Getting Started

Budgets
and Adhering to Them

Nothing is more important than adhering – at least broadly – to a budget. Your job is to be clear about how much money you wish to dedicate to the project, whether it be simply a new sofa or an entire room, or an entire floor. My job is to have a reasonable sense of...

How to Get Started
with a Contractor
— Project Planning —

First decide which Contractor amongst the ones you have met seems reasonable, flexible and clever about how to avoid potential problems down the road. You will find that each has their own take on what to do with your space. Save these ideas for later. Sift through...

Working with Sub-Contractors,
Drawing up Final Plans
— Sketch Up —

New Construction And if you would rather someone else handle it all to begin with, that’s MY job. I will produce Sketch-Up offerings of the final ideas that you wish to pursue. When the Builder generates floor plans, I can plug blueprints right into SKETCH-UP. We can...

How to Get Started
with a Contractor
— Project Planning —

First decide which Contractor amongst the ones you have met seems reasonable, flexible and clever about how to avoid potential problems down the road. You will find that each has their own take on what to do with your space. Save these ideas for later. Sift through...

Working with Sub-Contractors,
Drawing up Final Plans
— Sketch Up —

New Construction And if you would rather someone else handle it all to begin with, that’s MY job. I will produce Sketch-Up offerings of the final ideas that you wish to pursue. When the Builder generates floor plans, I can plug blueprints right into SKETCH-UP. We can...