Frequently Asked Questions
We answer some popular questions below that can help give you a better idea of our process and what we offer at EP Design Studio!
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While we are based in Fresno, California, we also serve throughout the Central Valley area.
Ask us about travel options throughout California!
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Click here to read a breakdown of the process!
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Full Service Design is our signature premium service, offering fully turnkey furnished & styled spaces from concept to install. We source more customizable furniture to give our clients more personalized & unique spaces. As a result of this, our fees reflect that level of work, professionalism & investment.
We work on a hybrid compensation structure: custom flat fee & hourly. Design fees begin at a low four figure investment and can go up depending on the full scope of work involved. For all full service projects, we are creating a design concept, sourcing all furnishings, providing design deliverables, going through the revision process, managing furniture procurement, and coordination of white glove install & the overall work behind the scenes. All of this work provides our clients with a hassle-free professional experience!
In order to offer a custom quote, a paid Home Consultation is scheduled for a Designer to meet with a prospect & fully understand the scope of work needed for the project’s goals. Home Consultations are up to 1.5 hours and begin at $150 for local projects.
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We primarily source directly from a variety of leading to-the-trade furniture vendors/manufacturers on Full Service projects. We aim to create interiors that are eclectic, full of character & intentionally curated from multiple sources. From customized upholstered furnishings to in-stock styles, there’s a variety of choices for us source from! Here are just some of the major benefits of sourcing direct to trade vendors:
Extensive catalogue of furnishings to source from
Vendors at all different price points & styles
Ability to create personalized furniture pieces depending on the vendor
Vendors are directly processing & shipping the orders
No middleman retailer to go through for order & shipping updates
Knowledgeable sales reps that are educated about the products
Real time stock availability
While we mostly source from trade vendors, we definitely mix in some retail pieces if needed!
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We work with a receiving warehouse that we ship all the furniture to. These professionals will receive, inspect & properly store all the furniture until install day. After every furniture piece has been properly received and inspected, an install day will be scheduled with the client. The warehouse team will complete a full white glove delivery experience for our clients. This means they are delivering the furniture inside the home, assembling and laying it out in it’s designated rooms.
Utilizing a white glove receiver gives us the opportunity to offer our clients a luxury & hassle-free client experience. Your newly furnished space will be ready to reveal to you all at once!
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There’s no doubt that furnishings can be costly nowadays. We work with all our clients on creating a solid & realistic furniture budget that makes sense for the project’s goals.
A solid estimated furnishings investment may look like the following if you are planning to purchase all new:
Standard Living Room: $20k+
Standard Dining Room: $15k+
Standard Bedroom: $12k+
These numbers are estimates and may not reflect your project’s scope of work & goals. The furnishings investment number can range depending on factors such as custom or in-stock furnishings, the quality, and the size & numbers of rooms we are furnishing for the project. It’s also completely possible that you may invest more in certain pieces than others.
As part of our process, we send over a Furniture Budget Guideline for prospective clients! This Budget Guide gives a prospect an idea of a low, mid to high-end furniture investment. The ranges in this guide are numbers we typically see sourcing directly from a variety of furniture vendors/manufacturers.
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Full Service Design may still be an option depending on what your budget is. For example, larger projects can be split into phases.
However, we still offer cost-effective design services that are great for clients who prefer to save costs by managing and executing their own projects!
Virtual Design is a 100% online design service and a fantastic solution for those with smaller budgets. Client’s receive shoppable product lists (along with design deliverables) to purchase the pieces & implement the design on their own. Learn more here.
In-person design consultations are ideal for the client who just needs a Designer to sit down, brainstorm & bounce design ideas off of. Read more about that here.
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While we focus primarily on furnishing projects, we are currently in the works of expanding our service offerings to smaller scale renovations and remodels! Thus, we are looking to open availability for a limited number of renovation & remodeling projects at a special price. This will allow us to learn how to better serve our clients on the construction side and fine tune our processes.
If you’re interested in being a client during this developmental stage, please reach out to us about availability.
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In a nutshell, full service is great for the client who wants to invest in a completely turnkey space with little to no involvement in the logistics & execution. Here are some common areas of concern that full service can help with for the right client:
Want more time back into their schedule
No “design eye” and struggle with creating a thoughtfully curated space
Don’t want to deal with furniture procurement
Want their space fully turnkey furnished & styled all at once
Feel overwhelmed at the thought of tackling a home project
Wants a beautiful home for entertaining guests, yet doesn’t want to deal with designing
In addition, please feel free to take our quick little quiz to find out what design service best suits your specific project needs!