Design Transitions

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Susan emailed me through Angie's List shortly after I purchased the $199 deal. She had an appointment slot in one of my available times. I realized later that I couldn't quite make the appointment, so I called her. She answered the phone and was amenable to pushing the appointment forward an hour. When she arrived on the day of the appointment, she was very professional, but warm and easy to talk to. I loved her sense of where our family is in life and what we could/should expect out of our home and furniture.
She helped me figure out how to overcome the darkness of our large family room by adding track lighting all across the ceiling between two exposed beams, and one more track lighting down the ceiling over the stairs along the opposite wall. We already have a large entertainment center that fits well in an alcove on one wall, so we talked about paint colors that would work to bring the wood colors of the trim (lots of it!) in the room and the entertainment center together. We have great wood floors, but most of it we would like to soften with a rug for this room. Susan knew just what to do to get a rug the large size that we need. Furniture selection and placement came easy to her. She looked at other rooms in our house to get a sense of what we like and our style, and that helped her advise about the sort of things we should look for as we plan the room.
On one side of the great room is a bar that I have long wanted to convert to a mud room because it's already sort of a half-closeted area. She gave me wonderful ideas about how to pull that off which I can't wait to implement.
Susan was extremely helpful, understanding, and knowledgeable. She of course has further services that she could do for us, all of which she laid out but was not pushy towards at all. I really enjoyed meeting her and working with her. I would recommend her to anyone!

I loved my living room and entry way.  She helped me choose paint colors, decor, etc... When it was done, I loved it.  And I received many compliments.  She created a place that I loved -- and didn't have any preconceptions of what SHE wanted.  She achieved a great area that I've loved over the years.

Highly recommend

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She gave us a lot of ideas; it was worth it.

Very personable. We followed through with some of the ideas

Great.  We are working together now to get some of the projects done.  They are a great organization.  They have great design ideas.  They have really helped me. 

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Susan came out to my house on time and ready to work. We went through the entire house and I let her know what I liked and didn't like and what basic changes I was looking for.  Susan provided many ideas and tips for my entire house. I will be spending months incorporating all of the ideas she came up with and will undoubtedly dramatically improve the look and function of my home.  I will likely use Susan in the future to assist in implementing some of these design improvements and for fine tuning decorating. 

After our first appointment, Susan came a week or so later with her cabinet maker and Dan measured, listened and drew a great design for my "built in" bookcases.  We came to a date for delivery and just like our first meeting, I was very pleased. Iv'e found the perfect dining room chair to go with the drop leaf table and my current pine table - a hand-me-down from college roommates (years ago!!), is ready to go to charity.  Susan also has found a furniture restoration shop for a heirloom coffee table that needed serious refurbishing.  Next up - drapes for the master bedroom, installation of the bookcase, hunting for new chandeliers and the bringing of my home from "just moved in looking" to "homey, comfortable and restorative."  I cannot wait to get there!!!!

It turned out pretty good. She was professional and she was on time.

I am thrilled with the outcome of my consultation with Susan Jones. Her insight and experience are invaluable, and she explained clearly what my options were for my budget and how I could stretch my dollars to achieve the results I wanted. I plan to hire her for projects going forward, and I consider the two-hour consultation one of the best investments I will ever make in this home. Susan is warm and personable but also focused and conscientious.  She gave me her full attention the entire visit and even stayed a little longer than we planned. I loved her ideas and can't wait to get started!
Highly recommend!

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I could not be more pleased. She used items that I've had for years and made them look fresh and appealing.

Overall, it went very well.  She was incredibly responsive and asked lots of questions to try to understand both how we use our space and what our tastes are.  We left the meeting with a good understanding of how to get to our ideal state.

She is a lovely woman who offered lots of great ideas! She also shared a list of contractors she uses which can be very helpful! Anyone who uses her will like her!

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Susan is a doll! She had fabulous ideas! We have an older home that needs to be updated, but we did not want to go overboard. We are going back and forth between updating the home and staying or leaving as is. She was very down to earth, our 2 hours was up way to soon. She even offered to work on one project at a time and see it through from start to finish with her contractors or references.

She did a fine job.

They only consulted with us for about an hour, but everything went well.  Scheduling was easy, they showed on time, and acted professionally when dealing with us.  We chose, however, to do the work ourselves instead of actually having them stage the house.

Great didnt continue to use due to price - but they were very good

This is the second time I consulted with her, so that says a lot. It was very helpful. I already had materials, and we went through them.  She also made great suggestions about furniture placement and even helped me move it!  I went with all the things we thought were best.

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