"Typically, I come to your home and do the design work right there, with you. If you do not have scaled floor plans, I will create a proportionally correct plan for us to work with. Then I will use tissue overlays to show you different options to solve your problems. I will work with you to make sure you can visualize the changes. At the end of our meeting, you will have your own Before and After floor plans which you can use with contractors to obtain competitive prices to build your project. I help you to sort out your priorities, and also to evaluate if it is smarter to move than remodel. I give you the kind of impartial advice you need before you start calling contractors."
Marcia Lyon

If you are interested in booking an appointment, you will need to submit the form under Contact Marcia to give Marcia your location and general information. Then check her Tour Calendar to see if she has a trip booked to your area. Even if your city is not currently listed, a trip may be in the planning stages. You may call her at 515-991-8880 with questions or to book an appointment, or send her an email. Once the appointment date and time are sent, you will then mail in your deposit to secure the appointment, and the balance of the fee will be due at the time of the meeting.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HAVING ME HELP YOU WITH YOUR REMODELING DELEMAS?

There are two ways I can help you – an On Site Consulting or a Studio Consulting. Both types of consultings are done for a flat fee*, regardless of the scope of the work or the time it takes. This way you will know what it costs before we start and you won’t have any surprises.

On Site Consulting:

An ON-SITE CONSULTING is when I come to your town and meet with you in person. This is a face-to-face meeting in your home. The design process is performed right there with you involved. Before I arrive, the decision makers in the home prepare their own Priority Lists indicating what is most important for them to end up with, without worrying about how to get there. If you don’t have existing drawings (1/4” scale) of your house, I can produce a proportionally correct drawing. I’ll use that, and tissue overlays to show you options to solve the problems. We interact and I work to make sure you can visualize what we are talking about. I work this ‘complicate puzzle’ and the result is conceptual design, hand drawn, which will explain the scope of your project clearly. You will need to add information in list form to accompany the drawings, in order to establish a ‘quality level’.

You can use these drawings with contractors to get competitive bids, which will let you know what your project should really cost.

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If I am already coming to your area, I usually absorb my travel expenses. If you need me to come for your project and I’m not scheduled, I will charge my travel expenses.

Check the Tour Calendar to see where I’ll will be.* Call or email for the flat fee.

A Studio Consulting does not incur expenses.

Appointments for On Site Consultings are booked in advance and a deposit is required when the appointment is made. This deposit can be made on-line with PayPal, or mailed to:

528 36th Street
Des Moines, IA 50312

The balance is due at the time of the meeting.

NOW IF I’M NOT COMING YOUR WAY:

Studio Consulting:

This is actually a cyber experience. What I’ll need from you is:

1/4" scaled floor plan of your existing space

Some photos of the exterior of the house to show character & style

Priority lists

Written description of the problems with traffic and spaces

Your telephone number, email address and mailing address

Include these, along with your check [made out to Marcia Lyon] for the consulting and mail to:

528 36th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50312

Indicate a date and time that you would be available for the Studio Consulting, and your phone number. Please make sure you are available for about two hours. I will call you and we will begin the session. Skype is good to use but not imperative. I can use my web cam to show you sketches or I can scan and email them to you. After we are finished, I will snail-mail your Before and After drawings, along with a ‘Know About’ , giving information about Finding and Working with Remodeling Contractors.

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Des Moines, IA
marcia@creatingspaces.net