Best of Houzz 2022: Continuing to Provide Excellent Customer Service

We are excited to share that OVOLO won Best of Houzz 2022! We were awarded the “Best of Houzz” award in the Customer Service category on Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including our overall 5 out of 5 star rating on Houzz and our client reviews submitted in 2021. This is our 6th year in a row winning the award for Customer Service showing that we provide great service to our clients for all interior design, decorating, styling, and staging projects here in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Silicon Valley, and surrounding areas.

The Best of Houzz awards program was launched over a decade ago to highlight the work of the most talented and customer-focused professionals in our industry. Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing at Houzz, notes “When homeowners come to Houzz to find professionals to complete their projects, the Best of Houzz badges offer a marker of credibility, supporting their decision to move forward. We are extremely proud of this year’s winners, many of whom have won multiple times, and we’re pleased to give them this recognition and a platform on which to showcase their expertise.”

You can read our reviews and see more of our work on Houzz at
https://www.houzz.com/pro/ovolointeriors/

Space Planning Principles to Live By

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on Unsplash Let's talk about space planning, which leads to the basic layout of a room. But first, it starts with an in-depth analysis of how the space is to be used, taking into account all who live in the home and even some visitors to the home. Rooms and spaces within rooms are zoned to account for different activities that take place in a space. For example, a large open-concept great room may have a zone for living (watching TV, reading a book, holding a casual conversation, etc) and a zone for dining (both day to day eating as well as dinner parties). Circulation zones that show how people will move through the space are defined in the space planning process; you don't want furniture to get in the way of people's expected movements. The space plan is finished by adding the furniture, decor, accessory, and artwork details. Some times, there are conflicts that need to be resolved during the space planning process. For example, perhaps a q...

Space Planning Principles for your Kitchen

Commercial Photography Services Photo by OVOLO Interiors See these principles in action on our Houzz ideabook. Planning a new kitchen or planning to remodel your existing kitchen? Below are some space planning principles to keep in mind for this area of the home. Please note that these principles can also be applied to outdoor kitchens and cooking areas. The kitchen is considered by many to be the heart of the home. It's a place where people tend to gather, which is why many recently built or remodeled kitchens tend to favor open floor plans and expansive places to sit and/or stand. Kitchens should be both functional and fashionable: a place for you (and your family) as well as guests and visitors; it should be about the gatherings and conversations as much as about the cooking, snacking, and food storage. Here are a few space planning principles to keep in mind for the kitchen: Kitchens should have an efficient work triangle and optimal (and ideally non-overlappin...

The New Normal

Our clients are trusted partners in the design process, and without this partnership, it would be impossible to create such a personalized and custom design for each Client. Photo by Josh Nezon on Unsplash Over two years ago, Santa Clara County entered its first Shelter in Place Order. Since then, there have been many ups an downs with differing requirements as vaccination rates have gone up, new variants emerged, boosters have become available, etc. In this light, here’s how it affects our company, our clients, our future clients, our professional affiliates, and our community. We promise to follow all national, state, and local guidelines and orders as they have already been and may continue to be issued, including any masking and vaccination/booster requirements or recommendations. Our staff is fully vaccinated and boosted. We will no longer require masks and strict physical distancing during meetings between our company and our clients (and anyone living in the sa...

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