Services & Pricing

Ways to work together.

Whether you need a single room rethought or a whole home reimagined, it starts the same way — with fresh eyes on your space.

Best First Step

The Home Walkthrough & Consult

Two hours together in your space — anywhere around Charlotte or Lake Norman — walking room by room, followed by a written set of recommendations you can keep and act on, with or without us. It's the easiest, lowest-pressure way to see what's possible, and the takeaways are yours to use however you like.

Two hours on site, room by room
Honest, specific guidance on layout, paint, and color
Written recommendations delivered afterward
No obligation to book anything further

$250

2 hours · written takeaways included

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The Process

How a project unfolds

No mystery, no mood boards that go nowhere — here's exactly what working with Donna looks like.

1

We walk your home together

Two hours, room by room. You talk, Donna listens — what's working, what isn't, and what you wish each room felt like. She captures everything as you go, so nothing you say gets lost.

Kitchen — wants the island to feel like the heart of the room. Keep the blue-and-white vases. The window needs something soft.

Captured on the walkthrough

2

Every word becomes the plan

That offhand comment about your grandmother's blue vases? Captured. Your walkthrough becomes a design brief for every room — the feel you asked for, the pieces you're keeping, the colors you never want to see again.

A room's design brief — the feel, palette, pieces to keep, add, function, and colors to avoid, captured from the walkthrough

3

Your written plan arrives

Days later — not weeks — you have room-by-room recommendations: your palette, notes on your actual photos, and a quick win you can do this weekend. It's yours to keep and act on, with us or without us.

A written walkthrough report — the client's palette and room-by-room recommendations

A quick-win note — swap the bulbs for warm-white for an instant, low-cost lift

Every report includes at least one free fix.

4

She searches everywhere, so you don't

With a sourcing tool built just for this studio, Donna searches thousands of retailers against your room's exact brief — every candidate scored for fit, with a plain-English reason why it belongs in your home. It's how beautiful stays affordable.

Furniture options gathered against a room's brief — each scored for fit, with a note on why it works

5

You approve every piece

Your proposal comes room by room: each piece, why it fits, what it costs, and a link to buy it — with a running total that respects your number. Nothing lands in your home that you didn't say yes to.

A room-by-room proposal — each piece, why it fits, the price, and a link to buy

A running project total kept against the client's budget

From There

However far you'd like to take it

Hourly Design Work

Flexible, as-you-need-it design help — paint and color decisions, sourcing, styling, or a second opinion. Billed in one-hour increments, so you only pay for what you use.

$125/hr

Room Package

A scoped, flat-fee design for one to two rooms — concept, layout, paint and color, furnishings, and styling, pulled together into a coordinated plan. The sweet spot for a focused, high-impact refresh.

$800–1,200

Whole-Home Project

Full design and renovation support across your home — from reimagining layouts and removing walls to fixtures, finishes, paint, and the final styled result. Quoted custom to the scope of your project.

Customquote

Not sure which is right for you? Most clients begin with a walkthrough — it's the clearest way to understand your space, and everything else can grow from there.