Frequently Asked Questions

By hiring a design professional, you will enjoy returns on your investment in more ways than one. Aside from enjoying a more comfortable and functional space, your designer will help you to plan, organize and coordinate every step of your design project while minimizing the chances of time-consuming and potentially costly mistakes. A design professional has the training, experience and access to materials and contractors to help you achieve the exact results you want, while ultimately saving you time and money.

With a fresh and sophisticated approach to design, Palms and Salt Designs creates inspired interiors that bring beauty and function to each space. At Palms and Salt Designs, we strive to be approachable and easy to work with. We will collaborate, listen and translate your vision into reality. From the initial client consultation, concept development, through final execution of the project, we seek to understand your needs, expectations and design goals. Drawing on fresh concepts and current design styles, we deliver projects using state of the art design tools and resources.

When we begin our collaboration, you’ll be asked to complete a design questionnaire. This helps guide our discussion when we meet, either in person or virtually. We will discuss, at length, your design and style preferences, likes and dislikes. We will create design choices to help you achieve a look that reflects your lifestyle in the very best light. We will help transform your space to emulate your style, but take it beyond your own best ideas.

We make suggestions based on what we think will compliment the design, and we have access to ‘trade only’ vendors. It’s your choice which options, if any, you want to approve for purchase. You’re also not obligated to purchase everything at once. We can work with your schedule, preferences and budget. All we ask is that all purchases be made through us, whether the items are ordered through ‘trade only’ or retail vendors, as this is part of our overall business fee structure.

Our design services are about a personalized, curated room design and access to unique products. Our goal is to never charge a client above any applicable internet or store advertised price, plus shipping and sales tax. This helps us maintain an affordable design fee pricing structure.

Of course! Clients sometimes have items they want to use in the new design. We’ll discuss this with you, and then take any such items into consideration when we are designing your space.

Every project is different, but initial consultation through final selection of design elements and contractor sourcing (if applicable) typically runs between 6 to 8 weeks, start to finish. The final install timeframe varies based upon design element delivery times.

Virtual Design follows the same process steps as local design. The only difference is we collaborate entirely via the use of Google tools for tele-conferencing and use email for sharing of concept boards and other project documents. Palms and Salt Designs has found virtual design to be a very effective way of delivering design services.

Palms and Salt creates custom wall and/or ceiling designs using custom or standard wood molding or trim. We also design custom wall units and cabinetry, using a blend of such elements as wood, tile, wallcovering, marble, granite, etc. Each creation is unique and is designed to fit your space and style.