Welcome to the Langmore House Current page -- an outlet to share our latest work, project developments, product finds, tips and musings. Sure, there’s no shortage of other blogs, websites, TV shows, and magazines to provide endless ideas and inspiration, but our goal is to go a step further and give you a behind-the-scenes peek at the professional world of improving your living space.
Why?
No signs of life in this living room.
Because we’re all living and working in the real world where there’s far more to design and decorating than paint swatches, fabric samples, and catalog pages. Once you decide to take the plunge and start making changes to your home it becomes immediately clear how complicated and confusing the process can be. We deal with those challenges every day. The amount of work and time behind those glossy photos doesn’t get much press, and many people find themselves totally unprepared for the stresses and emotions that a renovation can stir up. And for those who have never worked with an interior designer, it’s not always clear what we do or how we do it.
So, what do you do?
We’ve always considered this a fairly simple question (I'm an interior designers...I, uh, design interiors) but years of experience have revealed that ‘what’ we do doesn’t even begin to explain how and why we do it. We meet a lot of potential clients who seem to expect that we will have a precise vision of what a room should look like from the moment we step inside, and that for a nominal fee we can describe that glorious vision of their future home like a kind of decorating fortune teller. If only it were that simple!
That initial consultation is kind of like a first date -- it’s all about getting to know each other to decide if the relationship is going to work. Understanding your lifestyle and habits is critical if we’re going to create a space that looks and functions just right for your unique needs and style, and like dating, this takes trust. Our clients are opening their homes and lives to someone who will notice all the things that are worn out, outdated, and sentimental, and then asking them to make changes. It’s why we consider this a process, not a product. It’s also why a website with a few pretty pictures of our finished projects doesn’t really say a lot about what we do at Langmore House.
This blog is a place to show you what happens between the first date and the photo shoot, and to talk about what it takes to get there. It’s not always pretty, but it’s never dull.