Ken Wolfson is a Jedi-Master of design.
Background:
I have been married to my lovely wife for 15 years. During that time, we have moved nine times, including buying two houses, which we were unable to update for financial reasons. Approximately six months ago, we finally purchased out "at last" home. It was a beautiful Tuscan-style, standard Las Vegas high-end-but-not-too-high-end home in a small community of custom homes in Green Valley. The house had travertine floors, beige walls, wood-paneled Kitchen/appliances, lime-stone fireplaces, and ornate ceiling medallions above the classic chandeliers-- al in all, a very lovely, Italian-style home.
The only problem was that my wife absolutely HATES that style. My wife's style tends to be a bit more of Miami Vice meets Andy Warhol meets Dr. Seuss. With just a hint of Buck Rodgers.
About a week later, my wife said to me, "I have a great idea."
I immediately held onto my wallet with both hands, as her "great ideas" usually precede a huge hit to my savings. She explained that she had found a designer who specialized in making modern spaces out of not-so-modern ones, and that he was coming to meet with us. She showed me his website, and it was immediately apparent from his portfolio that he was a magician at creating a modern feel with only a few simple design moves.
Renee met with Ken the next day at our new home. She and Ken had so many ideas for modernizing and improving the house that I am amazed neither of their heads exploded. Ken quickly understood Renee's taste, and incorporated that flawlessly into his designs for our new-and-improved home.
The scope of our project changed frequently, more at our insistence that Ken's-- he is extraordinarily skilled at using the available canvass of the space and creating a new feel with only a few design moves, which we did in several areas of our new home. But we did expand the project to encompass a complete redesign of our kitchen, master bath, and theater room, as well as a complete repainting of the inside of the house to white, and replacement of all of the flooring throughout the house. We also nearly completely refurnished the house.
Ken was a rock-star about incorporating our whims and our fluctuating scope into his design. He is a perfectionist, and did not allow us to make design mistakes for either budget or timing reasons. He was very good at looking at not only the intricate design pieces in the project, but also the big picture of the overall design of each area and the entirely of our home.
Ken has an encyclopedic knowledge of construction, and interfaces extremely well with the construction crews and management. In our project, he functioned as the general contractor, and kept the team on-time and (relatively) on budget.
The closest thing to criticism of our project --and it really isn't criticism at all-- is that Ken is an artist. He understands completely that he is designing for his customers, and wants all of his clients to be happy, but he simply cannot be rushed to finish a design. When I was in high school, struggling to finish an assignment at 3AM, I can remember my father coming in and saying, "Done and bad is better that excellent and not done." Ken does not share this view. Although many of the other reviews on his business on the internet extoll the virtues of Ken's ability to swoop in at the last moment and create a phenomenal space for a short time period, such as an awards show or meeting, we found that because our house will be our "forever home," Ken took the time to make each and every design choice, no matter how seemingly small, to the best of his ability as a designer and artist-- he spent fifteen hours on the internet picking out our ottoman!. And even once decisions had been made, Ken would not hesitate to review the design and listen to the little voice in the back of his head that told him something wasn't perfect, so that we would make changes later in the project-- we even completely changed the color of the tile in the foyer on the day it was supposed to be tiled; and it looks AMAZING!
We are now finally at the end of our design journey with Ken. Walking into our house feels like walking into a $10 Million dollar penthouse loft in Manhattan. I cannot express to you how complete the transformation of our home has been. Ken has truly completed a masterpiece within our walls.
If you are considering any project, no mater how massive or tiny, and you do not call Ken Wolfson to oversee your design, then you are a fool. He will create an extraordinary design for you, and see it through to perfection. I couldn't be a more satisfied customer! read more
