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Of course! Designing a home is exciting, and also a mountainous list of a thousand big and little decisions that all impact guest experience. We can join you at onsite consultation to discuss your project, have you review and approve the design concept, then we handle the details of sourcing, purchasing, receiving, installing, styling, and photography, so you return later for The Big Reveal when the design process is complete. It's like magic.

Professional designers consider use of color; intentional use of space; selection of furnishings, accessories, and inventory to add to the curated experience; and luxury -- matched to the architectural style, region, and function for the property. If your home is a rental, and you are not at desired occupancy, or want to up your brand game, a design refresh is a necessary next step.

Remote investors need a team of services locally to manage their rental, and a COLLETTE designer to prepare the property for the first guest. We can conduct a remote consultation and video walkthrough to discuss your project and make recommendations, then proceed as we would with any design project. Your property does not need to be local to our team -- we can manage the design project remotely and travel to your project for the onsite installation (at your expense).

While we don't do renovations, we can consult and advise on improvements to help you target your funds where you'll get the biggest return, with paint, light fixtures, and flooring, for example. We're happy to custom create a renovation design package including a concept board to help you visualize and plan your project, and even meet with your contractor to discuss.

It's not uncommon that investors put professional energy and use professional services to find, purchase, and renovate property, but don't use design experts to prepare property interiors, unaware of how the design presents or could be improved. With our Instant Refresh design package we can evaluate your furnished rental and make design recommendations, limited purchases, and some restyling, to make it present better in online photos, where prospective guests compare your rental with others. Remember that better design is the way to increase nightly rates and occupancy.

As design experts we're trained to consider architecture, unique features, and location; know about furnishings and product selection; and know how color, style, comfort, quality, function, flow, space and light intersect with your investment level and desired living experience. This expertise comes together for your benefit as "good design."

Cost depends on your unique property, square footage, project scope, and the amount of time involved. We have design packages for every investment level, and can create custom packages to meet your vision and budget. You'll need to budget for the actual cost of inventory (furniture, art, accessories), as well as the fees for paying your interior designer for design work and time.

Your property might be a historic one-room furnished log cabin, or a newly purchased 5,000 square foot unfurnished modern glass house.

For the Full-Service Design Package, timing is dependent on your project's unique scope and variables, and can take four weeks, to ten weeks depending on complexity. For the Instant Refresh Design Package for already-furnished rentals, refresh can take days to weeks, depending on your project scope. Our E-Design Package timing depends on the number of spaces/rooms for design concept boards and luxury level, as well as product sourcing your project requires.

We're aware of the need to complete projects as quickly as possible, and strive for efficiency. We can estimate the timing once we know the scope of your project.

Our Instant Refresh or Redesign design packages work with your already-furnished space, restyling what you already have, and sometimes adding new products that add the greatest return on investment for better design. How quickly the project is accomplished always depends on your unique property's scope of work and custom requests. One Refresh might be accomplished over days, while another might have components that stretch out the project.

Absolutely. We can work with anyone engaged in vacation rental, short term rental, property sales, and other supportive real estate services on design projects to prepare properties for rent or sale.

Absolutely. We can work with investors that have an ongoing acquisition of properties in their real estate empire, and need a turnkey design partner that can respond to the timing of renovation completion; remote investors with properties across several states; and the investor that has a one-room vacation rental.

You can read about our 6 STEPS TO NEW DESIGN on our website. You'll start by completing an online questionnaire about your design project; review the design investment guide before our call so you can estimate your scope and project costs; schedule your discovery call with us; pay to initiate your project and meet us at your property to discuss your design plan; choose and pay for your design package and approve the design plan; and be updated along the way until The Big Reveal, when the magic is complete!