Design Fees and Information

 

How Do You Work & What Do You Charge?

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OUR HOURLY RATE AND HOW IT’S BILLED

We work primarily on an hourly basis. We charge for time when working on drawings, sourcing products, or visiting a job site or showroom for your project.  

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THE AGREEMENT

After our initial conversation we write up a Design Agreement where we describe the services you are requesting. After you sign the agreement accompanied with the deposit we can get started. 

After everything is selected and designed, quotes for furnishings and items we present are obtained from showrooms, vendors, workrooms. Since many items are custom and almost all vendors need to be paid by client in full prior to installation and client is responsible for ordering. 

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DESIGN FEE

We can typically give you a ballpark range for the design fee for your project when we submit the Agreement and identify a budget. That estimate is based on our experience with past projects. However, the big variable here is you and your unique circumstances. Since we are just getting to know each other at this point, please realize that decision making, trust, the need to see many options, etc., all affect the length of the design portion of a job, thereby affecting the fee. While we go to great lengths to get you comfortable with your design and to provide you with options if needed, time spent on continuous revisions and re-selections has to be billed.

It’s very difficult to put flat fees on projects since all of them are so unique and different. That’s why most designers, us included, charge hourly.