GraceAnn Simoni

I have worked with GraceAnn on my house projects for over ten years. I initially hired her to help with home staging in my Naperville home and since have hired her a few times in my Plainfield home. I hire her for two services, "fixing" my rooms and paint/color selections. As far as redesign service go, I cannot believe how well everything functions and flows once she works her magic. I spent days (weeks) trying to fix my basement, seriously I could not get the room to work because of the pole that the builder thought should be placed in the most inconvenient location. I thought she would do a pretty good job, certainly better than I could ever do with furniture placement but I was wrong, she did an awesome job. The pole has "disappeared", really it is such a non issue I don't give it a second thought. Things are so perfect that when I had my carpets cleaned I took photos so I could put the room back together the right way. In all my decorating projects I have to say this was my biggest problem and I really feel I scored a victory on this one. Paint selection is another area that GraceAnn hits the nail squarely on the head. I do OK with my selections but sometimes I get it wrong and my painter benefits (my bedroom was painted three times in eight months). It's cheaper to just hire her and she will get it right. How she can tell a beige color is reading pink, green, yellow or whatever is beyond me. The past two weeks (February 2013) I had most of my rooms repainted and I am waiting for my some of my furniture to be delivered this week. My two chairs are already in and the color looks perfect. I can't wait for the sectional to come in so I can finish my new family room. In the meantime I am enjoying all the new colors in the rest of my house. Office: the red photo is the old color, the pale green is the new color. The room looks larger, lighter and fresh.