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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm building a house in Bethesda right now.  It's 5000 square feet.  It's so much work.  I even hired a designer and we meet nearly every week.  And all of the vendors are nearby the builder so I have to drive an hour to get to the vendors.  If I didn't have a designer, it would be so much harder.  I'd be constantly second guessing myself.  I'm also going over my budget which was absolute crap to begin with.  Like $45 for a flush mount light in the bedrooms.  That is not a TERRIBLE budget but for this price point I am spending about $200 on them instead.  If you want a fan...that's $200 over budget.  I didn't even realize how much little things I have to pick.  Door handles, garage door, cabinet pulls, the size of the cabinet pulls.  I have no regrets because I am getting what I want and I have the time (although I'm 7 months pregnant...) but I also own my own business and I can take a few hours here and there.  It's literally a few hours a week though.  And again, without my designer it would be a LOT more.  [/quote]

Thank you, this is very helpful. How much is a few hours a week - like 10-15? I could handle that. If it’s more like 40, I could not. Also, would you mind sharing your designer’s name? Sounds amazing.[/quote]

Probably about 5-10 hours a week but I've been doing this since August and it's not over.  A lot of it is trekking out to MoCo because that's where the vendors are.  But it's all during the week like I said.  I don't want my designer's name searchable on here so I'll email it to Jeff and you can do the same?  She's really awesome because she 1. does this full time and has for a long time and 2. knows my style and works with that and doesn't have a specific style she only works with.  [/quote]

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