The Process
Our team, comprised of trusted professionals, provides comprehensive design services for large-scale and whole-home transformations. Each project is led personally by the studio’s principal, Alice, bringing together refined aesthetics, architectural sensibility, and meticulous project oversight, all grounded in the belief that a home should be both restorative and inspiring.
We collaborate closely with clients, contractors and skilled artisans alike, creating a clear, supported process that transforms possibility into cohesive and enduring spaces.
01
Connect
03
Design Direction
05
Procurement
Discovery
02
Drawings & Selections
04
Project management
06
07
Installation
01
Connect
The First Conversation + On-Site Consultation + Proposal
Our first engagement is a discovery call to explore your vision for your space and determine whether full-service design is the right fit. If there is alignment, we schedule a paid on-site consultation.
During this visit, Alice walks the home with you, studies the constraints, and gains a deeper understanding of how you want your space to function and feel. Following the visit, you’ll receive a clear proposal outlining scope, investment, and the path ahead. Once accepted, the real work begins.
02
Discovery & Home Study
Measurements + Inspiration + Defining project Parameters
This is where the project truly begins. We document the home in detail; measurements, photographs, and spatial conditions, and study how the existing layout supports or restricts daily life. We clarify functional needs, aesthetic direction, and the technical considerations that will shape the design.
By the end of this phase, you gain a clear sense of what’s possible, and we gain the information required to design with accuracy, intention, and momentum.
03
Design direction
Mood boards + Preliminary Layouts + Initial concepts
This phase translates everything we’ve learned into a clear, informed direction for your project. We review the site documentation, and explore layout possibilities. Materials, palettes, and early visual cues establish the foundation of the design.
You begin to see the project take shape in a way that feels intelligible. The concepts are no longer abstract, and the direction is coherent and aligned with how you want to live.
04
Drawings & Selections
Detailed Plans + Specifications + Final Design Package
Once the direction is set, we translate it into the technical language your project needs: measured drawings, elevations, lighting plans, and the materials and fixtures that define the space. Each round brings the design into sharper focus as we refine layouts, adjust details, and develop the full set of drawings your contractor will build from.
As selections are finalized, we assemble a comprehensive materials schedule; every finish, fixture, and furnishing clearly outlined with specifications, pricing, and lead times. When you give the green light, we prepare the final invoices so the ordering phase can begin without delay.
05
Procurement
Ordering + Oversight + Quality Control
With the design finalized, we move into a highly coordinated phase of ordering, scheduling, and quality control. We manage lead times, confirm production details, and track every shipment from fabrication to delivery. Each item is unboxed and inspected; any issues are handled directly with vendors so the project never loses pace.
Clients often describe this moment as the first time they feel truly off the hook, knowing the logistical load that overwhelms most projects is being handled with rigor and a practiced hand.
06
project management
Site Presence + Contractor Collaboration + Design Execution
This is where the design moves from drawings into construction, and where our presence becomes constant. We’re on site weekly, walking the space with your contractor, checking workmanship against the plans, and fielding the questions that inevitably surface once walls are open and trades are moving. Details are confirmed, adjustments clarified, and anything unexpected is resolved before it disrupts momentum.
Clients feel the steadiness of knowing the project is shepherded by someone who understands both the intent of the design and the technical demands required to build it well.
07
Installation
Placement + Styling + Final Reveal
This is where the project comes into its full expression. We’re on site directing the placement of furnishings, adjusting scale and flow, and layering in textiles, art, and the quiet details that bring coherence to the space. Photography is arranged, final adjustments are made, and the home settles into its new rhythm.
Clients often describe this moment as a shift, the first time the vision feels both real and completely theirs, delivered with a level of finish and care they couldn’t have achieved alone.
Client Testimonial
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Alice did a wonderful job with her design for my Victorian flat remodeling. Her kitchen concept was functional and beautiful and she gave me great direction on paint colors, light fixtures, floor stains and many other details. She is also a terrific project manager and has a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and integrity.
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Jane g.
Every project begins with curiosity…
how you move through your day, what restores you, & the relationship you long to have with your surroundings.
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