Let's Make Your Dream Home a Reality
Stone House Collective is a full service design firm founded by Anna Franklin. Based in Milwaukee, we offer clients all over the country a diverse range of services including full service interior design for renovations, new construction, and boutique commercial projects, as well as furnishing selection and styling. The SHC team is known for their ability to customize and enhance a space for their clients based on their aesthetic and lifestyle. Ultimately creating a home that is functional, cohesive, and thoughtfully-curated.
A successful new home build requires a trained eye. The Stone House team oversees the entire building process from the beginning planning stages through to final styling. Including space planning, fabric and furniture selection, custom furniture fabrication, window treatments, wall covering, color specification, and architectural detailing. The end result is a timeless, refined home that tailored to your unique style and lifestyle.
Transforming a home can be an overwhelming experience to say the least. Our team collaborates with clients to create a vision for how their new home should look. We work with architects and builders to create an effortless experience. Some of the projects we assist with include hard surface selections, lighting plans, cabinetry.
For clients who have a complete space but need some assistance desiging their home and creating a cohesive look and feel, Stone House Collective offers furnishing and styling services. Including space planning, fabric and furniture selections, custom furniture fabrication, window treatments, wall covering, art, and lighting. We select, source, receive, deliver, and install the elements that turn your house into home.
At the SHC Studio, our design team is available to help customers source furniture and decor that fit their aesthetic and functional needs.
OUR PROCESS
CONSULTATION
We’ll start with a phone consultation and questionnaire. We get to know you, your design dreams, a little about your likes and dislikes, how you live and/or work in your space and your hopes for how you wish to use your space more optimally. It also gives us an opportunity to share our ideas and design experience, as well as discuss the scope of your project. During this phase, we will bring awareness to the potential cost of the project and rough budget goals through a short exercise on the current market cost of furniture and accessories.
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CONTRACTS AND BUDGET
If you are ready to truly have a full-service design experience then hand us the reins and we will make your design dreams come true! In this phase, the design contract is officially signed to work with Stone House Collective. We will also discuss the total projected costs, estimate our design fees, and provide an estimate of the scope of the project including projected timelines and overall costs. We do our best to provide you with an itemized budget and costs and keep you informed if these prices shift over time. In this step, we provide you with a payment schedule for the remainder of the project.
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Client onboarding
We discuss our workflow and review the scope of the project. You will meet the design team and your assigned project manager, and learn everyone’s roles and action items. You will also receive some design homework – showing us what you like and don’t like.
Additionally, we provide a personalized demo and onboarding session onto our online customized client portal. This client portal will house all of your contracts, mood boards, invoices, schedules.
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MOODBOARDING
We get to work sourcing furnishings, paint colors, artwork, lighting, window treatments, furniture layout plans, and finding all the decorative items for your home. The end result is a complete digital mood board that outlines our full vision for the project. This includes a complete design vision with specific paint colors, curated furnishings, window treatments, artwork, flooring samples, lighting selections, furnishings, layout suggestions, and styling accessories.
Once our mood boarding is complete, we share our ideas with the client during an in-person client presentation, so you are able to see and touch materials. We will have finished selections and samples available as well as upholstery selections to view in our showroom.
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Trades Development
We can provide suggestions for trusted tradesmen, but we always welcome new vendor relationships if you have a preferred contractor. We provide design input and high-level communication with your contractor to make sure that your project is on time.
Stone House Collective is not a part of any trade contracts and is not liable for the work provided by contractors.
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demo and construction
If you have a renovation in your project in your plans, our team will help you every step of the way! We will provide you with a customized checklist of everything you need to prepare for the demo process prior to construction. We regularly check in with the vendors to make certain the project is progressing on time and assist in any troubleshooting if obstacles arise.
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ordering
In this phase, we provide items chosen for each room for you to approve. When all designs are approved via our client portal, you will receive an invoice based on your selections. Once we receive the paid invoice, our team will begin ordering and scheduling. Each design project will have a dedicated project manager who will order all of your items directly from our trade-only vendors, handle all delivery coordination and track any extended backorders.
All of your furnishings will be shipped and carefully inspected, repackaged, and assembled for safe delivery to your home at a later date using a trusted receivership in your area.
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installation
At Stone House, we consider this our own personal design Super Bowl! This is where our vision is executed, and we style your home to get our Stone House signature look. This is a part of our design package and we promise you will love it!
Your project manager will handle all the scheduling and make certain you are prepped and ready for our arrival. Our warehouse team delivers all your furniture and decor. We will place it, style it, and make sure it is perfect.
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FAQ
Please fill out the form below or on our contact us page. When we are taking on new clients, we will discuss your project, style, scope, design needs, budget, and timing after receiving your information form.
Definitely! You can use any contractor, builder, or architect that you desire. We will work with any construction team you find best for your home. We can provide recommendations on trusted contractors and architects we have worked with on past projects.
We are a full service design firm and typically request that projects include 3+ rooms with furnishings, flooring finishes, lighting, and accessories.
A designer can come in at any point of the process, however we recommend having us included as early as possible. The earlier we can get involved, the easier we can make the process for you and make design recommendations on the space.
Yes! We love getting to know clients from different areas! We are open to out of area projects if the scope and timing are a good fit.
Yes! Should you be interested in ordering something directly from us contact us and we will set up a private appointment to consult with someone from our design team.
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Our Approach
We believe that your home is a sacred space, and that thoughtful enduring design stems from a deep understanding of the way you live inside your space. Our mission is to create a curate an environment that meets your needs, reflects your lifestyle, and inspires you daily.
Design Inquiry Form
We are so grateful for your interest in working with us! Please submit an inquiry form and we will reach out to you as soon as possible.
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