Our latest project for U&I was a lovely gal named Shanda who has a designers eye but needed some professional design help with demo, placement, and a whole new kitchen design. She handled the rest of the house remodel in living room, dining room, and bedrooms with a small amount of guidance on how to’s on DIY to save on the budget. Love that aspect of clients that want to do things themselves but need professional guidance….I’m glad to help. We are there anyway so why not! I love the Get it girl attitude and #girlswithtools are sexy
She was interested in two listing and gave her real estate agent with REMAX realty a call for a showing. Visiting properties with clients is something I have been doing for a while to discuss options of redesign as they go.
I, (Deborah Lutz, Interior Designer for U&I Decorate) visited both properties and gave design options for each redesign and a quick monetary value of each upgrade as we went…..she let me know as we walked the properties what her needs were and of course several pages of wants.
It didn’t take her long to make a decision and closed on the house she wanted. She called us up at U&I and said let’s get started.
One month later, lots of meetings and notes we were ready for demo and hard work. My subcontractors were scheduled ahead of time and ready to get to work. We finished with a beautiful product to hand over to our happy client. It was amazing working with Shanda. I loved doing the Farmhouse Chic design. We used a great stove hood from Houzz.com with a white subway tile from Home Depot. It turned out spectacular. Vinyl plank flooring from Mannington was used for a 100% waterproof floor and we matched the color and style to existing hardwood oak floors in dining room.
Main objective in the kitchen redesign budget was to use existing cabinets and do a larger layout by adding additional cabinets and painting them all white with an oil based paint from Sherwin Williams. Shanda took care of the window treatments through Home Depot with their Bali line of roman shades.
A special thanks to my crew, for I could not do what I do without them, hence the name U&I:
Bates Construction, Dixon Custom Paints, Nick’s Plumbing, McKown Heating and Cooling, Gaskins Tile, Prosource, Ashley Home Store, Kirkland’s, Absolute Kitchen and bath for countertops, and Home Depot
I will be happy to share our Sherwin Williams color palette and products used….just drop me a line.
A mind for refresh, reuse, rethink, redesign,
Deborah
We of course were happy to help…..
Before U&I
Kitchen after U&I decorates redesign
Here is a link to view the full project #farmhousechick design
While your there you can view other movies of our past projects!