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Home Design Chat with NancyAuthor: Nancy Hugo
Home Design Chat with Nancy Hugo, certified kitchen designer, covers all aspects of every room in the home. Kitchens, baths and whole-house remodeling, appliances, plumbing fixtures, flooring & countertop materials, and lighting are some of our topics. In addition, we cover aging-in-place, security systems, smart homes, backyard kitchens, window coverings, water treatment units & even wine pairing. Some of the favored topics are trends in kitchens, baths & interior designs, colors of the year & what we think of HGTV's suggestions for your home. View NancyHugo.com for design ideas. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Avoid Design Regrets: How to Hire the Right Interior Designer.
Episode 43
Monday, 3 November, 2025
Welcome back to Home Design Chat with Nancy where all the conversations are about your home - how to plan, design and execute your remodel and much more. Hiring the right designer can make or break your remodeling project and that’s our subject for today.Gil Olachea, owner of Ceramic in Scottsdale is back. Before we start this podcast, I need to apologize for the 1 minute + pause in last week's podcast. I will blame it on technology but it is now fixed. So if you didn’t listen to the whole podcast which was filled with information about the outdated bathroom, please try it again.2 weeks ago Gil & I talked about hiring the wrong designer for your project and what you should do when you realize that this happened. This week we are going to give you the "rules" on hiring a designer so you don't have any regrets.Do your homeworkSchedule a consultationAsk the right questionsAsk about budgets & feesTrust your gutContracts, policies & timelineListen to my weekly podcast to learn everything about your home, what the current trends are, how to design, plan and execute your remodel and much moreIf you have questions please send them to Nancy@NancyHugo.comBy the way, you can send me an email at Nancy@nancyhugo.com to get on my email list for DesignersCircleHQ.com. All the podcasts are posted there as well as Design Trends, Design News and more. DesignersCirclehq.com is a website!If you want to learn more about me, go to NancyHugo.com This podcast is sponsored by Monogram.comPicture source: Plumguide.com











