A Home That Looks Considered — and Lives Effortlessly

Many of our clients don't need a separate engagement — interior-design direction and finish guidance are built into our process, so your selections come together with the build. When a project wants full interior design, it's led in-house by our Senior Interior Designer, Taylor McKay, and folded directly into the build; if you already have a designer, we work hand-in-hand with them instead. We'll tell you honestly which path fits your project rather than push you toward the bigger one.

A decorator styles a finished space — furniture, art, accessories. An interior designer works earlier and deeper: space planning and layouts, lighting design, and the full schedule of finishes and materials, coordinated with the builder. On a custom build, that earlier involvement is what keeps the design and the construction aligned so the finished home feels intentional, not assembled.

Absolutely — and you keep full creative control. Many clients arrive with a designer they love, and we coordinate directly with them throughout the build, making sure their vision is buildable and stays on track on site. If you don't have one, we can refer you to a trusted partner.

By choosing them together, in context, rather than one room at a time. We look at how materials, colour, and light carry from space to space, and bring build-side experience on what actually works in a West Coast home — so the kitchen, the bathrooms, and the living spaces feel like one home, not four separate ideas.

Earlier than most people expect. Long-lead items drive the schedule: custom cabinetry commonly takes 16 to 24 weeks to arrive, imported tile 6 to 14 weeks, and high-end appliance packages 8 to 20 weeks — so they are often ordered during framing, not at the end. Late selections are one of the most common reasons a build stalls. We map a selection schedule at the start so every decision is made in time to be ordered and installed without holding up a trade.

It is possible, but it is the single most expensive kind of change on a timeline. Change orders during the interior-finishes phase carry the biggest schedule risk of the whole project: swapping a countertop or a tile after the material is ordered or installed can cost weeks, because it ripples into countertops, plumbing trim-out, and sometimes final inspection. That is exactly why we push to lock the decisions that have long lead times early — so the choices you make are the ones that get built.