Design Day in San Francisco and the Bay Area
A Day in Your Home
one focused day, one design plan
Through our experience working with clients across San Francisco and the Bay Area, we've learned that not every project asks for full-service interior design. Some clients want professional guidance and a sourced plan, but prefer the flexibility to implement at their own pace and budget. Design Day was created for them.
Whether you're finishing a few remaining spaces, phasing your furnishing investment over time, or simply prefer a more hands-on approach, this session leaves you with a thoughtful design plan — and the confidence to bring it to life, on your own timeline.
Design Day is built for projects covering up to three rooms in your home, with a furnishings budget starting at $50,000. Pieces you already own and love can be woven into the plan.
How Design Day Works
Phase One:
Getting to know you
Before your Design Day, we'll get to know your taste, your home, and the pieces you already love. You'll complete a detailed design questionnaire — covering your style preferences, the materials you're drawn to, and any furniture you'd like to incorporate — and share inspiration images plus photos and measurements of the rooms we'll be working in. We review everything thoroughly, so we arrive with your style and goals in mind.
If you're still working out your aesthetic before our session, How to Discover Your Ideal Design Aesthetic is a useful starting place.
Phase Two:
A day in your home
Up to four hours of uninterrupted, in-home time with your interior designer, focused on up to three rooms in your home. Together we'll walk your spaces, talk through your goals, and shape the direction of your plan. A portion of our day is spent collaborating with you in your home; the rest is spent behind the scenes, sourcing the specific pieces and finishes for your design plan.
Phase Three:
Your design plan arrives
Within two weeks of your Design Day, you'll receive your comprehensive digital design plan — detailing the furniture, accessories, and finishes we recommend, sourced through select retailers. Where the design calls for it, your plan may also include paint, wallpaper, or custom millwork recommendations for you to coordinate with your own painter or millworker. We walk through it together in a virtual presentation.
Phase Four:
Support when you need it
Once we've walked through your design plan together in your virtual presentation, we move into the support phase — two weeks of email support to work through any questions as you begin to implement, plus one round of reselections if requested within three days of the presentation.
If you'd like ongoing guidance beyond your support window, our Interior Design Consulting service is a way to stay in touch with us across the life of your project.
Your Interior Designer
Your Design Day is led start-to-finish by one of our principal interior designers — Veronica Jurist or Aggie Revane, co-owners of Studio VAE. Between them, they bring decades of residential experience across San Francisco and the Bay Area, from the Outer Richmond to Pacific Heights, Cole Valley to Noe Valley. The eye reading your rooms is the eye behind every recommendation in the plan that follows.
What Clients Say
words from clients who've trusted us with their homes
“She took the time to understand my preferences and never made me feel rushed. What stood out was how precisely she handled every detail — nothing overlooked, everything thoughtfully planned and executed. Genuinely kind and easy to work with on top of it.”
- Lindsay, San Francisco
Design Day FAQs
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Design Day is a focused engagement covering up to three rooms in your home. It includes up to four hours of in-home time with your interior designer, behind-the-scenes sourcing, a comprehensive digital design plan delivered within two weeks, a virtual design presentation, and two weeks of email support afterward.
For more on the work behind the scenes at our studio, see What Interior Designers Actually Do.
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The three services answer different needs. Interior Design Consulting is a remote guidance session for specific design questions — no deliverables, just expert direction. Full-Service Interior Design is end-to-end project leadership across many months — drawings, full procurement, installation oversight, all of it.
Put simply: Consulting helps you decide, Design Day gives you a sourced plan to act on, Full-Service we run the project for you.
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You can request one round of reselections within three days of your virtual presentation as part of our included support. After that window, additional changes are handled separately at our hourly rate.
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Yes. Window treatments are the one category we purchase and install on your behalf, given the precision involved in measuring, fabricating, and installing them well. All other furniture and accessories are purchased directly by you through the retailers we recommend.
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Design Day is offered throughout San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, with no travel fee within our standard service area. For projects beyond that radius, please inquire — we accept select projects further afield depending on scope and timing.
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Design Day is a flat design fee of $5,000, paid in full when you sign your proposal and contract. It's intended for projects with a furnishings budget starting at $50,000. Furnishings and accessories are purchased separately by you through select retailers we recommend.
CONNECT WITH US
hello@studiovae.com
HOURS
Monday - Thursday
9 am - 4 pm PST
LOCATION
San Francisco, CA
Studio VAE is a full-service interior design studio crafting timeless and meaningful spaces with purpose. We serve clients in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Inquire About Design Day
A day in your home, a plan in your hands. Tell us a little about your project and we'll be in touch to set up a brief intro call.