STEP 1:
The Conversation
Discovery
Every project starts with a phone call, not a sales pitch. We’ll talk through your goals, your space, and a rough sense of feasibility and cost — enough for both of us to know if this is a good fit before anyone commits to anything.
A quick note on feasibility: it means whether your project can realistically happen within your goals, space, and budget — not a locked-in price.
If it feels right, we schedule an on-site visit. If it doesn’t, we’ll tell you that too.
STEP 2:
The First Look
Conceptual Design
The First Look is where your project starts taking real shape. For a flat fee, we visit your home, take professional measurements, and develop a conceptual design — layout, direction, and a realistic budget range — so you can see your project and validate the investment before going further.
What “conceptual” means here: this phase gives you direction, not construction documents — think layout and look, not exact measurements down to the inch, structural engineering, or finalized material specs. That level of detail comes next, in The Full Picture.
The First Look includes:
- On-site measurements and site photography
- A 3D scan of your existing space to ground the design in your actual layout
- A conceptual floor plan and preliminary elevations
- Color renderings of your space
- A budget range to help you gauge feasibility
- One round of revisions on overall layout and direction
There’s no obligation to move forward after The First Look — but by this point, most clients have seen their vision and they’re ready to keep going.
STEP 3:
The Full Picture
Design Development
The Full Picture takes everything from The First Look and develops it into a complete, buildable plan — finalized architectural drawings, engineering, finish selections, trade pricing, and your fixed-price Construction Agreement. This is where “conceptual” becomes “constructible.”
At the end of this phase, you’ll have a fixed-price Construction Agreement with a detailed scope of work — no surprises, no guessing.
For smaller, more contained projects — a single bathroom, for example — The First Look and The Full Picture are often combined into one Design Agreement, so you move from concept to construction-ready plans in a single step.
STEP 4:
Pre-Construction
Permitting & Prep
With your Construction Agreement signed and deposit in, we reserve your production slot and get to work behind the scenes — submitting permits (timelines vary by jurisdiction, anywhere from two weeks to two months or more) and preparing everything needed to start.
Before work begins, we’ll walk through a Pre-Construction Meeting to align on the details: parking, material staging, debris control, your preferred communication method, and anything else that makes the process smooth once crews are on site.
STEP 5:
The Build
Construction
With permits in hand and the details squared away, we get to work. We manage every aspect of construction — trades, timeline, and quality — to make sure it’s built right, and we stay in close communication — by phone, text, or email, whichever you prefer — so you always know where things stand.
Our goal is to keep your project moving along during the construction phase so you can start enjoying your remodel as soon as possible.