ColorScapes Design Remodel

Overall a nice lady. However, very difficult to work with - for the following reasons: 1. Not technologically up-to-date - from our interaction it was obvious that she doesn't use the internet as nearly a tenth of what the average young professional uses it for in this day and age. 2. Asked for more money at every interaction we had. 3. Inefficient - spent too much time talking and trying to sway me to her opinions rather than on the actual job she was hired for. 4. At the end of the job - she actually didn't help me with the rooms I had originally hired her for, instead gave me a color option for the 1 room, I specifically stated in the beginning that I did not want to change. 5. The color option she provided was completely not my taste, nor anything near to what I had asked for. 6. She requested payment even before services were completed. She was responsive, eager to work - however, I would simply describe this encounter as annoying and just took too much time, especially given an end result that I was unsatisfied with. I ended up having to hire a different company to actually complete the work to my satisfaction. This new company was super efficient, understood exactly what I wanted, looked at all the emails and pictures I sent her, tasteful, and provided really impressive diagrams for my painters, stopped by to discuss the plan with the painters, discussed the plan with me in a direct and to the point way, and she cost just a tad more, but didn't request payment until 1 month after the service was completed (I was expecting to pay her immediately, but she just didn't send out the invoice until later).

Mary is very easy to have in your house, the other service people she brings in (plumbers, electricians, painters, etc.) are top notch. She is very good at dealing with surprises that may come up when the paint/drywall/wallpaper come off. The work is done in a timely fashion. The only drawback to Mary's services would be that she can sometimes run on her own schedule and run later than she said she would be coming. This is the second project Mary has worked with us on and she has gotten better about calling to say she is running late. I love the results so much that I can overlook this small inconvenience.

I just relocated to Janesville. I bought a 17 year old house with and quot;great bonesand quot; but no s** appeal. I was looking for a contracter / designer that could literally transform the interior of this housse into a new home that you might see on the Parade of Homes. Oh and by the way, I needed this done in less than 3 weeks. Luckily, Mary is both a designer and general contractor. She came up with a great design and then coordinated a great group of sub contractors to carry out the work. The quality of work was top notch. The entire job came in on budget and was completed early. I am happy to offer Mary and Colorscapes a glowing recommendation. By the way, I am picky by nature.

Good color advice. Took the time to discuss many color choices. Was patient when we could not agree on her idea for one of the bathrooms, and was quite intent on producing a beautiful result, which we do have and are very satisfied with. She also did a very careful job on the actual painting. After leaving one evening we discovered some paint spots on the carpet, and she drove all the way back (after a very long day) with a product to take it out and stayed until it was cleaned up. The job took half again as long as projected because of the illness of her employee; she did most of the job alone. Stated time of arrival to house did not usually correspond very closely to actual time of arrival.

It was pretty expensive. I had found them on Angie's List and read some of the feedback on how pleased people were with her. That is what made me go with her. I thought I would be willing to pay a little extra to get good results. She is for someone who has a lot of money to spend. She is quite expensive. She is good at picking out colors but I think her price is high for doing that. We had a few disagreements about things. I am not saying she is not good at what she does but I think she is expensive for what she does. My husband brought up a kitchen remodel as well. We did not go with any of her ideas because they were too expensive. Turns out after talking to a realtor her ideas would have hurt our resale value. After she found out I was frustrated she did offer to meet me at the paint store to help me pick out other colors. She did try to make up for how frustrated I was and how I did not get the things I expected to get addressed in her time frame. I would not use her again at that price.

Extremely friendly and happy to offer advice. I will definitely call her for any future needs.

I am very pleased with the ideas that they decorator has and her responsiveness to my concerns and ideas. I like her ability to coordinate the ideas, developed a specific plan, and keep up with the work.

I was placing my home of 27 years on the market and needed advice about paint colors that would show well in the real estate market. Ms Tracy came to my home and helped me choose paint colors for multiple rooms. She recommended appropriate co-ordinating colors and finishes. Her recommendations worked out very well and I was pleased with the results. I had Ms Tracy return a month later to do the painting in the kitchen. She provided good guidance so I could do the wallpaper removal myself. I was able to save a lot of money with her advice. She did the drywall and plaster repair and painting in a single day and her work was excellent. There were no visible flaws in the work when she was done. I was happy with the finished product and the cost of the result. She was friendly and professional to deal with and generous in providing advice about other work that I was doing myself.