#thisismarilena… and #thisiscarissa!!!
M: This week we’re starting a fun (maybe even fun-ny!) experiment!
C: We’re taking on two fabulous (but very bossy and high-maintenance) clients… any guesses who? … It’s ourselves!
M: We have officially launched eDesign on our website and set up a little protocol to facilitate something that we have been doing right from the start for clients from all over --- the world!
C: Yes… we’ve had actual clients as far away as Brazil! But the main reason we wanted to ramp up our e-design business, was to provide a budget friendly option for all of our clients, even those who live close by. We’ve had requests from several out of town clients within driving distance… but you know how SK is… the driving takes up half the day, and the expense of that really adds up. Which is totally uncool from the client’s perspective.
M: Electronic design sounds so un-fun… e-Design sounds better. What it is is having our design ideas delivered to you through the magic cyberspace gods, quickly and economically. We must admit that you do miss out on the fun of shopping with us, as well as our hilarious jokes (maybe not so much that one…).
C: … and the awesome faces we pull if we don’t agree with each other…
M: … and the cute texts we send with pictures of things we love for you that we find while shopping around. But in turn, you still get our concept… essentially, it’s your own ‘Fabulous Design File’ delivered by email instead of in person! And thanks to all of the technology at our disposal, you still get a lot of interaction with us. Maybe we can even crack a joke on skype!
C: But enough on that. Back to our challenge… In order to give you a full behind-the-scenes tour of our e-design process, we are going to design one room for each other solely through eDesign. We’ll share everything here from the initial survey’s we fill out, to the pinterest inspiration boards, to the ‘client interaction’ to the final product!
M: We decided that neither of us would make very good traditional design clients, and think eDesign will fit our personalities. We are very open to ideas, but are independent when it comes to final decisions and implementation. Plus, both of us have a never ending wish list of home improvements, where to begin? Here are the parameters for our game:
-eDesign only: there will not be any shopping around at actual stores (it isn’t as much fun shopping alone anyway.) All sources are to be available online.
-Minimal consultation with each other (duh, it’s eDesign.) Other than each other’s Pintrest boards, or Houzz ideabooks, we don’t really get to pick the “client’s” brain during the process.
-Since we still get to be friends after the challenge is over… we agree not to have our feelings hurt if the other one doesn’t take all (or any!) of the suggested ideas.
C: Now the fun begins! I will e-design Marilena’s master bedroom.
M: And Carissa chose her dining room for me to tackle. The next step will be for each of us fill out the eDesign questionnaire and start a Pintrest board that we can link to.
If you are interested in working with us either in person, or through e-design, please visit our website for more details!