home reflect my personality? ![]() With fashion, no problem, but with interior design, I was completely lost and didn’t know where to start. I knew I didn’t have the expertise to do it, especially when it comes to interior design. I knew I wanted it more feminine, soft, with curves, and I wanted to put my signature style/signature stamp on it. When I moved into my new house, I wanted to design it for myself, and I wanted to make it my own. The aesthetic was very masculine with dark espresso wood, sharp edges, and lots of reds, oranges, and blacks. Plus, the furniture from the loft didn’t fit in my new home. I used to live in a loft in the Mission, and when I bought a 1920’s Marina-style house, it had a completely different interior architecture than the loft I used to live in. It’s the design process and the fact that you were very technical that helped me decide to hire you. I was also impressed with the initial consultation not only because of the questionnaire, but you were also very clear about the design process. I had no clue about the process or that even floor plans were important at all or that it was needed to design rooms. I was impressed with that because no other designers I talked to had a design questionnaire they asked me to fill out right away. I thought you were extremely professional and what blew me away was that you asked me to complete a design questionnaire asking me about my style, budget, materials, colors, etc. I interviewed about 3-5 interior designers, and I ended up choosing you because I knew you were a fresh and young interior designer who had your own business and was able to think creatively outside the box. I didn’t want to lose a friendship if something happened. I’ve worked with friends in the past and it never went well. My friend is actually an interior designer, but I didn’t want to work with friends. I also looked on Yelp, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and by searching online. I started by first asking family and friends. Plus, I didn’t know where to start and had no clue how to put everything together so my new home reflected me. Between work, my son, friends, and social activities, I didn’t want to make a mistake by trying to do it myself. But, after spending hours looking for sofas, I realized I could be shopping all day long and still wouldn’t get it right, so I thought why not get an interior designer with the experience to help me? Plus, I just didn’t have the time. I started going through magazines and looking at designs that I enjoyed. ![]() I hired an interior designer because I knew I didn’t have the expertise to design my new home myself which had a completely different interior architecture than the loft I used to live in. Nicola, why did you decide to hire an interior designer?
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