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Hiring an interior designer eliminates the stress, guesswork, and costly mistakes that often derail a project and your mental health. We streamline every decision, anticipate obstacles, and orchestrate the countless moving parts so you can enjoy the process while making smarter investments. With access to exclusive trade resources and a trained eye for function, flow, and beauty, we deliver a cohesive, elevated home that feels uniquely yours and performs beautifully for years to come.

Professional interior design combines an exclusive, concierge-level experience with a premium investment in your home, our expertise, and the flawless realization of your vision. After exploring your wish list, we provide a planning budget and full transparency on costs, ensuring alignment before work begins. For full-scale renovations or new builds, fees vary based on the intricacy, time, and scope of the project, and we’ll provide a complete cost outlook upfront. For a straightforward redesign, fees typically represent 40–50% of your furnishings budget, reflecting the value, access, and precision we bring to every detail.

We collaborate only with licensed, insured, and highly skilled contractors, architects and trades people, whether from our trusted network or ones you’ve engaged. Seamless communication and integration with our team are required to protect the integrity of your design and investment. Every project thrives on this partnership, ensuring exceptional execution from concept to completion.

You do. We assist you with establishing a clear, realistic budget using current market data and insights from past projects, then help you prioritize for maximum impact. You approve every investment; we simply guide, advise, and track along the way. Your finances stay firmly in your hands, with our expertise ensuring each decision supports your vision.

We encourage clients to review our portfolio and social channels to ensure alignment in taste and style. Our goal is to make your home unmistakably yours, enhancing your vision through our lens. While GHDG’s signature approach blends modern classic elegance with an effortlessly chic touch of the unexpected, we welcome opportunities to push our creative boundaries. Though, if your aesthetic falls too far outside this framework, we may not be the ideal fit.

We're both. A decorator focuses on aesthetics and surface-level details (furnishings, fabrics, styling) after the structure is complete. An interior designer goes far deeper, addressing space planning, functionality, construction details, materials, and the technical coordination required to transform a home from the inside out. GHDG handles both structural and decorative aspects of our client projects.

Our process is highly collaborative and guided by your lifestyle and aesthetic vision. We provide expert recommendations and alternatives when needed, but every final decision is yours, ensuring the design feels unmistakably you. If a selection isn’t resonating, we discuss it thoughtfully and offer options that meet the goals of the overall vision and budget.

Once we’re collaborating, independent shopping is discouraged. It can compromise cohesion, create inefficiencies, and increase costs. Every selection should align with the overall design, and our guidance ensures that. If you do purchase outside the process, we remain involved at our hourly rates and trade pricing is will not be available.