Colleen has a great eye for New England country design. Love her color palette. Great showroom!…read more It's a breath of fresh air to have the option of seeing a display of finely constructed quality merchandise in these days of AKEA and the discount boxed furniture store market full of Chinese made wares. Haven't used her design services yet but planning to in the fall!!

We contracted The Look to do our new home in Portsmouth. It was a large project and when we spoke…read morewith the owner of The Look she was very engaging and had some good ideas. The first thing we probably should have noticed is that she never took any notes. We had to repeat ourselves over the course of several meetings. Perhaps we should have pulled out then, but we had hopes things would work out better. Things did not get better..... Once we started things only got worse, the timeline slipped by months and we found that we could get the exact same pieces that were specified by the designer for thousands less by doing a simple google search. These were not knockoffs, they were the exact same items. We decided to buy the items ourselves for a savings of well over $15,000.00 Before we go on I think it is important to clarify a few items. The designer and owner of The Look was very clear that her design services were a separate cost from her retail store and that if we did not want to buy from her retail store it would not affect the other services. She said that the retail store was competitive, she quoted "We also search the web to price match" Unfortunately that is not what happened, she was unwilling to match the full retail prices we were finding on the internet. So we decided to save ourselves thousands of dollars (and get the credit card miles) by buying ourselves. Surprisingly (or maybe not so) the designer became less interested in our project after that. She insisted that we had to manage all of the contractors by ourselves and didn't take any ownership of the errors that she made early in the process. For example, an entire floor of our house was neglected in her painting quote, a floor that we were extremely clear would need to be painted, but somehow she missed. To reiterate - I understand if a designer gets paid by taking a percentage of the retail items and that is why they would have higher prices. But the owner of The Look was very clear that that was not her practice. I caution anyone from buying directly from this establishment, A short google search could save you thousands. And even other designers in less than a 50 mile radius had the exact same pieces for less. Also, we wanted a specific wallpaper for one of our rooms, that she said had been discontinued. we were disappointed until we looked online and found that the wallpaper was available and The Look just could not locate it. We did buy several items from her retail store, and we were very disappointed by the service. I imagine that we were put at the "back of the line" after she lost interest in our project, but we paid over $7,000 for a bed and two hanging pendant lights. Our check for payment was delivered to The Look on June 30th. The bed was installed on September 21st, even with 2 months to make the bed that is a little long. But the real kicker is the two hanging lights. They were also paid for on June 30th, after 4 months on October 30th we finally cried "uncle" and just cancelled the order. There was still no delivery date and the story we heard is that they were back-ordered several times. Several times? How does that happen? Throughout these four months of waiting we had to always reach our to her for updates, she never emailed us with updates. She basically disappeared right after we sent her the check. After we cancelled the order she emailed us to say that she would send a check right out but "It takes a few days to get out". We took her at her word, until two more weeks passed and we still had not received any check. So, we had to drive to her office to manually pick up the check (on the 20th of November). Needless to say, working with The Look was quite the painful endeavor. Regarding the design services. She did produce good concepts. Except when she tried to convince us to put our hot tub on the front lawn - that was weird - I am sure our neighbors would have loved that! But I would warn everyone to get everything documented via email so that you can be clear on what is and is not included in your project. And you can refer back to the quotes when the bill comes. Also, double check your invoices - I was double billed for a $500 item that I had to catch.

I contacted All Seasons Resale Shop with a request for home staging for the holidays. They got back…read moreto me quickly and the quote was reasonable. Helena was understanding and made some great suggestions. I will definitely be doing business with them in the future!

I really enjoyed checking out this new local gem. There were some great finds at affordable prices…read more The owners were so friendly and went out of their way to engage with my toddler the entire time I shopped. Will definitely go back. If you haven't checked out all seasons consignment yet I encourage you to do so!

Excellent experience purchasing kitchen and bedroom window blinds. Jolene was so informative and…read morehelpful; Ralph so welcoming and accommodating. the pricing more than fair, quality product, easy scheduling, professional installation. Will return for more blinds and other home decorating needs.

I was super happy with the service at this place. They went out of their way to make sure I got…read moreexactly what I wanted. Highly recommended.

I placed an order for a sympathy arrangement, and Erica's garden was super fast, cheerful, and did…read morea beautiful job. She was fast to text me to confirm details and cards, and delivered ahead of schedule. Great experience would totally recommend.

1800flowers cancelled my floral delivery last minute and it was a time sensitive event. I will…read morenever go with one of those companies again. This local florist was the only one I could find to deliver flowers within the time frame. The flowers were beautiful and the person who helped us was extremely helpful and efficient when we had been scrambling all day to find a florist on short notice. They even sent us a photo of the bouquet before delivery since we were out of the state! Thank you so much Erica's Garden!

Dorian come on time, very helpful. Excellent delivery thank you…read moreHappy to recommend Dorian to friends and family.

I would definitely use Yale appliance again. They were very professional and went above and beyond…read moreto help us. Even came out a second time with no charge to install my washer dryer. They couldn't put it in when they delivered the other items because the floor wasn't finished so we asked them to wait. Anyways both experiences were great and the delivery team is very careful and courteous.

Lisa helped redecorate/redesign our living room, foyer, and dining room - and it was the best…read moreinvestment we ever did. Lisa is outstanding! During our first meeting, she listened to our thoughts, was aware that we needed to have a design/home that accommodated our three year old, and had MANY ideas. she was also mindful to our budget for each room. Our home is beautiful, and it's all thanks to Lisa! I can't say enough positive things about Lisa, and I strongly recommend her to everyone I know.

Lisa Jensen is an incredibly talented designer. I have worked with two other designers, and…read moreworking with Lisa was by far the best experience. I did a One Week Room Design for our living room, an area of our house that we have redecorated twice before, spending good money on quality pieces that in the end just didn't work together. I researched local designers and loved her "Before and After photos on her website. For our living room we had all kinds of specifics we needed included in the layout and the details, and she managed to put them all together in a way that works extremely well functionally and looks gorgeous. It is now our favorite spot in the house, whereas before we rarely went into the room. We have now hired her to help us with our Master Bedroom design. You won't be disappointed. I had spent loads of money and time on getting pieces that didn't end up working together before working with her. She is worth every penny. I highly recommend her work!

My husband & I deeply needed a house clearing + blessing for our new life together. Our old…read moreCambridge home, while beautiful & full, held some noticeable "off-juju" in various rooms & corners. Cosmically, we had the fates help us to find & call upon Janine Whitaker. After living for almost 2 decades in CA, I had moved home to Boston where my sage & Palo Alto sticks + crystal sprays often attracted strange stares from my hometown friends & family.  However, after years of subtle yet undeniable balancing & intention manifesting using these tools, I was adamant they would still hold a place in my East coast life.  We lacked the professional experience to tap into expanded levels of spiritual, energetic tools (Janine uses all of the best of them!), thus we needed a shaman.   Not surprisingly, the universe led us to exactly the person we set our intention to find.  After locating Janine's website in the local google search, I phoned & in one conversation felt she was our "it".  Along with her lovely assistant Kate, we scheduled Janine to come to our home and in a warm & easy ceremony (which my husband & I chose to participate in!), we cleared & blessed our home.  The difference was immediate, even my somewhat skeptical (& intensely practical!) husband "felt" a profound difference.  We were so happy that within weeks, we asked Janine to travel to "clear" our vacation home too & similarly felt old juju's lifted & welcomed in their place a palpable sense of clarity & harmony after her work there. As my husband & I approached our New England August wedding, we both began feeling that we needed a spiritual element, authentic to us and at once infused with sacred ceremony.  We called Janine who presented us with a handful of extraordinary ideas.  We asked if she would "bless our ceremony space", share spirit stones with our guests and perform a Celtic hand-tying ceremony as part of our wedding. Janine Whitaker will forever hold a most special place in our lives!

Janine and Kate are very very special people. We engaged them twice for house clearings, two…read moredifferent homes, and both experiences were profound and beautiful. They have special spirits and made the ceremony interesting and fun and especially meaningful. Our experience was so special that we actually asked them to assist at our wedding! They shared spirit stones with our guests and conducted an old Celtic rope tying ceremony as part of our nuptials. Really loving experiences. Beautiful spirits

Piper knows her stuff!! I have no doubt she can make…read morewhatever room you want better. She can turn a decent room into a great one and make a great room even better. As a designer I recommend her with complete confidence.

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