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At The Reflective Designer, we take immense pride in helping our clients make the most out of their space by pulling all of the elements together to make a room shine. We want to help our clients build their dreams, and this short Frequently Asked Question section will give you a good idea on who we are, what we're passionate about, and much more.
 

1. What sets The Reflective Designer apart?

• Our diversity, dedication, and passion meld with over 150 years of combined experience to make The Reflective Designer stand out. We firmly believe that our diversity is our greatest strength, and we bring this to each client we work with.
   

2. How has the business evolved over the years?

• Originally, the team focused exclusively on window treatments, but this slowly evolved and branched out to cover all aspects of interior design for homes and businesses. We've built a reputation for excellence, and this is why we're the "go to" company for every aspect of interior furnishings.
   

3. Can we source furnishings to help pull a room together?

• Yes! We've built a solid network over the years of reputable and dependable furniture manufacturers around the globe. This relationship allows us to quickly and easily find and source just about any piece of furniture you could dream of to help pull a room together or add a focal piece.
   

4. Do we offer multiple room makeovers?

• Usually, our clients come to us for help with one room. This usually expands into creating a central theme that runs through multiple rooms. We can take on both single or multiple room makeovers to make them unique or bind them all together with one interwoven theme.
   

5. Can you get color consultations from The Reflective Designer?

• Color consultations are typically the reason why our clients approach us in the first place. They get stuck and ask our staff for help creating a vision, and we work to deliver a vision that exceeds our clients' expectations time and time again.
   

6. What are some common changes the staff routinely suggest?

• We're experts at helping our clients redefine their spaces. We have the experience to help our clients renovate their spaces from the ground up, and this includes moving interior walls or redefining their roof lines to give a more open feel to the room as a whole.
   

7. How long has The Reflective Designer been in operation?

• We started in 1980. Our founder, Joe Barnett started learning the family business at just 12 years old. By the time he was 16, he already employed several stitchers in a full-fledged operation that continues to thrive to this day.
   

8. Where are the showrooms located?

• The Reflective Designer currently has one showroom. You can visit us at our location in Stow, MA. Our staff are happy to assist you with any design aspects you may be "stuck" on.
   

Contact The Reflective Designer Today!

Do you need help with a color palette? Maybe you're remodeling or renovating, and you'd like assistance pulling your new room together. Either way, we want to hear from you! You can get in touch today, and we're happy to set up your first consultation with our friendly and experienced staff. 

You’ve spent hours online looking at Pins, gotten all the catalogs, and finally placed your order for your new furniture and décor. The big day for delivery arrived and it was a bit anti-climactic. The trumpets didn’t blare and the angels didn’t sing. Your room looked nice enough but just didn’t have that pizazz you thought it would.

Two things at work here:

1) You were the unwitting target of carefully illuminated and photographed interior images. Want to know why a certain home décor company has that certain vibe? It’s not the furniture per se, it’s the consistent north light they photograph under.

2) Here is the primary factor defined; it’s not the furniture, wallpaper, lamps, or rugs that you selected, it’s the relationship of those objects to each other which counts. Please allow me to explain…

All material objects have an energy field. Before you stop reading and think this is a bit “woo-woo”, you definitely have experienced this. If you get uncomfortably close to another person, this is an example. If objects like furniture are not placed properly, your room feels “off”.

Of course objects don’t have energy fields like living beings but they do occupy a certain place in relationship to their environment. In design, we call these principles scale, proportion, and procession. These are abstract concepts and as such, elude most homeowners when it comes to decorating and furnishing their homes. You can’t order them online yet they are an essential component of every successful interior plan. Most of my clients think that if they just purchase the right things that the room will fall into place…and most of the time it doesn’t happen because the basic principles of design have not been at the foundation.

The placement of objects create hidden lines and shapes which you do not see, but your mind’s eye does. Horizontal and vertical lines, triangles, circles begin to emerge once you group objects together. Some of these shapes elicit repose, others create movement, and others create chaos. Did you ever wonder why there is a room in your house which nobody uses? Most likely because one or more of these elements is making it uncomfortable to be in.

Science is art and art is science. We used to think that they were on different ends of the spectrum but not really. If you were to plot your room like a histogram, you would see the areas of high interest and those bearing little. To put it another way, a well decorated room is like a sine wave, it contains rhythm and repetition within a certain desired frequency range.

This is how I approach the design of a room. Yes, the furnishings should be beautiful and please the eye and senses. However, the underlying foundation is what makes it sing. The result is a “wow” experience and is the reason which separates the professional result from the layperson’s.

Furnishing a home is not inexpensive. The last thing you want to do is be stuck with costly items which turn out to be regrets. Your professional designer will not allow for mistakes. They will save you time and worry while working under the direction of your particular tastes. If you engage with a “designer” who has a certain look to their work or uses digital color matching tools, run far away. Many people who have not used design services fear that their designer will take over and provide them with things they do not like. A professional does not do this. To be sure you engage with a pro, look for someone with formal training and a membership in a national design organization. A professional designer will help you make your home “you, but better!”.