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At Janine Dowling Design we believe Home is the most important part of our lives. It is where our family and our friends come together. Our goal is to create a home that reflects who you are and how you want to live. So when you enter the space, when your project is completed, you know you are Home.
We are a Boston-based full-service interior design firm specializing in interior decorating projects and architectural renovations. Our design services include space planning, furniture and fabric selection, accessories and artwork selection, lighting selection, color consultations, and architectural materials selection.
Our Founder
Janine Dowling, our founder, has a lifelong passion for all things design. Well-versed in a wide range of styles from traditional to transitional to modern, Janine works closely with her clients to develop the right style for their homes, personality, and lifestyle. Whenever possible, she looks to sustainable solutions that are long-lasting, beautiful, and gentle on the earth.
Our interior design services have a broad range. Sometimes our clients need just a consultation for new ideas or paint colors or they may have a few rooms needing to be refurnished; other times they have a full-scale remodel. We tailor our expertise to meet the requests of our clients. Over the years we have enjoyed keeping our project size varied and our visions flexible.
Services Offered:
Whether your current design project is a one-room refresh or a whole-house customization, we look forward to speaking with you about how we can your home feel even more like Home.
A lot of people wonder whether or not they should hire a professional interior designer when they are redecorating or renovating their home. If you are wondering if you should as well, you are likely going to want to consider what kind of benefits you might get from doing so. Below, we will be going over some of the main reasons to utilize a professional interior design firm over doing it yourself.
Perhaps the main reason you are going to want to utilize the help from a professional interior design firm is to save time. Because you are going to be able to outsource the work, you can effectively leverage their time to increase your own. By being able to save the time that it would normally take to design your home on your own, you are going to be able to really maximize the amount of time that you have available to do what you want with it. This is going to allow you to really be able to maximize the time that can be spent elsewhere.
The fact is, a professional that designs things for a living is going to have a much better eye for things than you. They will be able to really maximize spacing, ensure that everything fits accordingly, and really help create the most perceived value out of your home. In the long run, the investment is going to be worth it because it will be able to match the needs of everyone versus yourself. Whereas you might have an internal bias for a specific color or something that might not necessarily work as well together, they will not have this same inherent bias. If you are looking to create the best space or even maximize the value of your home, hiring a professional is the best way to go about it.
Believe it or not, a professional designer is also going to be able to save you an incredible amount of money without having to sacrifice style or design in the process. Because a professional designer knows how to work with specific budgets and subsets, you should be able to save a lot of money on your interior design without sacrificing style. They will know where you can cut to save money and where you have to spend to get the look and style that you might want.
Overall, there are a lot of different reasons you are going to want to spend the extra money to hire a professional. Not only will they be able to help maximize the amount of value you get out of your home, but they will also be able to really make your home look it's best. Also, they can really save you a lot of time that you would normally have to spend designing the home on your own that you can then spend elsewhere.
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