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1 / Renovation Architectural Analysis
Understanding the root causes of the deficiencies, identifying the best ways to add beauty and function, strengths and weaknesses analysis of existing conditions and planned changes, and defining the bigger picture. We will scientifically understand the problem and the fix.
2 / New Build Architectural Analysis
With a blank canvas comes more freedom, including more freedom to make unfixable mistakes that could leave you unhappy and stuck with the outcome. You have one shot to get it right, and Ratio Design will use this opportunity to set up the project for success. Something custom built from the ground up should feel like it.
3 / Feasibility and Critical Analysis
Before it becomes too late to turn back, we can evaluate whether you should move forward with a plan, what you may be getting yourself into, what a project may entail, what it's all going to cost, where the flexibility lies, whether this is all a waste or if it has potential, and if your vision is solid. We can join you on house hunting tours to save you from stepping on an architectural and construction land mine, provide a second opinion, and advise how to make the most of this big investment.
4 / Forms, Proportions, Layout, Light, & Function
We will proactively put our skills to work making the best personal habitat you could ask for whether that's a house, condo, apartment, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, garage, landscape, curb appeal, etc. Big or small, inside or outside, we got you.
5 / The Architecture of Success
Want more? Let's focus on what matters to make sure the resulting design is wholistic, healthy, comfortable, beautiful, and worth the effort. We will balance all the priorities, circumstances, factors, value drivers, and human experience in our process. What makes a piece of architecture successful? Most designers get caught up in the motions and the repetitive details. We'll make sure the design is fundamentally good and built on sound architectural principles free of distractions for a successful project.
1/ Vision and Goal Setting
Every successful design project starts with a clear vision and a package of goals that can be measured, communicated, understood, and brought to life through all the details. It will be obvious if you skip this.
2 / Color and Material Pallete Selection
Picking colors, materials, placement, and how they are used is a deeply important and philosophical part of the design process. We seek not to impose or to copy and paste generic aesthetics, but to find what is durable and uniquely you.
3 / Supplier Selection
As designers, we spend a lot of time building an information bank of incredible products, manufacturers, and unique materials. Hiring a good designer comes with expertise and exclusive selections from trusted suppliers making your project a cut above the rest.
4 / Kitchen Flow, Function, Appliances, & Finishes
Kitchens are the all-important nucleus of a home, and you don't want to spend all this money to have the same disappointing thing as everybody else. We know how to make kitchens that work, show, host, flow, last, accommodate, impress, gather, and uplift.
5 / Powder Rooms, Bathrooms, En-Suites
Bathrooms should be an extension of the comfortable, informal parts of the home. This is a place to recover, to feel confident, to begin and close out the day, and take care of oneself. We're creating an environment for these other functions not just another forgettable bathroom. Let's make something you'll enjoy.
6 / Closet Layout, Organization, and Design
Closet design involves so many personal considerations and opportunities to make something you connect with. Your wardrobe says a lot about you, and your closet should enable you to express yourself. Let us introduce you to the systems and solutions that feel truly special, bespoke, and designer-quality. Say 'no' to basic.
7 / Lighting: the Hidden Hero of Good Design
Lighting is central to your comfort and healthy rest/wake cycles, which is a good reason on its own to let us do it right. What's more, however, is the undisputed fact that bad lighting will ruin an otherwise good design. We have the secrets to use lighting to elevate your space in an intentional, natural, and elegant way that ties in with everything else.
8 / Hardware: the Jewelry of the Home
Hardware is the place to add personality and layers of sensory experience into your design. These are the parts you will touch and operate, and getting the hardware right adds legitimacy and depth to the overall design.
9 / Wall Coverings and Window Treatments
There are endless combinations of materials, items, trims, carpentry, and decorative elements to dress up your walls. We can incorporate so much personality, history, and storytelling in these decisions. Similarly, window treatments are an opportunity to increase comfort and refinement, and we will help navigate the infinite options with confidence.
10 / Ceiling Design: Because of Course
Were you actually going to spend all this money on your project and have the same default blank white ceiling as everyone else? Your design is only as strong as the bits you neglected. Ceiling plans are vital to success.
11 / Millwork, Doors, and Custom Carpentry
This part of the industry is where dreams come true. Having the perfect cabinets, vanity, or paneling made for your project changes everything. And putting effort into the doors and passages is a game changer. These jobs take years of experience and passion, and we bring this to the table.
12 / Furniture, Art, Rugs, Decorations, & Accessories
Many people assume this is all we do as interior designers, but our strength is making all the furniture and decorations fit perfectly into everything else we did. Decorating is a vitally important task that takes deep understanding of balance, function, materials, and proportions to get right. The end result will feel curated, inspiring, cohesive, and cozy.
13 / Purchasing, Trade Discounts, & Networking
Much of the cost of hiring an interior designer is offset by the special prices and options we unlock for you. Once we have our full plan and selections approved, we set about gathering sometimes thousands of little details and items from trusted sources for better prices than you can access. Not only does this role save you time and money, but it reduces the risk of unknowingly picking low quality items you have to replace.
14 / Logistics, Deliveries, & Coordination
Do you have time to take off work when a delivery team has to drop something off on short notice at an inconvenient time? Do you have the time and expertise to perfectly coordinate the purchases and deliveries with the construction progress? Probably not. Ratio Design can keep this process running like a clock and deal with any returns and replacements.
1 / Priority Labeling & Phase Planning
The order of operations is established, timelines are estimated, your priorities are documented, opportunities for collaboration and integration are identified to reduce wasted time, timeline goals are set, and the project is distributed appropriately.
2 / Team Selection & Labor Networking
The riskiest part of starting a project without our help is not having our battle-hardened network of experts, professionals, and contractors. We've used our own home projects as opportunities to weed out subpar teams before letting them touch our clients' projects. The result is a contact list we are proud to recomend with confidence. When we need to bring in a new expert, we know what to look for and we have general knowledge of many topics allowing us to make solid personnel choices. This means reduced delays, conflicts, costly mistakes, and rework.
3 / Contract, Scope of Work, & Change Handling
Did your interior designer undergo any legal training? We did. Our advanced, multidisciplinary training, capability, and experience makes us better prepared to properly document and handle plans and agreements to keep you protected. It is vitally important to clealry communicate, agree to, and document almost every topic and detail on a construction project to prevent conflicts and litigation. You're in good hands with Ratio Design.
4 / Execution and Implementation
Ratio Design is able to regularly visit the construction site even on a daily basis in some cases. We will take the guesswork out of the project, answer all the questions the crew has throughout the project, clarify details and novel methodologies, we frequently personally instruct trade workers on innovative details they've never encountered to ensure quality, and we shepherd the team to the finish line. We often jump in to lend a hand and get dirty because we are committed to teamwork and the greater good. Our mindset is to do whatever it takes to improve your experience and outcomes.
5 / Project Financial Planning & Management
No construction project can be successful without proper financial planning and funds management. In our opinion, nobody is as trustworthy and skilled as ourselves at Ratio Design, and we are here to give you realistic expectations, advice, and protection when dealing with such an important financial decision as a construction project. There are several facets and safety measures to dealing with money in construction that a typical client could easily miss on their own, which could lead to painful losses and risks. Ratio Design will help avoid these pitfalls as part of our constrution management service.
6 / Quality Control
The workers have nicknamed us "Eagle Eyes" for our attention to detail and observance. We spot problems before they happen, we understand the work we oversee so we know if it is done correctly, we take action before it's too late, we make sure repairs are proper and invisible to you, we ensure your home is protected properly, we manage risk and hazards, and we make sure you're handed an actually complete project free of nagging flaws that ruin the experience or come back to bite you later.
1 / Integration Planning
Lack of integration planning is responsible for those infuriating compromises that have a tendency to ruin a project. When you want a home with 21st century features, you can't afford to wing it when planning out all the supplies, systems, and space requirments to make it possible.
2 / Heating, Cooling, Filtering, & Energy Saving
Our professional training is up-to-speed with modern times and modern technology enabling us to specify and seemlessly integrate the systems that will keep you comfortable and clean while being kind to the environment and meeting or exceeding regulatory expectations.
3 / Utility Planning & Energy
It would be a shame to find out when you move in that your home can't handle the amount of power you need or supply enough water to your fixtures when you need them most. Planning your project's resource usage and supplies is crucial to success.
4 / Balance of Simplicity & High Tech
We admire a smart home, but we will not settle for messy, unreliable smart home tech. These systems should make your life easier, less stressful, less vulnerable, more secure, and more efficient. We believe smart home tech is best when properly integrated, selected, and installed so it can stay out of your way as it works.
5 / Audio, Visual, and Entertainment Tech
The digital world is constantly evolving and improving. Ratio Design and our professional installers will make sure you have all the entertainment systems you could want. From hidden speakers to in-home golf simulators, we can make it happen.
6 / Connectivity & Security
Your beatifully designed home deserves a beautifully functioning Wi-Fi network to connect with the outside world. But, you should also have a seemlessly integrated system of security and privacy to protect you from the evolving threats and safety concerns that could endanger your family at any time.
