One studio for the interior architecture, finishes, and furnishings of a new build, working with your architect and builder from the first drawing set. Lighting, plumbing, and millwork decisions made after drywall cost three to five times more to change.
Before framing begins, and ideally while the architectural drawings are still in progress. Lighting, plumbing, millwork, and ceiling decisions are all locked in early in the build. Changes made after drywall typically cost three to five times more than the same decision made on paper. The most expensive mistake in new construction is hiring the designer last.
Design fees are scope-based and established at the first consultation. Full new construction engagements, covering interior architecture, finish specification, builder coordination, and furnishings, typically start at $500K and up for a complete home. Individual scopes such as a kitchen or primary suite start near $150K.
A builder design center sells you upgrades from a pre-negotiated catalog. It does not review your electrical plan against a furniture layout, catch a plumbing rough-in on the wrong wall, or design millwork. Those are the decisions that determine how the finished home lives, and they are outside the design center's scope. An independent designer works for you, not for the builder's margin.
Yes. This is the core of the engagement. The studio joins the project team, reviews the drawing sets, attends site meetings, and issues specifications the builder can execute without interpretation. A real estate development background means the coordination happens in the builder's language: construction documents, schedules, and rough-in deadlines.
Every fixture and switch location, all plumbing rough-ins, HVAC register placement, ceiling details, door and window specifications, structural blocking for millwork and art, and low-voltage wiring. Once drywall is hung, each of these becomes a demolition project instead of a pencil correction.
Yes. The first step is an audit of what remains changeable at the current construction stage. Even mid-build, the finish schedule, lighting trims, millwork, stone, flooring, and the entire furnishing plan are usually still open. The earlier the call, the more of the home can be saved from default decisions.
Yes. The engagement runs through installation: furniture, lighting, rugs, art placement, and styling. The home is delivered finished and photographed, not handed over as an empty shell with a finish schedule.
The studio is based in Beverly Hills and works throughout Los Angeles, including Bel Air, Brentwood, Malibu, and Pacific Palisades, along with Miami Beach and New York. Projects in other markets are considered case by case.