We engaged an interior designer, Nancy Linebarier or Habitat Enhancements, who had helped us with the staging of our previous house when we sold it. We really liked her work and felt she understood our taste very well. We had an initial meeting to brief her on all the choices we were making and she helped us finalize our cabinet selections.
Last week we made a trip down to the tile store, a task I was dreading, where she promised to make it a fast process. We went to the store a half hour early to browse and figure out some things we liked, then she showed up and wisked us around. We brought our cabinet door and granite samples and that helped I a lot in matching things.
I can't stress enough how much I would HIGHLY recommend having a designer help with pulling the various colors and elements together. It's a little expensive but totally worth it, both saving you time and making you feel great about your choices. We picked all our tile for the kitchen, 4 bathrooms, laundry room and mudroom in 2 hours! She also helped us pick some really creative things we never would have thought of.
Our next meeting will be to pick doors and cabinet hardware.
