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Once you’ve perused industry publications and designers’ websites to find a few whose style jibes with your own, schedule meetings with your top contenders. Then come prepared with a list of questions to ask them, and be ready to discuss the following:
- Your budget Have a figure in mind—but expect an education. “Many clients don’t know how much it costs to design and furnish their home,” says Carolina Gentry of Pulp Design Studios. “They should rely on a designer they trust to help them refine their budgets.” And be sure to leave wiggle room for any unforeseen expenses. “Construction and labor costs are soaring,” says Adcock-Smith Designs’ Kathy Adcock-Smith. “Always have a contingency amount in your budget.”
- Your style When it comes to demonstrating to your designer what you like—and don’t—a picture is worth a thousand words. “Having visual reference points gives much greater meaning to the words used to describe design elements,” says Paul Draper Design’s Paul Draper. Don’t know exactly what your “style” is? “The designer often times can help spot repetitive design ideas through the images and guide the client to their own personal design aesthetic,” says Layered Dimensions Interior Designs’ Christina Garcia.
- Your expectations and priorities Be clear about what you’re looking to accomplish, as well as top priorities for the short and long term. “Write down a list of what you wish to achieve, and go over that list with your partner,” says Richard Gordon of Richard Gordon Design. “So many times in an initial meeting, it is clear that the two decision-makers are on different pages.”
- Your lifestyle A home design is only successful if it functions for how you live. Lynn Sears of Lynn Sears Interiors, Inc. gives examples of what to share with your designer: “Size/ages of family members, number of relatives or friends who visit every year, home offices, entertainment style, any collections, etc.”
The Full List of Best Designers in Dallas 2021
These lists are the result of peer-based surveys. A panel of industry professionals vetted the lists. The resulting lists reflect the companies and individuals who received the most votes from their peers. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editor or the publishers of D Home.
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Adcock-Smith Design
AGI-Amy Gibbs Interiors
Alice Cottrell Interior Design
Allen Kirsch & Associates, Inc.
Allison Seidler Interiors
Amy Berry Design
Amy’s Interiors
Angeline Guido Design, LLC
Anne Williams Design
Arveaux Interiors
Ashley Dalton Interiors
Avrea and Company
Baker Design Group
Barbara J. Vessels Interiors
Betty Lou Phillips Interiors
Bobbitt & Company Interior Design
Bodron/Fruit
Breck Woolsey Interiors
Brette Jacques Interiors, Inc.
Cadwallader Design
Cameron Drinkwater Interiors
Carrie Barron Interiors
Carrie Hatfield Interior Design
Cathy Kincaid Interiors
Chad Dorsey Design
Chambers Interiors & Associates
Charlotte Comer Interiors & Collectibles, Inc.
Chelsea Hargrave Interiors
Cheri Etchelecu Interior Design
Cheryl Van Duyne Interior Design
Childress Interiors Inc.
Collins & Sweezey
Collins Interiors
Corley Design Associates
Dallas Design Group Interiors
Dana Bass Designs
Deborah Walker + Associates
Debra Owens Interiors, Inc.
Debra Stewart Interior Design
Deleo & Fletcher Design
Denise McGaha Interiors
Dona Rosene Interiors
Doniphan Moore Interiors
Dunbar Road Design
EJ Interiors
EJM Interiors
Emily Summers Design Associates
Erin Sander Design
Fagan White Design
Furstenwerth + Bagley Design
Harbinger Designs
Heidi Arwine Interiors
Hillary Littlejohn Studio Design
Holly Hickey Moore Interior Design
House of Amelia
IBB Design Fine Furnishings
Ike Isenhour Inc.
J Wiley Designs LLC
James McInroe Inc.
Jan Jones LLC
Jan Showers & Associates
Janet Gridley
Jean Liu Design
Jenkins Interiors
Joanie Wyll & Associates Inc.
John Phifer Marrs Interiors
Joseph Minton Inc.
Joshua Rice Design
Josie McCarthy Associates
Kara Adam Interiors
Kay Genua Designs
Kim McCue-Cypress Designs
Kirsten Kelli
Kristen Fegale Interiors
Kristin Mullen Designs
Laura Lee Clark Interior Design, Inc.
Layered Dimensions Interior Design
Lee Lormand Design
Linda Fritschy Interior Design
Lindley Arthur Interiors
Lisa Henderson Interiors
Lynn Sears Interiors
M. Barnes & Co. Interior Design
Maddie Hughes Designs
Maestri Studio
Marilyn Rolnick Design Associates
Mary Anne Smiley Interiors
Mary Beth Wagner Interiors
Mary Cates and Co.
Mauldin Designs
Meredith Ellis Design
Meredith Steinhart Interior Design
Michelle Nussbaumer Design
ML Interiors Group
Moore Design Group, Interior/Architecture
Morgan Farrow Interiors
Morrisey Home
Neal Stewart Designs
Pam Kelley Designs
Pamela Fitch Design
Paul Draper Design
Paul Duesing Partners
Peters Cates Design, Inc.
Pickering House Interiors
Pulp Design Studios
R. Brant Design
Richard Gordon Design
Richard Trimble & Associates, Inc.
Rick Rozas Design
RN Interior Design, LLC
Robert Trown & Associates
Robyn Menter Design Associates, Inc.
Roz Murphy Design
S.B. Long Interiors
Salem and Associates
Samantha Fisher Interiors
Sees Design
Seitz Design LTD
Set Studio
Shannon Bowers Designs
Shelby Owens Interiors
Shelby Wagner Design
Sherry Hayslip Interiors
Smith & Ragsdale Interior Design
Studio Ten 25
Studio Thomas James
Studio White Interiors
Swoon
Ten Plus Three
The Collective
Tiffany McKinzie Interior Design
Tori Rubinson Interiors
Traci Connell Interiors
Traci White Designs
Tracy Hardenburg Designs
Trish Sheats Interior Design
Wendy Konradi Interior Design
William-Christopher Design
Williams Design Inc.
Yates Desygn
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