Have goals to improve the look and feel of your living space? Home projects you talk about constantly but have yet to act upon? “One day we’ll do something about the dining room … ” or “Someday I’ll make over the kitchen … ”
Turning goals into reality might require calling in the pros. Savvy startup Homepolish makes enlisting interior design help easier than ever. The company enables you to book a designer online for decently priced, by-the-hour services. It’s basically the GrubHub of home (or office) decorating.
How it works: Whether you’re planning an ambitious renovation or simple space refresh, you’ll meet with a Homepolish designer for an initial one-hour consultation in your home or via video chat ($50 for a junior designer, $80 for a senior designer). If you decide to move ahead with the project, you’ll buy time by the hour ($100/hour for a junior; $130/hour for a senior) to bring the plans to life, whether that’s choosing paint colors, sourcing artwork for the walls or rehabbing entire rooms.
Need inspiration? Browse Homepolish’s online magazine, which features a huge variety of house tours, including Homepolish designers’ own spaces.
For Homepolish designer Guinevere Johnson, that variety is what makes the job so fun. “Design should be as flexible as the people it caters to,” she says.
The fall 2015 design trend to look out for, Johnson says: mixed metals.
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