Color Consultation Within a couple of hours Joanne can help you bring your home to life through the use of colors that you love, enhance artwork or rugs that you want to use as focal points or bring peace to resting places. With the ability to visualize the end results of open spaces and connecting rooms, Joanne develops a color palette for you that will flow through the entire home. She works with local painters and faux painting artists who come with excellent references. Space Planning Joanne can create a floor plan that will make the best possible use of space through furniture arrangement, suggestions on lighting and storage. She works with architects and contractors to finalize floor plans, choose materials such as tile, flooring, cabinets, countertops and hardware that will be consistent with the desired look and function of the home. Furniture, Rugs and Window Treatments As an experienced product designer, Joanne works directly with manufacturers around the country. Using unique fabrics and styles that you won’t see anywhere else, Joanne brings exclusive furniture design to you without having to go into any stores. She coordinates furniture and rugs in additional to designing unique window treatments that she then has made by her expert seamstresses. She will help you decide whether to reupholster or replace furniture and can find the perfect fabric to reupholster and have it done for you. Shopping Joanne can help finish your design project by bringing you all of the right accessories to tie it together, or accompany you on shopping trips for furniture, rugs and accessories. Downsizing or Change of Lifestyle With care and compassion, Joanne can help you decide what furniture will fit, where it will go and how you can make a new space feel like home. Preparing Your House to put on the Market Having spent two years as a real estate broker in the eighties, Joanne has a good understanding of what is important to do in order to enhance the presentation of a home prior to listing a property. Coordinating Indoor and Outdoor Design As an accomplished gardener and interest in landscape design, Joanne enjoys working with landscape designers to create visually connected interiors and exteriors.