Desired Vision

We went room by room discussing paint colors based on what furnishings and features we want to keep and what we may change. Cara worked with us to come up with some great colors that should work for each room as well as the overall flow of color throughout the house. The discussion included future ideas for our master bath if we choose to upgrade the overall look and what would work for now if we just change the color. She also gave us some good advice in our approach to our open kitchen and living room, where we were advised to first make some decisions on the kitchen countertop and fireplace before choosing paint colors. Her expertise seems to go well beyond choosing paint colors. We plan to work with her in the future in choosing a kitchen countertop, backsplash, window treatments, etc. We have not worked with an interior decorator before, but were very impressed in working with her. She charged $95/hour and was there for 3 1/2 hours. We have a lot of roooms and she will take as much time as you feel you need in making decisions together. We also had the option, which we chose, to purchase for $1 each, large 8"x8" paint samples of each color we chose. By the end, we had plans for all but the kitchen and living room colors for the reasons mentioned earlier. She seems to be very flexible in what level of assistance you want from her, whether it just be advice or if you would like her to go with you in selecting items, such as granite countertops, for your home. We definitely plan to work with her further.

I have used three other interior decorators and it wasn't until I got to Cara before I was really happy. There was nothing really wrong with the other people, they just didn't seem to be hitting it like Cara does. They didn't seem to be as thorough, professional or full-time. The woman really knows what she's doing. It doesn't take her forever to figure a design problem out and get back to you with an answer. She picked out all of the tile and paint color, and shes continuing to work with me on curtains and rugs. She comes into your house and she solves your problems. I have worked with designers in the past and I wasn't happy with some of their color selections. Cara came right in and the first thing that she did for me was pick out the color for my kitchen and family room. It was perfect. In one visit she picked out those colors and she gave me some ideas about some of my furniture. She listened well to some things that I didn't like.