We're redoing our kitchen (entirely even!) and it's exciting but overwhelming at the same time, so I thought it might be nice to work with a designer; however, by our third meeting it was fairly clear that we didn't quite speak the same language.
Undaunted, I contacted another designer recommended to me. Our first meeting went well but by the end of our second sit down, I really didn't feel as if she grasped the concept of what we were looking for.
My husband and I sat down and asked ourselves some tough questions. Were we as clear as we could be? Perhaps we had competing visions? Were we ready for this? But I can't quite put my finger on what's been going on.
I don't want a designer to come into my home and push their vision of what my home should be. I want a designer that's going to sit down with us, get to know us, and help us transform our kitchen to our tastes, not theirs. It seems as if both of these women pretended to listen to us (taste, preferences, budget), nodded their heads in agreement, and offered us a design we couldn't relate to.
Has anyone else had an experience like this or is it just us?
Carol B.