What is the key to a successful interior design project?

The key to a successful interior design project is communication, communication, communication. Keeping your client informed as to what is happening with their project, and listening to their concerns and desires is so important.

What is one important mistake many interior designers make? How have you overcome/avoided it?

Managing expections from the beginning is key to keeping the project running smoothly. If the client knows up front what lead times are for product and schedules for work, it makes for a smoother process. Over promising and under delivering are huge mistakes.

Interior designing for others has shaped your career. How does your design aesthetic appear in your own home? Are you as passionate in designing your own personal spaces?

All of our projects have a bit of my personal style in them, but the great thing about doing my own space is that it gives me the opportunity to try new things, and that I have less restrictions. It’s a chance to use all of my favorite things with abandon.

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