Who Is Happier When It Turns Out This Well: Client or Designer?

Honed and sealed stone floor is the perfect background.

After having worked for this one client for a long number of years, this last one she says is by far her favorite.  

When she first walked in after much  of the furnishings were delivered, her reaction was a short gasp followed by a big grin.

We first thought this is due to being a bit surprised that we actually got as much accomplished with such a very short time frame or that perhaps she was just glad that she didn't have to make yet another decision.  ( You know how pesky designers can be when they keep asking for decisions.)     Or just maybe it was both.   

Keeping to a neutral color scheme makes this space appear much bigger.

What we do know is that we are just as happy to get this project wrapped up, given that we had but three weeks to pull it all off including cabinetry.  Yes, well actually a bit less than three weeks... certainly not three days... nor three hours as some on HG-TV would have you believe.  We painted, papered, hung fixtures + track lighting, delivered the upholstery, thru our the rugs + installed her TV so should could watch LPGA tournaments on the big screen on the first night of occupancy.  Not too shabby, eh?

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The concrete counter makes a great bar top.

What else made us happy as the design team was the great rapport we had with she and partner.  It makes a difference when client and designer truly have a great time with one another.  

We will say it helps when a client says "you know better then me on such things."   And it of course helps when the client has a great eye for art and let us "select" pieces that would work well in this residence from their Chicago condo.  Sweet.

So who did have the best time?  By far, we did.  It was a challenge to assemble all the parts + pieces together in a cohesive plan and meet our scheduled installation date.  And while we are still buttoning up the details + finishing the punch list, we're happy to know that we made this client happy again once more.  But the best part?  Just how much she appreciated all our efforts. ;-) 

• Psst. Next project we do, Ms. S....we're definitely going need an extra few days. You good with that? 

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