Cost: $269 (on sale from $499)
Time to initial design: 10 days
The most basic of Spacejoy’s three packages — called “Delight” — included working with a designer through the site’s messaging platform and the guarantee that I’d have my first design within 10 days. To get started, I took a “design quiz” that asked me to evaluate room and furniture images and pick the ones I liked best. Spacejoy also wanted to know my budget, preferred vendors and which current pieces I hoped to keep.
Within one day of submitting those details, my designer, Heather, messaged me to introduce herself. As promised, I had the initial renderings — complete with a couch, accent chair, several tables, window treatments, paint recommendations and more — within a week and a half. Heather sourced the biggest items from Crate & Barrel, one of my preferred vendors. I was pleased she’d paid attention to my requests, and her overall design closely matched my aesthetic. It was easy to imagine how the pieces would look in real life, since Spacejoy’s renderings have a 360-degree functionality that lets you view the room from all angles.
The Delight package included two rounds of revisions, so Heather and I went back and forth on some details. The couch she’d selected was upholstered in boucle, a fabric my fiance hates. And I was concerned the first layout didn’t offer enough seating. Heather’s solution: a sectional sofa, upholstered in a more typical woven fabric.
At the end of the process, I had five renderings with 3D modeling and a shopping list. I found Heather’s window-treatment and paint recommendations particularly helpful, and as another bonus, the Spacejoy website was easy to navigate.
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