Freda Howard Interiors LLC - Interior Design | Color Specialist

We will work with you through every phase described below to ensure the smooth completion of your project – we carry out each phase with the intention of keeping your project on budget and within code. 

The initial consultation is geared towards gaining a deeper understanding of your needs and will result in a proposal for our services and a breakdown of our fees.  After the agreement is signed, we will document the existing conditions and gather all information to begin the first phase of the design process.

Phase 1.  Schematic Design – gather all information and present you with two or three design options in the form of sketches, so you can visualize your options.

Phase 2. Design Development – we further develop the schematic design you selected and adjust the budget as necessary. During this phase, we select all preliminary Furniture, Fixtures and equipment for the purpose of getting an overall design direction.

Phase 3. Construction Documents – by now, we will have settled on a final design and we begin preparing drawings/blueprints, notes and technical specifications necessary for bidding, construction, and purchasing. 

Phase 4. Bidding – we solicit qualified contractors and vendors and requests proposals.

Phase 5.  Construction Administration/Purchasing – once all vendors and contractors have been selected and the project is underway, we administer the process to assure conformance with design intent and address any issues as they arise.

Our Principal, Freda Howard, lives a life dedicated to living beautifully. Her extensive professional experience lends strong support to her ability to help clients create livable, functional and beautiful homes.

An avid traveler, Freda brings her experience living on three continents to her Interior Design practice by using her uncanny ability to step into a client's life in order to design the interior spaces of their dreams. Freda believes that a client's home should reflect who they are, the way they live, and include the things they love.

Freda earned two Interior Design Degrees at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, where she also earned her Architectural Color Specialist Certificate. She studied Small Business Economics at Stockholms Universitet in Stockholm, Sweden, and holds a degree in Economics from Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A. Freda is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Her practice is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

Primarily Residential Customers.

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1. Scope of work - what exactly they want done.

2. Timeline - their desired start and finish dates.

3. Budget - what they want to spend