Events

Whant to learn essential information and get your questions answered?

Coordinating and enhancing information for clients is a part of my role as your designer. Client education is key to understanding your project as well as the selections available to you and the purchases you make. Education offers you understanding and control. Time after time, people contact me not only to creatively design rooms in their homes, but to answer questions, solve situations and evaluate choices.


Frequently offered free seminars:

• Which Construction Bid is Best for Your Project? (2.5 hours - includes Q&A time))

  You have obtained 2 or more bids from contractors for your remodel or new home construction project - now how do you decide which one to accept? Why is one bid significantly different that another? There is always a reason and you do not find to find the reason too late - after you have a signed contract and are knee-deep into construction. The seminar covers the all aspects that should be part of your decision making process.

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  • How to determine contractor credentials
  • How to read & interpret a bid
  • How to compare bids
  • How to determine if the bid offers what you expect
  • How to determine your budget/allowances
  • How to stay within your budget/allowances
  • Which material selections to make first
  • How to make material selections
  • Where to make material selections
  • The consequences of changing your mind

  To sign-up for next Construction Bid seminar please call 425-681-4004
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• Choosing Material Selections? Avoid the Pitfalls. (2.5 hours - includes Q&A time))

  You have decided to do some updating at home. Hooray!! Going to paint some rooms, have new carpet installed, update a light fixture, maybe even upgrade some counters or tile work, etc….. Where to start? Or better yet - how to start? The seminar covers the decision making steps and the efficient order in which to tackle them as well as the acquisition process.
  

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  • To-do list - what comes first; what comes later
  • Materials - how they are sold, where they are sold
  • Your investment - the impact on home's value to you vs. "the market"
  • Design Style - everyone's style changes as the years go by
  • Continuity - of color, style, level of detail
  • Measuring for material quantities - get it right the 1st time
  • Coordination & Organization - make for a happy homeowner
  • Timeline - keep it realistic
  • Contractors - how to ask for realistic bids

  To sign-up for next Material Selections seminar please call 425-681-4004
  Date:
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• Choosing Furnishings? What you don't know - but should! (2.5 hours - includes Q&A time))

  You have decided to do some updating at home. Hooray!! Going to paint some rooms, have new carpet installed, update a light fixture, maybe even upgrade some counters or tile work, etc….. Where to start? Or better yet - how to start? The seminar covers the decision making steps and the efficient order in which to tackle them as well as the acquisition process.

  Click here to see Seminar Outline

  • To-do list - what comes first; what comes later
  • Materials - how they are sold, where they are sold
  • Your investment - the impact on home's value to you vs. "the market"
  • Design Style - everyone's style changes as the years go by
  • Continuity - of color, style, level of detail
  • Measuring for material quantities - get it right the 1st time
  • Coordination & Organization - make for a happy homeowner

  To sign-up for next Choosing Furnishings seminar please call 425-681-4004
  Date:
  Time:
  Location: