Design Transitions

Description of Work: I didn't have a good phone conversation with her. She didn't have very good reccomendations for me. She didn't have a good tone of voice either.

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Description of Work: Highly recommend

Description of Work: Susan Jones is very knowledgeable and very easy to talk to! She had some wonderful ideas and suggestions in helping me transition my home to a modern farmhouse decor! She is also a contractor, so she was very helpful in offering ideas for extending my kitchen and family area! She helped me narrow down some paint colors and she rearranged some existing decor so it would work better for me. And she is definitely budget conscious and will help you achieve your look while staying within your budget! I would highly recommend her to any of my friends needing interior design advice!

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Description of Work: The visit was great - she gave some amazing advice as to how to remodel our kitchen. She even brought a great contractor along with her so that as we spoke about ideas he could give his advice as well from a construction point of view. The only downfall was that the contractor made it seem that we could do the job at a somewhat reasonable price after we talked about what our budget could be - but when his estimate came back it was much higher (more than 3x) than expected. This is the only reason we are not going to work with the duo, but I would be more than interested in working with Susan on design again in the future.

Description of Work: Bid Deal purchase fo 50% OFF 2 Hours of Professional Furniture Staging/Re-purposing Session!

Description of Work: Communication between the provider and her subcontractor kept us from getting the work done as agreed up and intended. It took months to get it done properly.

Description of Work: Plan to sell our house in a year or so and Susan provided a detailed assessment and feedback on proposed remodeling and design projects. She was candid, insightful, professional and a pleasure to interact with - we will most likely use her services as we move forward. I highly recommend her! |

Description of Work: Interior design suggestions.

Description of Work: I purchased the 50% OFF 2 Hours of Professional Furniture Staging/Re-purposing Session Big Deal.

Description of Work: She did an interior design consult after purchasing the 50% OFF 2 Hours of Professional Furniture Staging/Re-purposing Session Big Deal. I had just moved into a house and she gave me a lot of suggestions on colors and even ways to save money. I worked with Susan and she was awesome! She showed up on time and probably saved me thousands of dollars. She gave me great ideas!

Description of Work: she gave me many wonderful ideas for all my rooms.

Description of Work: Our home had been listed for 6+ weeks, and while we have had numerous showings, we had not received any offers. We decided that we needed to paint the exterior, and we needed assistance picking colors. Susan helped us pick the perfect colors to compliment our brick facade, and she helped us stage our furniture inside for maximum impact for showing the house to potential buyers. The impact of her suggestions was amazing. Five days later, we received two offers on our home--including one at full asking price. And we can't wait to hire Susan again to help us decorate and furnish our next home.

Description of Work: Susan decorated our home for spring and Easter including doing a flower arrangement and staging a foyer piece and a keeping room china closet. She made it all look fresh and inviting using items that I already owned in new ways along with greenery that she picked from our yard. She had everything looking welcoming by the time our guests arrived for the weekend.

Description of Work: I was introduced to Susan in 2007 at the beginning of a major renovation of our second story which included a master bathroom renovation along with one small bath renovation. She was instrumental in the design of the bathroom, material choices for the bath, lighting, color choices, flooring choices and molding changes throughout the whole second floor of our home. This project took a few months from start to finish and everything turned out as expected. I was very happy with Susan's help and ability to work with my contractor. We also changed out our windows at the time we were renovating the second floor and she helped me with our window choices. Susan is great at repurposing the furniture that you already own rather than suggesting that you buy new. We took a year off from renovating but our daughter got married in the summer of 2008 in Cashiers NC and Susan was there to organize, decorate and do whatever needed to be done from arranging flowers to installing dimmer switches. It was wonderful to have such help. Susan has decorated our home for Christmas for three different Christmas seasons and has done a great job of incorporating my family ornaments with greenery, some Christmas pillow covers and a few new items to make our home a very festive and welcoming place to spend Christmas. Our next project was the first floor of our home which included one bathroom. She again helped with the choices of all materials, flooring, lighting etc. Her biggest accomplishment of the first floor was the bookcase that she designed for the corner of the family room. It soars 15 feet high into the air behind a sectional sofa and is definitely the focal point of the room. Photos of this can be seen on Susan's blog, www.designtransitions.org. Again we did a lot of repurposing of furniture. She also helped with new paint colors for the exterior of our home to update our look. The range in prices of these projects have varied according to the project from $300 for small projects to $3000 for larger projects.

Description of Work: I have worked with Susan on multiple occasions and have clearly been extremely happy with every encounter. Pricing has varied anywhere from $300 to a few thousand...just depends on the job, but I have found her to be very reasonable. Almost five years ago my husband and I got married in Cashiers, NC. We needed someone to help us with pulling together visual design and space planning and Susan did just that! In addition, she designed and installed floral arrangements for the home where the wedding took place and the grounds surrounding the venue. Everything looked amazing and made the day that much more memorable. About 4 years ago we had a small condo in town on the market. We had several people come to look, but the feedback we were getting was that it was too small. I hired Susan to come in and stage the condo for a quick sell. We edited some of the existing furniture, added a few lamps and mirrors, and hoped for the best. The next morning we had a buyer come to see the condo, and that afternoon we got a call that he was making an offer. We closed about a month later. Our condo had been on the market for about 8 months before she came in with several buyers reviewing it, but no one had put a contract on it. It literally sold to the next person that saw if after Susan had come in to stage it. It was amazing! When my husband and I bought our house about 4 years ago Susan came in and helped me mix together family favorites and vintage pieces from storage. We were completely overwhelmed with all that had to be done and Susan made our workload so much easier. She did everything from placing furniture, to choosing interior and exterior paint colors, hanging window treatments, picking out lamps, and hanging pictures on the wall. Every last detail was done before she left at the end three full days. Every so often she comes to help spiff up another area of the house. We recently had twins and she assisted with choosing paint colors, furniture placement, fabric for window treatments, as well as choosing the design of the window treatment. She found a fabulous rug that pulled the entire room together and made it comfortable for babies to roll around on the floor. For various special occasions (hosting a party, holidays gatherings, etc.) Susan helps me pull together something special to wow our friends and guests. From pulling together fresh flowers and/or greenery to holiday decor she has made our home feel like a cozy and warm place. I highly highly recommend her!!!

Description of Work: When the seasons change, so does my decorating and Susan has been a wonderful asset to these variations. For the past several years Susan has come to my home and, using my seasonal items, has transformed my house into everything from an elegant fall tapestry to a sophisticated, well-designed winter scene. In recent months my husband and I have been in the process of replacing/repairing the outside of our home. Design Transitions has been an intrical part of this process. Susan has guided us in making crucial decisions on which roof would be best, the type of windows and doors we needed that would best suit our needs and even what color paint would reflect our personalities. We are always extremely pleased and grateful for her suggestions and her professionalism.

Description of Work: Susan met with me at my home and made many recommendations for my family room, living room and dining room including paint color, fabric choices and accent pieces. She had many ideas which truly transitioned my rooms into exactly what I had hoped they would be. She is very knowledgable and aware of the latest trends as well as the traditional. She listened to what I told her and was able to expand my visions for my rooms with her ideas. The result far exceeded my expectations.