ABOFF'S DECORATING

We recently bought a house with a lovely open floor plan. As you walk in the front door, you enter The Great Room, and see the kitchen, diningroom, den, cat walk and part of upstairs all within view. Although all had simply been off-white, we wanted to make it our own by adding color. But WHAT COLOR?!?!? We realized that now all had to coordinate. The house has no furniture or kitchen right now as updates are being done. Even the nice oak floors are not visible as they are covered with drop cloths (and spackle dust!) All of the walls are covered in white primer. The kitchen cabinets will be off-white but other furniture and cabinets will be mahogany. We do not have the Artist's-eye and knew we needed help. We called Gail at Aboff's who squeezed us in ON A SUNDAY. She came over, interviewed us briefly to get a feel for what we would like and the "mood" that the house should set. We had 2 cabinet door samples and a 1 foot square each of countertop and backsplash sample available for her but that is all. Our fireplace, currently white paint on brick, will eventually get a stone facade which she also had to imagine. She spent quite a while with us, at least two hours. In the end she picked out and we agreed to eight colors - no way in the world would we have been able to come up with that! Each "room" within our open concept will now have its own distinct personality while coordinating with all as a whole. I am so happy with the color samples - our Paint Contractor painted up all eight colors on 2'x2' samples of sheetrock so we can move them around each room and view them with lighting per different times of day. SO far it looks like Gail hit the nail on the head as all eight colors look right where she assigned them. Even with my non-artistic eye I am understanding the flow. The house will have a warm mood to it even as you first walk in the door. I could not be more pleased. The fee was very reasonable and SO well worthwhile.

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The decorator service, which was MOST HELPFUL. The finished project came out GREAT, largely because of the expertise of the designer. The custom window treatments also came out wonderful and the installation was painless and impeccable.