A new, empty home
Set a direction before selecting furniture. Start with the client’s priorities, references and the room’s fixed features.
Start with the decision your client needs to make.
Find a visual starting point for your client’s empty home, room update, new build or whole-home renovation. Choose the situation closest to the project, then follow the workflow for the next decision.
pick your situation
Which decision is in front of you?
Choose the closest starting point. A project can move between these situations as the work develops.
Renovating one space
Review a new finish or furnishing beside what will stay, such as the floor, cabinetry or windows.
A whole-home new build
Help the client interpret drawings, then review room options against the same brief and references.
A whole-home renovation
Review what to keep and change across existing rooms, with each room’s constraints in view.
if you are unsure
Find the closest starting point.
Use these questions if more than one situation sounds familiar.
- Is the home already built?
- Built but unfurnished: start with the empty-home scenario. Still working from plans: start with the whole-home new build.
- What needs to stay?
- If the main decision is how a new choice fits retained finishes, fittings or furniture, start with a renovation scenario.
- How many rooms need review?
- For a renovation: one room leads to renovating one space; keep/change decisions across several rooms lead to whole-home renovation.