Lucinda's Interiors, Inc.
765-874-1183
Making Ordinary Rooms... Extraordinary
Studio Hours: 
Thursday & Friday 1:00 - 5:00
Other Days by Appointment
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DECORATING TIPS

What’s your color personality?  Just fill in the blanks below.  We’re pretty confident you’ll find the answer on this page.

1.       1. What’s the first color you see in the morning?

2.        2. What color are your eyes?

3.        3. What color do you wear the most?

4.       4. What color so you never wear?

5.       5. What color do you wear when you want to feel sexy?

6.       6. What color gets you the most compliments?

7.       7. What color is your lipstick?

8.       8. What color was your living room when you were growing up?

9.       9. What color was your bedroom when you were growing up?

10.   10. What color are your sheets?

11.   11. What color was your favorite crayon as a child?

12.   12. What color is your car?

13.   13. What color was your prom dress?

14.   14. What’s your favorite gemstone?

15.   15. What is your favorite flower?

16.   16. What color makes you happiest?

17.   17. What color depresses you?

18.   18. What color calms you?

19.   19. What color makes you grind your teeth?

20 20. What color would you like to try, but are scared to?
There is No Denying It, Wallpaper is Back!
We've seen a great demand for big, bold colors, a need for durability and lasting charm, and a willingness to experiment with texture.  It's time to check out Wallpaper again.

Why Work with a Window Fashion Professional?
Have you ever felt stymied during the decorating process? Trying to decide what to do with your windows and can’t get past the blank stare. It is scary and a matter of pride. Do you really need a decorator or professional to help? How expensive will that be?
No matter the scale of the job- from one small window to a house full- a window fashion professional can guide you through the process.
Why Talk to a Pro?

Lucinda’s Interiors is a shop at home service for window treatments and soft furnishings.

Lucinda’s Interiors is dedicated to creating innovative and unique window treatments by understanding your needs, giving sound advice and offering exceptional quality and service.  As professionals we:

·         Develop overall theme for your custom window treatments as part of your decorating plan.

·         Prevent costly mistakes by helping you choose appropriate fabrics, products, and styles.

·         Meet the challenge of today’s specialty windows head on by providing the best solutions for your lifestyle.

·         Tap our proven resources such as quality workrooms and bonded installers.

·         Give you the best value for your money. We know where to find what you want.

·         Give you confidence to enhance and expand your taste and make inspired decisions.

·         Save you time and energy. - Don’t underestimate the time it takes to do custom window treatments effectively. We take care of all the details from selecting, purchasing to installing your treatments. We have the experience to put the pieces of the puzzle together.



How to Choose a Designer

Set Goals
Know up front which rooms and windows you want to do. Think about how the room will be used, and how you live. No designer can give you what you want if you don’t know.

Get Referrals
Ask friends, relatives and acquaintances who they used for their custom needs. .Find out if they were pleased with the results.

Pre Planning

Before you start you need to do your homework to help make the project a pleasant experience. Be honest with yourself and trust your instincts. Here are some things to think about:

Set a Budget - browse to get a feel for how much fabrics, hardware and styles can cost to determine how much you can spend. Window Dressings offers options to help.

Set Priorities - which windows in what rooms are the most important to dress? Consider working in stages. Do the rooms you live in first.

Lifestyle - Ask yourself how do you live? Determine some lifestyle likes and dislikes. Are you a perfectionist?. Do you have kids? Do you entertain? What do you want from your custom window treatment? Sun Control? Privacy? View? What are your favorite colors? Answers to all these questions will help you create a focused plan for your purchase.

Clip Inspiration - As you are looking through magazines, Internet, books clip photos for inspiration and a way to communicate visually with your WF Pro. Too many choices and you like everything? Clip out things you DON'T like. This can be a powerful starting point. Make sure you share your desires with your pro.

Initial Meeting

This is usually done by phone and we will spend time getting to know you and educating you to the process and who we are and what we do. This is where we will first discuss budget, your likes and dislikes and expectations. We'll set an appointment for a consultation and make you aware that we might send out some materials for your review.

Initial Consultation

The consultation will probably take a couple of hours as we will make a good start toward designing custom products that meet your needs and expectations. We'll review your windows and rooms. Discuss your priorities, taste and options. This is where we will play devil’s advocate and might try to expand your horizons and entice you with new possibilities. We will begin to develop a color scheme, design, narrow fabric choices and take measurements and photos.

Presentation

We'll take all we've learned and come back to you with several options and choices in fabrics, materials, design and reasons why it'll work for you!

Project Management

Once you have signed the contract for your new custom treatments, we'll begin to implement the project. We'll take care of everything from calculating, specifying, ordering and checking on progress with all our team members involved in producing a successful project.

Installation

We will contact you prior to installation to set up a date at your convenience and share anything that might be required on your part before we can install. Our bonded and insured installer will come in and do the complete job. You'll just be wowed!
If at any time you have questions, please email us. We are always willing to answer.

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

There is no simple answer. There are so many variables involved, so be clear from the beginning on your budget. If you have done custom window treatments before you will have some idea of the price range. If not, be prepared for sticker shock. But remember these two things:

Consider it an INVESTMENT- the life of a custom window treatment is about 12- 15 years. Divide that into the total price and it becomes a value.

Often custom work can be less expensive than readymade items from high end stores, especially if you make mistakes that need to be corrected.

7 Reasons to Invest In An Interior Designer

Do you have a home, business, or office that is in need of a remodel – or perhaps you are starting from scratch and need an interior design plan? Have you considered using a professional Interior Designer? If not, what’s holding you back?

Would you be surprised to learn that when you hire a certified Interior Designer, you are actually making an investment that will pay you back ten-fold?  Those that have hired a designer – know exactly that.

  1. An Investment in Time: Life is busy. Whether you work outside the home or not, life is going on all around you and your time is worth money. How much time would it take you to complete your project? Three days? Thirteen days? Three months? With an interior designer, they will complete the project before you would even get started.
  2. Invest in Energy: Do you know what makes your home Energy Efficient? An Interior Designer does. Think of the money you will save in utilities alone when you seek the help of a professional designer.
  3. Knowledge Is Power: What happens when you run into a problem? You will probably reach for the yellow pages looking for subcontractors. More often than not, an interior designer will take on all those responsibilities for you. They know who to call, and they know what to do when they run into an electrical problem, a crack in the wall, or any other “uh-oh’s” that are discovered when a designing project is tackled.
  4. Creative & Focused: An experienced interior designer can save time, money, and provide the form, function, and aesthetic beauty you desire. Armed, educated, and certified to help with colors, lighting, space planning, and project management (just to name a few), interior designers work to create the optimal design for their clients. They are smart and detail oriented. Their invaluable knowledge of products and technical specifications will ultimately help clients when it’s time to make decisions about purchasing and construction.
  5. Do It Right From the Start: How many cans of paint do you have in your garage? How many rolls of wallpaper have you purchased trying to get it just right? Flooring? Furniture? Accessories? How much money are you willing to waste trying to achieve your desired interior design? When you call an interior designer, they will take out all the guesswork and get it right from start to finish without costly mistakes. Have it done right the first time.
  6. Investment in your Home: Do you think your home will sell quicker if you decorated it yourself, or if you hired an interior designer to do the job Home Staging or making updates to floor plans to create more livable space is a huge win-win for everyone. Everyday a house sits on the market is another day of incurring costs.
  7. Investment in your Family: Building, designing, decorating all take a toll on your family. It’s not a myth that many divorces arise during these stages of transition. Having an interior designer on board will save you and your family stress and grief. That is priceless.

Don’t be penny wise and dollar foolish. Hiring an Interior Designer will reward you throughout the years. When you are ready to make the best decision in your designing plan, call us to see how we can help.