• Meet with Client and establish:
  • Project Scope
  • Project Style
  • Project Budget (estimate)

• Clients sign a Letter of Agreement and provide a retainer to initiate the project
• Develop Concept Plans for preliminary review
• Gather inspiration images to convey concept to client and establish feel and shapes of elements in the space
• Meet with Clients to discuss concepts and inspiration images. Determine refinements to concepts
• Revise plans
• Pull together sample finishes for Clients’ consideration
• Preliminary budget for project
• Meet with Clients to review revised plans, preliminary selections and preliminary budget
• Revise selections for finishes and associated pricing
• Meet with Clients to review finishes
  • Visit showrooms with Clients to see products in person, as necessary

• Final plan and finish revisions
• Walk through with Contractors at project site to bid on work
• Finalize project pricing with bids
• Meet with Clients to review project costs, discuss any adjustments necessary
• Prepare Contracts for Materials and Installation
• Clients sign contracts and provide deposit for work
• Order products, pay suppliers and coordinate installation schedule with Contractors/ Vendors
• Present schedule to Clients
• Manage implementation of execution of the final design
• After punch list items are completed, secure final payment from Clients (per contract)
• Pay all vendors for products and completed work

Projects primarily involving furniture and finish selections will follow a slightly different set of steps than a construction project like a bathroom remodel. This list is simply illustrative of the general process for most of our projects. Smaller scale projects such as paint selections or window treatments will have a shorter and less detailed Design Process.