The Two-Hour Consultation
Two hours with a designer, so the next thing you buy is the right thing.
Bring me the room you keep restarting. We will look at it together, and you will leave knowing what to do.
You don’t have to figure it out alone
This is where expertise matters.
Designing a home that supports your lifestyle, reflects your personality, and elevates your every day isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity. But where do you start? The wrong decision can cost you time, money, and peace of mind.
With over 15 years designing high-end residences and boutique hospitality, I lead clients through a clear, refined process to create interiors that feel as good as they look — bringing clarity to the chaos, solving for function and beauty, and delivering results that last.
She has designed over a thousand pieces of furniture, lighting and décor for Williams Sonoma, Inc. brands, and served as an Assistant Vice President at Gabby. More about Rachel
What you actually need
Not more inspiration. The right guidance.
A Professional
Who sees the big picture and the hidden potential in your place. The first part of our two hours goes to listening — you walk me through the rooms and tell me how you actually live in them.
A Plan
That considers not just aesthetics, but how you actually live. We go where your place needs us: the furniture plan, the colour, which wall the sofa belongs on, or hearing that the thing you have circled for months does not matter — and here is what does.
A Guide
Who navigates vendors, timelines and budgets like second nature. You leave with a clear opinion and the order I would do things in — something you can act on this week.
Before we meet
The more you send, the further we get.
Photographs from every angle, rough dimensions, the pieces you already own and love, a Pinterest board, the paint chips still taped to the wall.
Everything you send ahead is time we spend deciding what to do instead of working out what is there. The intake form takes about ten minutes, and it is the highest-return ten minutes of the whole thing.
“A home that supports you is not luck. It is a series of decisions, made correctly.”
Let us make sure we are a fit
This is for you if…
- ✦You are building, renovating, or finally getting to the room you have put off.
- ✦You have taste. What you do not have yet is a plan.
- ✦You would rather be told the truth once, plainly, than be walked through a process.
- ✦You intend to do the work yourself, or hire out the pieces, and want to be certain you are buying the right things in the right order.
It works best when you want a real conversation. Everything I do begins with listening, so bring your opinions and the things you are quietly attached to — they are the most useful material in the room.
Everything included, and nothing that is not.
2-Hour Design Consultation
Two hours, complete in itself. Less than the cost of one wrong sofa.
- In person if you are near St. Louis, by video anywhere in the United States.
- Send photographs and dimensions ahead so we do not spend our time on introductions.
- Bookings are non-refundable and fully transferable — reschedule with 48 hours’ notice.
- If you go on to book a full-service project with me, this fee is fully credited toward it.
I take a limited number of full-service projects each year, and every one of them begins here.
Real results
Clients do not just love the look — they feel the difference.
“I never imagined how much clarity I’d gain in just two hours. Rachel saw solutions I couldn’t see after months of trying.”
— Melissa, Sarasota
“Our home feels like a boutique hotel that actually works for our family. Every piece has purpose.”
— Cameron & Ava, St. Louis
“Hiring Rachel was the smartest design decision we’ve ever made. She saved us money, time, and countless headaches.”
— Elise, Nantucket
Her work has appeared in House Beautiful · Living Etc · Homes & Gardens · Martha Stewart · California Home + Design
Before you book
The practical part.
What happens right after I book?
You will get a short intake form and a scheduling link by email, and you choose the time. Send your photographs and measurements whenever you have them — the more that arrives before we speak, the more of our two hours goes to your space.
Do I need to have decided anything first?
No. Not knowing yet is a perfectly good place to start, and it is usually the honest one. Bring the confusion — sorting it is the work.
What if my project is small?
Then it is a shorter answer and you keep more of your money. I would far rather tell you a room needs one chair moved than sell you a plan it does not need.
Can this turn into a full project?
Sometimes. Every full-service project I take begins with these two hours, so we both find out here whether we want to work together.
What if I am not near St. Louis?
Most of these happen on video and they work beautifully. Good photographs and rough dimensions do most of the heavy lifting.
What should I send beforehand?
Photographs from every corner, rough measurements, anything you already own and intend to keep, and any images that appeal to you — even if you cannot say why yet. Especially then.
Now it’s your turn.
Tell me about your place and what you hope it becomes. Two hours, one expert opinion, and a direction you can act on this week.
2-Hour Design Consultation
In person if you are near St. Louis, by video anywhere in the United States.
