i’m glad kevin expresses his opinion on the houses, not just always saying he loves everything… there are a lot of things i like and dislike about this building, and i don’t think it looks very personal to the family, however, what i do love about it is that recycled glass floor!

great idea!

Absolutely, as long as you stay true to your deliberately difficult theme. Troublesome will be the distinctly variant designs, putting Asia and India together, but your luck come from both cultures' dominant colors. Sounds like you've discovered this already.

Put your spare Asian designs, in throw pillows for instance, alternating with those busier, from India. Keep your drapes a solid neutral, with luck, a common neutral taken from both. Use a lot of navy or black here and there.

Net examples, try West Elm for general inspiration and extravagant antiques layouts. Can't try Pier One. They've gone offline.

elegant in it’s simplicity and empathy towards it’s surroundings. i love this house & love grand designs. although have you ever noticed how small kevin mcleod’s hands are? never trust a man with small hands!

say it with pictures, rough drafts, sketches, mock ups. Money talks as well, if you can convey to them that the utilization of your ideas will save them money in the long run… Many clients already have a very firm idea of what they want. I work in printing and can tell you that the customer does not always want the possible. There are a lot of things that printers find difficult and will charge a ton of extra $ and there are certain things that have to be fought by the printer because the client wont budge. Sometimes we just have to realize that the customer wants what they want and no amount of cajoling, insisting, or anything else can change that fool head…..good luck. I cannot tell you how many art peices I have done fo rpeople and have to make change after change after change…as long as we get paid, right!

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For an invitation? Well when my family was more affluent, we never used stationary for invitations. Once my mother used personalized cakes that read all of the information for her party on them and had them hand-delivered to 2000 party guests.

Honestly, unless this is for a story or something, don't try and be a poser. It's not cool. Be yourself and use whatever types of stationary you think is the best.
-Catherine

Rule of thumb….
Discuss your rates before starting a project so you both are clear on what to expect.

You have to look at your time you spent on the project, was it complicated, was it something you put together in 20mins and should charge a min of 1 hour, or charge by the project. Revisions included, lot s of things to get fine tuned when freelance.

Good Luck!