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- Name
- Kathryn Koch
- Company
- Simply Beautiful Spaces, LLC
- E-mail
- Contact Kathryn Koch (Simply Beautiful Spaces, LLC)
- Website
- http://www.simplybeautifulspaces.com
- Office Phone
- (540) 630-4074
- Cell Phone
- (540) 630-4074
- Description
- Certified Interior Decorating Services, Redesign and Home Staging. Servicing Northern Virginia and Washington DC areas.
www.SimplyBeautifulSpaces.com
Affiliate with www.AllAboutRedesign.com
About Us:
We love working with our clients! As a service oriented company, we
ensure you get the perfect solutions to help you achieve the
environment you want. The "Wow" factor, along with dedicated
professionals with wonderful, creative talent and committed to providing
personalized service, makes the experience enjoyable and the results
simply beautiful. 
To View the before and after photos, click on the links next
Areas of Expertise
Interior ReDesign - The art of bringing a new look to your home without
purchasing new furnishings. Creative thought, along with considering the form
and function of each room brings a great design to your living areas.
Interior Design - Whether finishing a basement or remodeling, working with
you and your contractor, we help ensure your vision is achieved. If you do not
have a contractor, we provide references to licensed and bonded general
contractors with whom we have worked.
Preparing Homes to Sell - When your home is on the market, it needs to
show well and appeal to every potential buyer who enters the house.
Additionally, sellers are incredibly busy and need help identifying what has to
be accomplished. Our comprehensive checklist will help home sellers know
what items need to be repaired, replaced or improved. It's not simply making
the space "pretty" but taking a "buyer's perspective" in determining how your
home can be prepared to sell.
We help you market your home and work with your Realtor. Don't want to
spend too much? We offer "Do It Yourself" kits to help you get organized and
ready to sell!
New Homes/First Homes- Moving into a new home can be a joy as well as a
challenge. Newlyweds, job transfers, newly constructed homes - all categories
involve creating a living space that is functional and beautiful with existing furniture
and a new floor plan. Let us help!
Vacation Homes - Vacation Homes are the perfect medium for showing your
personality! Creative design and interior decor in your vacation home truly makes
it extra special to stay in!
For Businesses - Interior design and decorating for office spaces include
workspace consultations, furniture and accessories selection, modular
offices, conference room design and solutions best suited for form, function
and aesthetics.
Personal Shopping Services - We offer shopping services and
consultations when you don't have time to shop. Additionally, "shop
along" consultations (best suited towards major furniture purchases) assist
you in selecting your furnishings best suited for the size and design of your
space.
Having someone help you in your home by bringing in coordinating
accessories, artwork and furnishings is a two-fold joy. First, it's an
experience much like opening a great birthday present, secondly, and most
importantly, it relieves the anxiety associated with choices, time and money.
Your time is valuable and when you leave a shop empty handed, or worse,
settling for something you hope will work, the feeling of disappointment does
not help. Hiring someone to take care of shopping for you and your home not
only brings peace of mind, but in many cases, personal shoppers know where
to get the best bargains!
Clutter Control - Overwhelmed by all that "stuff?" We can help! A well
organized home is as enjoyable to come home to as a well designed
home. Change your environment and change your mood.
We'll take a cluttered room and turn it into a tidy, aesthetic space, organizing
one room at a time - We'll even help establish systems with your family to
maintain the transformed room. De-cluttering your home helps de-clutter your
mind.
Color Consultations - A process of determining colors best suited to
enhance your home.
Window Treatments - Custom designed and manufactured or ready-to-hang
treatments help to bring style to your room!
Accessories & Textiles - unique art, colorful accents and decorative items
help achieve the room you want!
Furniture Placement - Form, function, beauty. We ensure the right pieces are
placed appropriately in spaces to ensure balance, utility and aesthetics are
achieved.
Lighting - recessed, pendant, or lamps, we can help you bring necessary
lighting elements to the space.
Decorating Services - Whether decorating for the holidays or bringing in
new accessories and case goods, we provide the finishing touches to your
home or office.
Specialized Services - original artwork by Kate, specialized carpentry by
Mark (cornices, mantles, shelves) and reliable contractor referrals.
Event Decorating - Beautifully decorated homes or offices for the events
you're planning. Need entertainment or catering? We can refer you to
reliable catering and entertainment services.
Testimonials
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Kate
All we can say is "WOW"! When we started the re-design process with you, we knew
we were in for a big surprise, but we had no idea how big. The rooms you re-designed
turned out to be of the same caliber shown on all the popular HGTV shows. We were
truly impressed and now we know how all those people feel when they get excited
about their rooms. We say that, because we found ourselves jumping up and down with
pure excitement and disbelief.
Our excitement started in the foyer. You did a fantastic job pulling together all of our
odds and ends collected from around the world and sitting them on the empty shelf. Not
only is the space nice, but brings back fond memories every time we walk downstairs or
out the front door. On top of that, you transformed the foyer area by simply dragging a
nice piece of furniture from a hidden wall and making it a focal point once you enter into
the house. We were hesitant to move the secretariat, but now we are wondering why we
didn't think about it. It is so nice in the foyer. All the things you moved from room to room
turned out perfect and in the long run saved us money.
As for our living room, we sat in it for the first time this weekend and had coffee with a
friend. We haven't sat in the room since we moved in the house in Aug 03. The "new"
room is a true testament of your ability to take a "disrupted space" and add
organization, comfort and elegance. The room looks fantastic and makes us want to
use it on a daily basis. BTW...tell Mark thanks for building the cornices. They are very
nice!
The dining room is a showpiece. You tied it into the living room nicely and now we can't
wait to have our family over for Thanksgiving. The two spaces are simple, but elegant.
You nailed the design and color schemes we were looking for within the rooms. It took
us four years to find someone who could help us pull the rooms together and we are
glad it was you. As a friend and a professional, you went above and beyond.
Speaking of above and beyond...the family room is off the charts! When we saw it,
Anne was jumping up and down in the middle of the floor screaming "I got my mantle, I
got my mantle..." It was a great birthday surprise. We couldn't believe how nice the
mantle turned out. After five contractors told us no, you and Mark got it done. We are
glad you were the one who put the mantle on the fireplace. We truly believe your
designing ability resulted in a mantle perfect for us and our house. We could have never
described what we wanted to a contractor. You knew what we wanted and nailed it.
Again, thanks for making it a wonderful focal point and surprise for Anne.
Once we settled down over the surprise mantle and took in the entire room, we were
impressed how you took a room we really liked and made it a room we really love. I can
remember saying, "I don't see how you are going to move the furniture around". You
replied, "I have an idea". Your idea was fantastic. The room looks bigger and creates a
great flow from the kitchen. We still can't imagine doing some of the things you pulled
off. The family room is by far our favorite room within the house and we still can't believe
how nice it turned out.
We have always loved our house, but now it truly is a place of comfort and refuge from
the craziness that is our lives. We love our house even more. We walk through it
everyday and can't believe it is our house. It looks like a model home! It's amazing that
you did in just 2 short weeks what 3 other designers in 4 years could not do. Just saying
"thank you" seems inadequate to express our feelings for what you and Mark have done
for us - we will always be grateful to you.
So, when can we get you back to finish the rest of the house? You have spoiled us and
now we want your help all over the house. Your work is awesome Kate and we thank
you!
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Thank you! Thank you! We were positively floored by the transformation. By
rearranging the furniture, pictures and decorations - and adding only a few small things
(such as a few candles, end tables, and a mirror), the feel of our house went from
ordinary to appealing and cozy.
We are suddenly proud to have our friends drop by for a visit and are excited to show
them around. We had never spent the time or energy to focus on the d�cor of our
house. We have three small children and are always very busy, so arranging our house
for anything but functionality, didn't seem to warrant a top spot on the priority list.
But now that we have seen what a difference small changes can make on how we feel
about our home, and ourselves, we wish we had done it a long time ago.
All of a sudden, our 21 month old is interested in her bed, probably because her room is
now not just functional, but cute and pretty as well. Our 8 and 5 year olds love the new
arrangement in the family room, which not only looks incredible, but is also much more
conducive to playing the card/board games, which we do almost every day. And now I
barely notice the paneling that always seemed to stick out, and the sofa suddenly really
fits in the room.I never would have guessed what an impression these ladies would
have on our home.
I keep finding myself referring to it as our "new house". This is one of those services that
I never would have thought I needed, and now I wonder how we ever lived without it.
Thanks again for sharing your creativity and expertise. Vyana (we did Vyana's home in
Richmond, VA - Lori, Cheryl and I had a wonderful time with our favorite lady and
AARC founderJulie Rieman)
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Kate - Working with you, Julie and Lori was just incredible, so inspiring ! Your talent
and "eye" for design is a gift from God ! It was a privilege to work with you and I truly
look forward to getting together again !
Cheryl & Roger Gilliam
North Carolina
http://www.HeavenlyCabins.com
Smoky Mtn Luxury Cabin Rentals
Email heavenlycabins@charter.net
828-310-6305 828-328-6305
My husband is not easily "wowed" but he was this time. He actually literally said "wow" when he walked up and saw the living room. And, as you know, my only concern was that he would be not-so-happy about his seating arrangement being changed in the TV room, well he was FINE with it, he liked it and even thought the room looked larger. So thank you!
- Lori Rojas, Richmond, VA
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