NEW BUILDS ☉ REMODELS ☉ INTERIORS
New Home Design and Construction in the Chicago Area
CHICAGO DESIGN & NEW CONSTRUCTION
Transform your home with expert interior design and construction support for remodels and new home builds. We guide you through every step to keep your project as seamless and as stress-free as possible.
Your project scope may include any of the following:
New build or large scale renovation - We provide custom interior design for new construction, kitchens, bathrooms, multiple rooms, and whole-home renovations.
Detailed floor plans and elevations – We provide floor plans, elevations, and a complete project book to keep everyone on the same page. For new builds, we also provide FF&E Schedules.
Material and fixture selections – We curate all finishes and fixtures, ensuring a cohesive, high-quality design.
Construction support and project oversight – We provide guidance through every phase, from initial plans to the final walk-through. We also handle ordering, tracking, and shipping of products and materials.
White glove installation and styling - From furniture placement to final accessories, we bring your space to life with expert finishing touches.
How We Work
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This is your first step toward a beautifully designed space that reflects your lifestyle.
Here is what you can expect:
Project Overview: We’ll discuss your project’s scope and what you hope to achieve.
Understanding Your Needs: We’ll ask the right questions to uncover your style preferences, functional needs, and overall vision.
Guidance on Next Steps – Based on our conversation, we’ll help you determine if the best next step is an in-home Creative Consultation Solutions session, where we dive deeper into your project’s details.
This call is the perfect way to ensure we’re the right fit before moving forward.
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This in-home, paid consultation is designed to help us understand how you want to live in your space. We’ll talk through your Chicago-based new construction or remodeling project, review your wish list, look at your inspiration photos, and interview you about how you and your family live in the space.
Investment: $495 for up to 3 hours
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Before diving into your project, our Exploratory Phase provides clarity on your project’s scope, budget, and feasibility - ensuring a smooth, well-planned project before construction begins.
Here is what you can expect:
Strategic planning and budgeting – We will develop a customized plan and an itemized budget that aligns with your vision and priorities.
Contractor coordination and bid evaluation – We assist in gathering and assessing bids from contractors or builders to ensure that you can make informed, confident financial decisions.
Scope refinement and cost adjustments – If needed, we will help refine the project scope to align with your budget without compromising quality.
The Exploratory Phase fee varies by project and is applied to your overall design fee once we move forward under contract.
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The Conceptual Design Phase exists to confirm your scope, layout, investment estimate and aesthetic direction.
We’ll provide you with drawn-to-scale plans (including elevations and measurements for each area), a series of concept boards illustrating different aesthetics, ideas, and a furnishing investment estimate.
Together, we will narrow down one design concept. We will then provide one round of revisions to that design based on your input.
Here is what you can expect:
Furniture floor plans
Concept boards
Initial product selections
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After we’ve chosen and revised a design concept, it’s time for us to start sourcing actual products.
Depending on the project, selections may include cabinetry, flooring, countertops, tile, plumbing fixtures, furniture, area rugs, lamps, artwork, custom window treatment designs, paint, stain, and wallpaper. We procure written quotes and prepare detailed proposals.
We’ll present products to you that are a fit for your budget, quality level, and aesthetic using our industry knowledge and design expertise.
Here is what you can expect:
Floor plans and elevations
3-D renderings
Final fabric selections
Furnishing investment estimate
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We will place orders, track deliveries and resolve deficiencies of all finish material orders, including cabinetry, plumbing, and countertops. Additionally, we will communicate all necessary details to the appropriate vendors and trades
Lastly, we will serve in a construction support role from start to finish through 1) regular site visits and 2) a Project Book that will be left on-site at all times, as a means of open communication and project knowledge among us, the trades, and your contractor.
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As we approach the end of your project, we will prepare for and schedule our installation date - the Final Reveal. We will be present during installation.
On installation day, we will be onsite to accept all deliveries of furniture, artwork, area rugs, window treatments, etc. and to oversee their placement.
We will work carefully to ensure that everything is placed and styled appropriately for the grand reveal of your new space(s).
Interior Design Creative Consulting
Not ready for a full-scale new construction or remodeling project in your Chicago home but still need expert interior design guidance? Our Creative Consultation is a focused, in-home design session that helps clarify your vision, set priorities, and make confident decisions to maximize your investment.
Any of the following can be included in your session:
Personalized design discussion – We’ll review your project goals, wish list, and inspiration while asking the right questions to understand how you and your family live in the space.
Feasibility and strategy – We’ll shed light on what it will take to achieve your vision, ensuring realistic expectations and smart planning.
Budget On The Fly™ Method – We’ll help you establish a realistic budget that factors in the key items needed to achieve your goal.
Actionable next steps – Whether you move forward with DIY updates or continue with our full-service interior design, you’ll receive clarity, direction, and confidence on what you should do next.
Seamless transition to full-service design – Should you choose to move forward with us, we’ll provide a detailed design proposal, and your Creative Consultation Solutions fee will be credited toward your project.
This service can be used a la carte or can serve as preparation for a larger design project. Investment: $495 for up to 3 hours.
CLIENT PRAISE
“We absolutely love our new home - and Trisha!”
We have had the pleasure of working with Trisha on two separate projects. The first was new construction and the second was a complete remodel. Trisha has an incredible eye for merging luxury and comfort to create a home that feels warm, welcoming, functional and beautiful. One of the many things that we appreciate about Trisha is the fact that she listens to what your “wants” and “likes” are and honors those opinions vs creating a “designer” home that doesn’t feel like you.
She has great and relentless energy to get the project done, and she is very thorough in her approach and in meeting deadlines. Trisha is a good listener who deferred to us when our decisions/ selections were different from hers and helped source other options when available. Trisha worked very well with our contractor and kept our remodel project moving forward. She was consistently on-site and continually paid attention to every detail. She has great and talented resources - from art installers to custom cabinet builders. We absolutely love our new home - and Trisha!
CHRISTINE & JOHN M.
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We create sophisticated, livable spaces tailored to the way you want to live.