Splendid & Swanky didn't just stage our house; they orchestrated a breathtaking transformation…read more Their keen eye for design, paired with an unparalleled commitment to excellence, brought our vision to life. Every corner of our home evoked elegance, style, and sophistication. What truly sets Splendid & Swanky apart is their remarkable ability to deliver results. Within just 48 hours of our home hitting the market, we received an offer! Their strategic staging not only captured the attention of potential buyers but also elicited an emotional connection that sealed the deal in record time. Splendid & Swanky's dedication to their craft and their unwavering commitment to client satisfaction, sets them apart as true industry leaders. We are beyond grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such a phenomenal team and wholeheartedly recommend their services to anyone in search of a transformative home staging experience. Thank you, Splendid & Swanky, for making our dreams a reality and for proving that when it comes to staging, there's simply no better team and your house will sell quickly! -Dana

If you are looking to furnish an empty space, stop what you're doing and at least set up a call…read morewith the Splendid & Swanky team. For background, I have no interest in interior design and have no business spending real money on furniture I know nothing about. But I found myself in a situation where I had nothing for a space that had to be smartly utilized. And I wanted it to be beautiful. Was this really the time to experiment with Pinterest while spending thousands of dollars? & I needed the furniture to last long enough that I wouldn't have to think about this again for a very, very long time. I also needed to buy everything during a pandemic, when everything was delayed... So I turned to an option I never had considered before - hiring interior designers. I had heard great things about this team and wanted to explore sourcing this huge project out to them. It's a pretty simple process. You go to their website and fill out an intake form that introduces yourself and the project. Then they'll sell up a virtual call to meet and discuss your style, and budget. Then they came and looked at the space, took measurements. Then they pitched a proposal. From there you have to make some decisions. They are going to present you with options that may be outside of your budget. This is where we gotta grow up a little and recognize that if you want nice things, this is how much that actually cost. I was happy to increase my original proposed budget to get what I needed. But there were some peices that I wanted to spend less on and they quickly came back with lower priced options. They were very adaptable there. With that, they placed the order! Over the course of the next few months, the furniture started arriving. They work with a contractor who you can hire (through them, they handle all the admin work) who can assemble, hang, etc do all that work for you. They even came over to make sure everything was hung in the right spots. There is a science and art to design that they are factoring into every decision for your space, and it's worth their fee to get all your nice new furniture all in the right place. They look for beauty and functionality in every detail of the space. So now I have this gorgeous dining room [photo provided]. Our guests are blown away whenever they walk even towards the space. It's exactly what I wanted when I described the target ambiance to the team. Beautiful, relaxed, warm, stylish. I can't tell you how happy I am with my experience with Splendid & Swanky and the confidence it brought me about my home. If you're able to, whenever you're able to, hire professionals to do things you can't do well. It'll always be worth it. Here is the proof.

We had a great experience with Miranda. We contacted her about a week before we needed the staging…read more She went over the plans with us and we picked what was best suited for our needs - which was 1 month of staging. Everything was set up beautifully - we were so pleased with how she staged out place. The house looked so much brighter and more beautiful. We even decided to add an additional bed to one of the rooms and Miranda was able to quickly add this. Our place ended up getting an offer over asking price less than 24 hours after we listed it. We think a lot of this had to do with the beautiful staging. That was the offer we accepted and we were very happy with the whole experience! Her price was also very affordable and worth the end result!

I have used Inhabit Staging & Design for their staging services and LOVE every minute of it. Not…read moreonly are they superb professionals but they have also become friends. In the past I have ALWAYS had to move around a few staging items with past stagers but with Jeanne and her crew I know that the property will be 100% photo, video, and market ready. They are a SUPER vital part of my tool kit as a Realtor!

Working with Inhabit Staging was wonderful. From the first phone call to the last move out of the…read morefurniture, it was effortless for me. I had seen Jeanne's staging in another home that was listed in my market area and had seen many pictures of her staging in homes that were on the market. I always had to ask myself if the homes were staged or whether all these sellers just had wonderful taste! Jeanne takes great care in meeting with the realtor, measuring every room she is going to stage to make sure everything is in the right scale, and telling you what she is planning on doing. Her turn around time is very short, too, which makes it so easy when you are rushing to get a home on the market. The house she staged for me sold to the first person who looked at it and I know the interest was peaked by her staging.

We worked with Shea Studio Interiors to renovate our home in Fairfax Station, and we honestly…read morecouldn't be happier. What started as a kitchen remodel quickly turned into a full-home renovation because everything was going so smoothly--and that's thanks to the amazing team at Shea Studio and Duran Contracting. Bonnie was our main designer, and she was incredible--super thoughtful, creative, and totally invested in the project. Leah kept everything running smoothly behind the scenes, and June (the owner) was hands-on during all the key phases. They were all great to work with: professional, seemingly always available, and flexible. What made a huge difference was how much time they spent upfront getting to know our style and what we needed from the space. We'd never done that kind of deep dive before, and it made everything else so much easier. From there, it felt like they just "got" us--they really took our vision and ran with it. They helped us find the right partners for everything--cabinets, appliances, furniture, lighting, even a custom wine room. Everyone they brought in was top-notch and fairly priced. Plus, they handled all the scheduling, deliveries, and any issues that popped up (like damaged items or delays), so we didn't have to worry about a thing. If you're thinking about remodeling or redesigning your home, we can't recommend Shea Studio enough. They're talented, professional, and just great people. Our home even won a Home & Design award this year--and we've included photos so you can see for yourself!

June Shea is a delight to work with. We came to her in early November knowing that we needed to…read morefurnish our living room properly in advance of our entire family descending from out of town for Christmas. I was kind of awkward at first, knowing that we might have different taste. However, June listened and adjusted to what I liked. In a short time, we selected a delightful suite of living room furniture. June made sure the furniture arrived on time and arrived on the delivery day to put everything gorgeously in place while I worked on my business, including tactfully putting aside some junk and even offering to hang our art. That gave me huge relief, because it was the day before my guests were to arrive, and I had no time to deal with it. I was also impressed that June did many things off the clock and didn't charge us extra when she realized it would suit our taste and lack of time best to order our art gallery wrapped. June also found a way to repurpose four lamps that we had so that they went with the decor where they were situated. I have already hired Shea Studio Interiors for an additional project to spruce up my bedroom and office. Additionally, June's suggestion to move my office from upstairs to downstairs has tremendously benefitted my business operations, will save me on taxes, and will provide me a better sense of peace in the upstairs, "home" part of my home/office. My family was very comfortable using the furniture we selected (except for the jealousy, perhaps), and my sister-in-law said it looked like something out of a magazine! In short, Shea Studio made our house more homey and beautiful and our office more businesslike and functional. Highly recommend.

We had Experts Remodel redo a shower for us. It was leaking, and the previous owner of the home had…read moredone a cosmetic repair job. Experts Remodel were not the cheapest option, but they were the best. Eli E. came to our house and walked us through exactly what needed to be done - which corresponded with what we thought we needed to do. He also gave us some good advice: we wanted the. to do a slightly larger piece of work, and he said that it would be a waste since we'd have to rip it all out when we do an even larger renovation we have planned. I appreciate that very much - it's the sort of honesty that gets you repeat business. As for the work itself, it couldn't have been easier. The crew from Experts Remodel were polite, friendly, efficient and clean. The house was spotless when they left. The shower itself looks stunning (see the before and after photos). We highly recommend them and will definitely be working with them in the future, and will specifically request Eli as our project manager.

Jeff and the team did a great job on our home gym renovation. The project finished ahead of…read moreschedule, and we are very pleased with the quality of workmanship.

When we got pregnant, we knew we had to redesign our bathrooms or move to a home that would work…read morebetter for our growing family. Colleen and the Redbird team quickly helped us create a new floor plan to maximize space in our primary bathroom, plus pull and replace designs for two more bathrooms. They got to know our personal style, created design concepts that we loved, connected us with a contractor, and helped us navigate supply chain issues. The result: bathrooms that are beautiful, functional, easy to clean, and within budget.

I've worked with Colleen from RedBird for three projects now (kitchen color consult, multiple rooms…read morein a first floor redesign, multiple bedrooms and bathrooms in a second floor redesign) and I'm so glad that I found her for elevating and transforming my living spaces! She has a great eye for design and color and is easy to talk to and personable-- this was especially important to me since I wanted to work with someone that I can "click" with. There are tons of design options out there and I can easily spend multiple days just trying to pick out a single piece of furniture, let alone trying to make it look good and work with an entire room, so Colleen's services are invaluable. I just let her and her team do the hard work of putting together color palettes, layouts and mood boards and I tweak little details to my liking if I want. My entire house now looks instagrammable (can't help but notice how good rooms look in the background when I take pictures of the kids around the house) and I'm enjoying its looks as well as function every single day thanks to Colleen and RedBird!

Had a few problems along the way. Not clear on the layouts, quick to enclose and replace doors…read morelater. A few sketchy subcontractor and not the best quality equipment. 3 years after the build and replacing furnace. Not to mention the plumbing problems. Watch the contract closely and use Lowe's materials- they do! But try to upsell you on other sites. Really disappointed because we love the space.

incompetent. We…read moreretained Moss to do two projects, one called the "interior/beam" project and the other for the master bathroom. As to the interior/beam project, one of the two support columns that their subcontractor installed was over a gap in the foundation where there is a passthrough to our crawl space. Moss didn't even check to see if the column would be over the foundation before construction. Fairfax County Code and Development Compliance (inspector Haggerty) recommended three possible alterations to deal with the fact that the column was over the gap. The inspector said we could (1) get a longer beam, (2) put in additional headers in the crawlspace to distribute the weight across the gap, or (3) support the column by placing a short column in the gap and cutting a new pass through. In addition, the inspector noted that the other support column was improperly constructed. In fact, several of the studs from the roof to the new support beam were cut too short and did not even contact the new beam (see pics). They also did not put up a temporary wall to support the upper levels of the house during the time they installed the new beam. In addition, on the first day of the bathroom project, the worker broke a pipe when altering the plumbing to the bathtub and there was water damage on the ceiling of the family room below the master bath. We later learned that this young man is not a licensed plumber. For these reasons, among others, at this point we had lost all faith in their structural work and decided we couldn't take the chance of having them try to fix the interior/beam project. Consequently, we terminated the interior project, but decided to finish what was left for the bathroom project. We then asked them to tally up the costs to date for the beam project so that we could reconcile them with our payments to date and close it out. After about three or four weeks they agreed to give us the costs and indicated that they would tack on a 30-40% markup as the general contractor. Even though we understand that the industry standard is 20% (10% for overhead and 10% for profit), we agreed to their markup. The "costs" they gave us, however, were grossly inflated. For example, the first line item is for a gas fireplace that they purportedly had already ordered. There was an allowance of $3,986.89 for the fireplace in the contract, which would equate to $5,581.64 with a 40% markup. However, the total cost they gave us for the fireplace was $6,891.25. And, they hadn't actually ordered the fireplace! Once we saw the fireplace discrepancy, we began to question the other line items. The first thing we did was to obtain the actual invoice from the Sheets lumber yard in Vienna for the next line item, which was the steel beam used in the framing. The line item on the original worksheet they gave to us had $1,114 for the steel beam. The Sheets invoice shows $568.25, which would be $795.55 after a 40% markup. At this point, it was clear that the "costs" they gave us were grossly inflated and were not even remotely based on actual costs. We called them out on the overcharges and they initially denied them. We had to show the project manager the receipt from Sheets before he would acknowledge the fraud. Then Moss took him off the project. After all that, when we gave them the check to finish the bathroom project, they had someone come to the house to take the check and then told us via email that they were terminating the contract. We later learned that they have been fined by VA DPOR for their contracting practices. You can look it up on the DPOR website. There are a lot a good qualified contractors in Fairfax county. Based on our experience, you should look elsewhere. They claim not to know us. That should tell you everything you need to know

Inspired Home Design did a wonderful job for me on a condo I sold in Falls Church. It was pretty…read moremuch an ugly duckling when I engaged them, but by the time they were finished with it, it was the belle of the ball. Recommend them very, very highly.

We hired Inspired Home Design to stage our home before we put it on the market in June 2022 and we…read morecouldn't be happier with the results. Probably the best thing you can say about our original furniture is that it was eclectic. More truthfully, it simply didn't really look that great, pretty much a "before" project on what you'd see on HGTV. Once Vanessa and Michelle got through with it, the interior of the house was totally transformed. The first step was Vanessa came through the house with her contractor, Arlin, and recommended changes to be made, including updating ceiling fans, light fixtures, installing recessed lights, etc. We didn't do everything she recommended but we did most. Vanessa coordinated all of the contracting work done by Arlin and his team, and provided all the quotes. The prices for the various jobs were very competitive, generally cheaper than other estimates I received from other contractors. The bottom line is that the results speak for themselves. We received multiple offers and sold the house for $110K over list within 5 days for the highest price ever sold in our neighborhood. I couldn't have asked for much more than that. Attached are a few pics of the finished product. I definitely recommend using Inspired Home Design for updating and staging your home. I'm sure glad I did.