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from home pageMost clients have collected, inherited, or invested in furnishings over time which reflect their unique lifestyle. When they decide to update their look, move to a new residence, or remodel the existing one, those treasured items, along with their personal style, will always be the heart of the home. The advantage of Redesign is that it is service oriented rather than product oriented...it is a collaboration with the client to utilize their favorite items in a beautiful, new environment that truly reflects the owner's personality and lifestyle.
Excerpt from an article in "Entrepreneurs Start Ups": "[Redesigners] are nonjudgmental about the homeowner's belongings, and they'll work with any constraints or within any budget," says Michele Roark, owner of Interior Arrangements By Michele Roark in St. Michaels, Maryland... "No matter what the homeowner has, a redesigner will work with it and make it work." Complete a Lifestyle and Room Review worksheet ONLINE!
It's the first step to prepare for your Room Service Redesign Why Redesign? Most clients have collected, inherited, or invested in furnishings over time which reflect their unique lifestyle. When they decide to update their look, move to a new residence, or remodel the existing one, those treasured items, along with their personal style, will always be the heart of the home. The advantage of Redesign is that it is service oriented rather than product oriented...it is a collaboration with the client to utilize their favorite items in a beautiful, new environment that truly reflects the owner's personality and lifestyle. Room Service incorporates the room elements you love with proven design techniques. Together we can affordably create the warm, functional, and beautiful rooms you envision. More Great Ways to Affordably Transform your Rooms Makeover your mantle Incorporate "designed organization" to optimize living space & function Accessorize the kitchen Give a bathroom a "spa feel" Select lamp shades, door hardware, light fixtures, linens, rugs, etc. This list is by no means exhaustive! Contact Room Service with your design dilemmas and service ideas! "'People are no longer looking for an interior designer to sweep into their home and say, 'Dahling, everything must go.'" How does Room Service work? 1)Decide which Room Service inspires you! 2)Contact Diane to schedule a consultation. 3) At the Consultation:
redesign your living space! 5) Implementation
From the Entrepreneur's Start Ups article : "Redesigners are a 'safe' version of the traditional designer," says Julea Joseph, 44, owner of Reinventing Space in Chicago. "People are no longer looking for an interior designer to sweep into their home and say, 'Dahling, everything must go.' Instead, they're educated consumers who just need someone to pull everything together." Interior redesign...is a close relative of interior design. Instead of creating an entirely new decorating scheme with new furnishings and accessories, as an interior designer does, an interior redesigner works with whatever the homeowner already owns...and rearranges it to give a room an entirely new look. The result is a decorator look without the decorator price tag". "[Redesigners] are nonjudgmental about the homeowner's belongings, and they'll work with any constraints or within any budget," says Michele Roark, owner of Interior Arrangements By Michele Roark in St. Michaels, Maryland... "No matter what the homeowner has, a redesigner will work with it and make it work." June 2006: By Eileen Figure Sandlin Redesign to Move into a New Home
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about dianeDiane founded Room Service on a unique set of ideas in interior design:
Diane's creative passion for design has developed from the time she was young - decorating shoe box houses with imagined furnishings from the pages of a department store catalog! In 2006, when the time came for a career change, she reflected on those memories and knew exactly what she wanted to pursue. She had honed her "eye" and knowledge of the interior design principles of scale, balance, color, and space planning through years of hands-on remodeling projects, networking with contractors, and independent study. Through knowledge and desire, Room Service Redesign came to fruition. Accolades of Diane's talents spread by word alone and her design projects over the last four years have included work with floor plans, paint, window treatments,furniture of varying styles, designer fabrics, kitchen and bath design, accessory placement, wallpaper, lighting design, art glass, wood finishes, decorative hardware, and silk florals/plants. As a business owner, Diane relies on her masters degree and extensive background in corporate management. Diane is an experienced facilitator and excels when collaborating with clients to understand their interior design goals. She works reverently to develop a personal and unique decorating plan for each project. Her experience with business strategy and process development allow Diane to apply these valuable skills uniquely to the world of home interiors. By establishing well defined home decorating priorities and using Diane's organized approach to interior design, the client saves money, projects are timely, and the process is manageable. Decor must have sentimental value. A house must tell a story.~Mark Hampton, Harper's Bazaar, June 1989
Decorating is a mysterious profession.~Michael Taylor, The Finest Rooms In real decorating there are no precedents. Every house, every room is different, and you cannot be sure of the exact position any object should occupy until you try it out.~Michael Taylor, The Finest Rooms We must demand that all things that come into the realm of our private world, our houses and our rooms, be a delight to the eye and a satisfaction to the intellect.~Michael Taylor, The Finest Rooms A good room...should give one...the exciting feeling that the owner is a part of it and that it is for him a personal triumph, whether or not it follows a recognizable trend.~Michael Taylor, The Finest Rooms When you design a house for somebody else, you have to feel an affinity for them, because you must enter wholeheartedly into their private life.
Robert Kime, Architectural Digest One becomes bored supplying the same solutions to the same problems: I need to be constantly amused, and it intrigues me to discover and use different approaches.~Roger Banks-Pye, Colefax and Fowler Interior Inspirations In real decorating, there are no precedents.~Rose Cumming Power in the residence does not emanate from a grandiose or palatial design, but rather from the occupants themselves. Power from within is achieved with the simplicity and the comfort of the surroundings.~Samir Badro, Great Designers of the World Room Service incorporates the room elements you love with proven design techniques. Together we can affordably create the warm, functional, and beautiful rooms you envision.
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portfolio pageProgressive Room Redesign: Family Room
This recent project covers all the bases: a functional space plan, a coordinated color scheme, new flooring, new area rug, new and reupholstered furnishings, new window treatment design, plentiful lighting, and a combination of new and old accessories. The new design meets the homeowners first priority...it's inviting! Diane loves it because there is so much of the owners' personalities and lifestyle reflected in the design. It's a privilege to help a client achieve such a personal, functional, yet classic design. Brainstorming taglines:
Enriching interior design from his and her perspective Fresh looks, his and hers quality presentations Providing his and her design perspectives Creating his and her design perspectives Idea presentation from his and her viewpoints His and her refreshing interior design Unlock the world of his and her interior design Male and female partnership is the key to continuity in interior design His and her perspectives providing the key to elegant interior design Roy and Diane; your keys to elegant interior design Roy & Diane create elegance Elegance. Producing male and female continuity His and her key to fresh quality design HIs and her perspectives are the key to unlocking elegant design Unlock elegant design possibilities from his and her perspective Roy and Diane, opposites unlocking unique and elegant design possibilities Roy and Diane hold the key to elegant interior design His and her perspectives are the key to unlocking elegant design Opposities are the key to our success Roy and Diane. The keys to elegant design. Roy and Diane. Keys to unlocking elegant interior design His and her. The key to collaboration. HIs and hers. The key to unlocking refreshing quality interior design. Male and female designers unlocking interior design elegance I always think out a problem as clearly as possible, and then act on it. My theory has always been to get started. The moment I get an idea I act upon it. If only people would act on more of their ideas, I am convinced they would lead more interesting lives.~Dorothy Draper, Christian Science Monitor
[on her approach to each project] (1) an intelligent analysis of the problem (2) how to put it into production as economically as possible with emphasis on function, and (3) a sense of good showmanship, the capacity for seeing things as a picture.~Dorothy Draper, Newsday Taste is relative, but to be positive and vital it must respect the past, accept the present and look forward with enthusiasm to the future.~Eleanor McMillen Brown, Sixty Years of Interior Design Decoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper.~Ettore Sottsass, Design Metaphors from other interior design sites:
Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's personality and try not to fight against it. I like to get the juice out of a house and not spoil it.~Nancy Lancaster, Her Life, Her World, Her Art
I strongly believe that people may not want, or may not be able, to start again from scratch, so giving old furniture a new lease of life is at the heart of my philosophy.~Nina Campbell [Taste] is an evolution and refinement of the one's personal likes and dislikes. This evolution takes place with a constant curiosity and interest in everything. The editing consequently refines the choices and defines taste.~Norma Kamali Neither good taste nor wealth... can transform a house into a home, for a home does not consist in the quality of its architecture or decor, but in the quality of the lives that it expresses.~Philippa Tristam, Living Space Good design is about turning dreams into reality.~John Saladino
... the test of a home is whether it makes the visitor feel at ease.~Philippa Tristam, Living Space Every home has its own pulse. If you live in it awhile, it tells you what it wants to be.~Robert Kime, Architectural Digest You don't have to live in the best building on the block--sometimes it's better to face it.~Robert Kime, Architectural Digest I do a kind of psychological work before beginning a house. I have to know well the people who are going to live in it. I do something that resembles them. Robert Kime, Architectural Digest |
quotes"Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful."~William Morris
1. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
2. “For a house to be successful, the objects in it must communicate with one another, respond and balance one another.” – Andre Putman 3. “Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.” - Charles Eames 4. “A house is much more than a mere shelter, it should lift us emotionally and spiritually.” – John Saladino 5. “When you’re building a room, you’re building character, and character is the strength and wisdom of a home.” – Rose Tarlow 6. “Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.” – Milton Glaser 7. “What is done in love is done well.” – Vincent Van Gogh 8. “I hate good taste. It’s the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.” – Helmut Newton 9. “We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.” – Winston Churchill 10. “The details are not the details, they make the design.” – Charles Eames Good design has to tell a story. It has to stop people, and it has to make them wonder. Good design is a conversation.~Zahid Sardar, Industrial Strength, Interior Design Decorators should never insist on throwing out everything the client has. Even when they are far from perfect, loved possessions add personality.~Billy Baldwin If you have it, display it.~Carleton Varney Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothing is off-key.~Charlotte Moss, A Passion for Details ... our objects, bibelots, whatnots, and knickknacks-say the most about who we are. They are as honest as a diary.~Charlotte Moss, A Passion for Details Decorating is like math, a game of adding and subtracting.~Charlotte Moss, A Passion for Details What we remember most about rooms we like is the 'atmosphere.' ~Charlotte Moss, A Passion for Details ...People's live are expressed in little details....The soap in the bathroom, the flowers in the garden, the books on the bedside table are all strong symbols of a life in progress. You look at these details and a world unfolds - here are their books, the paintings they cherish, the music that soothes their souls. Charlotte Moss, A Passion for Details An interior is the natural projection of the soul.~Coco Chanel It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.~Dorothy Draper You can never judge a paint hue by the liquid color in the paint pot. You must apply it to a wall, wait for the paint to dry, then decide.~Dorothy Draper I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. If it looks right, it is right.~Dorothy Draper I started this career because I loved doing houses. I'd done three of my own and I couldn't keep on moving my family all the time, so I decided to decorate other people's homes and buildings.~Dorothy Draper I'll always put in one controversial item, it makes people talk.~Dorothy Draper If you are collector, let other people share your pride and joy. Don't sprinkle your collection out of sight in a meaningless jumble. Notice how groups of small objects, when they are well arranged, become important and effective. Remember that repetition is a form of emphasis. Collect what you will, but see to it that you arrange your hobby to its best advantage.~Dorothy Draper, Good Housekeeping You don't have to know anything about a subject as long as you use common sense and imagination, plus enthusiasm! I use all periods of design in my work, for, after all, decorative styles are simply indications of a manner of living.~Dorothy Draper, Good Housekeeping Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.~Dorothy Draper, Good Housekeeping [on marketing using interior design] You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.~Dorothy Draper, Detroit News Everyone has a personal style, you develop it by experimenting.~George Constant Ah! There is nothing like staying home for real comfort.~Jane Austen, Emma If a piece of furniture is well made, it will fit anywhere.~Jenny Armit ...the language of the house and its decor is one of the most complex languages in the world. But because of that it is also one of the richest and most expressive means of communication.~Joan Kron, Home-Psych Much of the character of everyman may be read in his house.~John Ruskin If you walk into a room and it does not move you, then the room is a failure.~John Saladino Every home should be a santuary: entering it you should immediately feel physically and emotionally protected.~John Saladino |