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Daakorators are what we call our team of interior design experts.  We are eager to help you create beautiful, inspiring spaces in your home.

Please see this page for more info on our process.

A design brief is a questionnaire that you answer to start your room design process.

Once you register and pay for your project, you’ll be able to finish your design brief with all the info we need to create your initial design concept(s).

This questionnaire captures details such as what room you want to design, your budget and your style to help the Daakorators understand your vision and expectations. 

The more information you provide in the design brief, the more likely you are to receive a design you truly love!

A Design concept is fully furnished look at what your space can look like in 3D.

Each design concept will consist of one or more style boards. A Daakor style board is a single-page 3D design concept that gives our clients a feel for what their room can look like once it’s fully furnished and decorated.

It has a combination of the furniture, accessories, colours, etc. that will make up the room design being proposed for your room.

Style boards submitted during the initial design phase of the process are not final. Once you choose a design, you can tweak the concept to your liking with your Daakorator.

It will take about 3-5 days to see your initial design concepts.

The entire process takes about 2-3 weeks from when you submit your project kick-off call, depending on how quickly you’re able to choose a style board and give feedback.

A design plan is what you will receive at the end of the design process.

Your design plan will have 3D renderings of your space in different views, a floor plan to help you see the layout and size and scale of your furniture, sourcing for all the main pieces of the furniture you need for the room and a shopping list of accent furniture and decor you’ll need to create the look you fell in love with. 

Every design concept we present to you will be accompanied by a floor plan. We do this to show you how all the items we recommend for your room will fit in your room. No more guessing if something will fit your space!

If you’re not happy with our service, we want to do everything to make it right. We appreciate that you chose us to help you design your home and we want to make sure we get it right.

If we aren’t able to do what you need from us, we’ll give you your money back.

At the end of the design process, you receive your final design plan.

Your design plan will have a few 3D style boards that show you what your room will look like, a floor plan that tells you where everything goes, the furniture plan you’ve approved and a shopping list of accessories that you may choose to purchase.

If you need any additional support with installation, we are happy to help in any way we can.

If you purchase a Fully Furnished Design Plan, you’ll start with one initial design concept. Want more? Ask us how to purchase an extra design concept during the kick-off call.

You will communicate with your Daakorator using the messaging functionality on our platform.

Click on the Messages tab on your project to send a direct message to your Daakorator.

If you opted to start with an extra design concept or two, you’ll see a button next to each style board saying ‘Work with this Daakorator’. Click on the button and you’ll be on your way to the next phase of the process.

After you have chosen your design concept, you can send a message to your Daakorator to let them know what you want to see in your final design concept.

Start the conversation by discussing any tweaks that you want to see to your style board and work from there.

If you need additional help, please contact us. We’re here to help!

We don’t want to rush you, so take a couple of days but don’t wait too long to choose a design concept.

From the initial starting point, you’re probably looking at about 2-3 weeks if you’re timely in choosing a desing concept and giving feedback to your Daakorator.

We shop at many of the same shops as you do and we have access to some exlusive trade-only vendors as well. We source of a mix of these partners depending on your style, budget and space.

We don’t markup furniture that we get from retail vendors that you have access to. So, you’re not going to pay more than what you would if you went directly to one of these stores. These stores may offer us a discount or a commission for the sale if you purchase through us.

When we source from trade-only vendors, we follow the guidance from the vendor or manufacturer on pricing.

We are able to leverage our trade relationships to offer you better pricing when you purchase all the furniture directly from us.

We want to make sure you’re happy with room design. If you’re not happy for any reason, please contact us. We want to make it right.

Yes. Make a note of what you like/dislike on each of the initial design concepts and let your Daakorator know once you choose a concept to move forward with.

Yes. We’d be happy to incorporate any items you already own into the design.

Since we don’t come to your home to see what your room looks like, a photographs helps us see your room virtually.  We need to see the room in more than one angle. So the guide we put together tells you to take 3 photos on each wall you have in the room you want to furnish and decorate.

Check out the guide to photographing a room for more info.

Your Daakor Design Brief is what we use as input to create your design concepts. Your design brief represents you. So, it’s important to tell us everything that you think is important for us to know.

Here are some tips to get you going on the right foot.

Create Pinterest boards.

Pinterest boards help us understand what design styles you gravitate towards. We find that most people like to go by labels – mid-century modern, traditional, country, modern, etc – but the truth is we find that people often choose more than one style when there are no labels attached.

This is especially true when we are working with a couple or a family. So, we’d rather you show us what type of designs you like and base your design plan on that info.

Sure, we have a few pics that you can choose from on our design brief questionnaire but that only gives us the bare minimum on what your style could be.

Aim for a Pinterest board with about 15-20 pins of rooms you like that you could find on Pinterest, Houzz or elsewhere on the web.  It will really go far to help us understand your style.

Measure your room and show us what your room looks like.

Since we provide e-design services and our Daakorators don’t see your room in person, it’s really important that we can visualize your room so we can get the proportions right for the design plan.

Follow the instructions provided for measuring and photographing your room and upload all your info to the design brief.

Tell us what’s important and relevant to you.

It could be a bit about how you plan to use the room, or who will be using the room, and a little about your lifestyle and anything else that might be relevant to you.

For example, in a recent project we did, our client told us in passing about a celebrity designer that they really like to follow on HGTV. That really helped us better understand how to create a design plan for her that she would really love.