RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICES
We believe your home is a sacred place, and interior design plays a huge impact on your life. When you or guests walk into your home, there should be a feeling of inspiration and awe. Your home should serve you, and is a tool in helping you reach your goals. Whether those include entertaining guests, being more creative, carving out time to read, forming healthy habits or teaching your kids about life – your home can, and should, play a part in helping you achieve those goals.
We also understand that life is busy, and designing a home is hard. New builds, home renovations, and even designing one room can be intimidating, and keeping track of all of the little details can send even the most organized of people into a panic. At Gem and Clay, the design and details are our things. We have clear and thorough systems in place to keep everything and everyone organized. It is with this structure in place that we can be free to create real, beautiful, hard-working spaces for your life.
Interior Design for New Construction
With our interior design for new home construction services, clients will experience our fully custom, luxury design process from start to finish. This is perfect for those who have decided to build from the ground up, who value good design and want something created that is fully-custom for their lives.
Our new build clients do not have the time or energy to invest in managing the design details to completion, so they bring us on as artists, consultants, coordinators and companions in their home build journey. Follow the link to to learn about our design service options for new construction projects.
Design for Remodels & Renovations
We offer full-service, custom design for remodels and renovations, including bathroom remodeling, kitchen renovations, historic renovation, minor remodels and additions. We provide bespoke design from the architecture phase, all the way to furnishing and completion.
Our remodel clients hire us to develop a vision that they can’t, and execute that vision alongside the team of architects, engineers and tradespeople. We also bridge an important gap between how we are constructing the space and how we are filling the space. Follow the link to learn more about our options for designing for remodels.
Design Refresh
Our interior design refresh services cover projects requiring only cosmetic changes (no demolition) such as paint, furnishings and decoration. This often involves finding and procuring new furnishings and accessories, reupholstering or refinishing existing pieces for the space, re-imagining paint colors and wall coverings and consulting on new window treatments. This interior “facelift” is perfect for the client who wants to update a few rooms or a main level while keeping the existing hard finishes and built-in features of the space.
We offer full-service design as well as more flexible options for clients wanting to handle certain parts of the project on their own. Follow the link to learn about our options.
Interior Design Consulting Services
We call our interior design consultation services “Design Sessions” because these aren’t just to get acquainted with you and your project (although they do help with that, too). These working design sessions will help you gain clarity and give you direction as it relates to the design of your home. We can help you pick paint swatches, plan out furniture for a room, look through products with you to help you choose the best ones, help you measure, or just offer solutions to all those little design conundrums that you can’t seem to work out in your space.
Follow the link to learn about the types of design sessions we offer.
Interior Styling
Our interior styling services are meant to add that final layer of completion to a space and enhance the overall experience of an interior. Whether you are selling a home, having a party, doing a photo shoot, or you just want your home styled for life, we can bring in those special pieces that add character and life to a space. Our styling services are perfect for homes that are already designed and furnished. We learn about your goals for finishing the space, procure meaningful and beautiful items, and expertly place and arrange these items to meet your goals. We work with realtors, entrepreneurs and clients who understand the impact of a well-styled environment.
Please follow the link to learn about our styling services.
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Our process is a thoughtful, collaborative journey—from concept to completion—designed to transform your vision into a refined, livable space that reflects your unique lifestyle.
Featured Residential Interiors
GRAM CREEK NEW BUILD
New build residence on nearly eight acres of land adjacent a winding creek, custom-designed to evolve with a young family while they enjoy life surrounded by nature.
MASTER SUITE AT GRAM CREEK
A luxurious, earthy-modern owner's suite in a beautiful custom new build.
NETHERLAND POWDER ROOM
A custom, feature powder room inspired by the tulip fields of the Netherlands and the magic of the old Dutch painting masters.
Frequently Asked Question
We work on a range of project types, from full-service renovations and custom new builds to color consultations and styling. Each type of project is unique and is treated as such:
– When we work on renovations, we partner with homeowners to assist with everything from obtaining quotes from tradespeople, all the way through to completion. We guide clients through a three-phase design process to ensure an enlightening and enjoyable experience.
– If a client is building a new home, we are brought in at the beginning of the build process to help form a vision and make critical decisions, saving the client and builder money and energy. Throughout the entire project, we act as a liaison between builder and client to help both parties translate ideas and make better decisions.
– For clients who want to create their space themselves, but just need the help of a designer at key points in the process, we offer design retainer options for all types of projects.
When it comes to commercial interior design, we offer three main types of services: full-service interior design, hourly consulting and styling.
– We work on commercial interior decorating, renovations and build-outs, partnering with businesses and building owners to design the space, procure all items, and manage the interior aspects of a project to completion.
– Companies also hire us on a consulting basis to provide design services on an as-need basis.
– Lastly, we partner with photographers to provide styling services to their clients, both for commercial and residential photo shoots.
If you need to alter the colors, finishes and soft textiles (like pillows, drapes, etc.) in a space and do not need any structural changes, then you likely need decorating services. This could include paint, wall treatments, window coverings, new lighting and even new flooring. If you might need/want to make structural changes to a room, including moving or altering walls, ceilings, installing complex lighting, adding windows or doors, then you should hire an interior designer.
At Gem and Clay, we handle both types of services. We enjoy the decor and styling aspects of projects, and we LOVE designing the interior architecture of a space.
Depending on the service, the steps from start to completion can vary. However, all services follow the same general format: Identification, Development and Execution. Any project we do involves in-depth discovery at the beginning, comprehensive design development in the middle, and meticulous execution to ensure each client is pleased with the end result. Many of our other services derive their processes from this core, three-phase (10-step) design process. To learn more, visit our process page or for questions more specific to your project, reach out to us through our contact form.
Yes, we love budgets, actually. However, we want to make sure your budget can realistically accomplish your design goals. If you’re like the 90 percent of our clients who don’t know what their budget should be, we can help. During our first phase, we have intentional conversations about budget and we establish realistic expectations for what your budget range should be. Then, in the second phase, we further refine those numbers to help you establish a budget that is rooted in real products and actual services needed.
This part varies greatly, depending on the scale/complexity of a project and the client’s availability. After our first phone call, and before project opening, we give you a general estimate on timeline. This, of course, cannot be set in stone (especially the execution phase) due to the many tradespeople and vendors that need to be coordinated over the course of any given project. However, we do our best to provide realistic timeline estimates for the parts within our control, and for the rest, we are very good at communicating the status of all tasks that are in the works.
Yes! We travel for full-service design of vacation homes and commercial photo shoots. Give us a call if you have a property or a shoot location you’d like to discuss.
For full-service design, we charge a flat fee for design work and project management. We are very thorough with our scope of work so we can arrive at a number we can stand behind. Our goal is to minimize surprises. When it comes to actual numbers, since there are so many factors to consider such as square footage, what furniture you own/need, what subcontractors will be involved (i.e. carpenters, electricians, flooring installers), which pieces do you want custom, how far will we be traveling, it is virtually impossible to accurately estimate design and project management costs before we get to know the scope of the project. We are happy to answer any pricing questions after our phone call and site visit. Photo styling is quoted on a project-by-project basis, based on time and travel. To schedule a complimentary 30-minute phone call to talk about your design or styling project, visit our booking page.
If a simple consultation is all you’re looking for, we offer those too, in the form of our House Call design sessions. Visit our in-home or virtual consultation pages for more information.
– Clear communication. A picture is worth a thousand words. Inspiration images on Pinterest and Houzz are super helpful in communicating what you want to us. Also, carve out enough time to thoughtfully answer some of those initial questions that we ask in the questionnaire and in our meetings. The more we know you up front, the better your end result will be. We love to listen, so tell us all the things.
– Responsiveness. Throughout the project, we are doing the heavy lifting, so to speak, but a project moves forward swiftly if decisions can be made quickly and there is a smooth flow between our questions and your feedback. This is the collaborative part that can make a project really great.
– Trust. We understand how hard it is to entrust your environment to someone else. However, you hired us for a reason, and everything truly does run smoother if you trust our capable hands and artistic eyes.
