Interior Designer is also your project manager

Dotty Wyman, Interior Designer is also your project manager

I wanted to provide some specific information about what types of services an interior designer can provide to you.  Most people hire an interior designer with the understanding that the designer is able to design an interior space.  They will select the fabrics, furniture, design the layout, paint colors, etc...  This is all true, but we also offer the important service of project management for creating your new room.  This is an essential part of designing and executing any interior design plan.

The project management aspect of designing a room starts right at the beginning of the project.  The designer has resources available to identify trades people who do excellent work, are reliable and are conscientious.  In many cases the interior designer has worked with them or has a strong recommendation from a colleague.  These resources are extremely valuable to the success of your design project.  Once a project is underway, the designer will coordinate the trades people through each phase of the project.  This includes scheduling, follow up calls and review of the work being done.  These responsibilities are critical to having a successful design.  A client who does not have much time to spend researching trades people will rely heavily on the designer for their their project management skills.

Currently, I am working with a client remodeling her kitchen.  Both she and her husband work and are not able to spend much time getting into all the details of the project.  They are relying on me to coordinate with the granite fabricator, tile showroom and tile installer to get all the work completed in their new kitchen.  This particular client had already lined up the hardwood floor construction, so it is my responsibility to coordinate the tile and granite installation with the floor installation.  The designer can also work with trades people a client may have worked with in the past.

Using a designer does not necessarily increase the cost of creating a custom designed interior space.  A designer's expertise can put our clients in contact with the right trades people, select a design that is functional and well thought out and keep a project on track.  Saving the client from selection mistakes, timing delays and providing product information.  A job well done by a designer includes the desired interior space, which is completed on budget and timely. 

Dotty

Dotty Wyman Designs 
508-219-4739
www.DottyWymanDesigns.com

Inner Light Bodyworks
Massage, Energy Healing and Facelift Massage

Science Shows:
Massage Benefits Are More Than Skin Deep

According to a recent New York Times article, clinical research shows that massage caused biological changes in test subjects. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles recruited 53 healthy adults, fitted them with intravenous catheters so blood samples could be taken immediately before the massage and up to an hour afterward.

To their surprise, the researchers, sponsored by the

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health, found that a single session of massage caused biological changes.

Volunteers who received Swedish massage experienced significant decreases in levels of the stress hormone cortisol in blood and saliva, and in arginine vasopressin, a hormone that can lead to increases in cortisol. They also had increases in the number of lymphocytes, white blood cells that are part of the immune system.
Volunteers who had a light massage experienced greater increases in oxytocin, a hormone associated with contentment, and bigger decreases in adrenal corticotropin hormone, which stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol. Bottom line, massage is a medically-proven stress buster!

Good Massage Does More Than Relax Your Muscles...

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Contact Debra Bloom:

508-261-9535

InnerLightBodyworks@verizon.net

Autumn Organizing

 
       The leaves and temperatures are falling, and before you know it the gift giving season will be upon us.  Before that happens why not take the opportunity to organize two areas in which autumn is the perfect time to work, your attic and garage.  The temperatures, now, are just right for tackling these two areas, and once you're finished you'll be ready for packages, gift bags, and bows.
       Your attic and garage are the typical storage areas in your home and are usually filled with a variety of items.  Therefore, when it's time to organize them, you are faced with making decisions about items that you don't want, but aren't sure how to get rid of, and on items that you think  you should save, just in case.  I'd like to offer some solutions.  
      First of all, getting rid of items safely can be time consuming and troublesome, but with a bit of effort you can make it happen. 
 Click here for a list of my solutions.


Click Here for more helpful autumn organizing tips.

To contact Janine Cavanaugh, Personal Organizer

(508) 699-6652

www.helpfulorganizer.com

A message from WBN Director, Susan Finn

I am glad you found out about our Women's Business Network. We are a fairly informal group of women involved in many areas of business. We get together once a month to get to know each other and to try to help each other's businesses succeed.

The purpose of WBN is to offer networking opportunities and inspire, educate, and motivate women to be the best they can be in their business and personal lives.

September 2010 marks our sixth year of existence as a group. We now find ourselves with 50 members and over 25 women in attendance at our monthly meetings. Our meetings focus on getting to know each other better and on continuing to support each other in business by leading, mentoring and spreading each other's name all over the place! We are very grateful for our Leading Ladies (click here for their roles and contact information), who handle the many day-to-day details of running our organization.

Our WBN has become a larger, more diverse group than ever. In the past year, we have increased our e-mail contact list to over 125 women. This e-mail list is used to communicate with each other not only about meeting information, but also to spread the word about other networking or business opportunities for our enrichment. We hope that everyone on this list will continue to inform us of upcoming opportunities such as expos, networking, and other events that can help us all spread the word about WBN and the work of all the awesome women in our group.

Finally, I hope that you will find our website to be your one source for information about the many resources available for women's businesses in the Southeastern Massachusetts region. Please give us your feedback about how we can best serve you!

We hope to meet you at any of our monthly meetings or other events. Please join our mailing list to keep up to date on upcoming events and opportunities.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes,

Susan Finn

Send questions, news and other correspondence to WBN at: info@wbnsema.org
Send questions about membership to WBN at: membership@wbnsema.org

The Purpose of WBN

The purpose of WBN is to offer networking opportunities and inspire, educate, and motivate women to be the best they can be in their business and personal lives.

We meet on the second Tuesday of every month, from Sept-June, at HarborOne Credit Union, 131 Copeland Drive, Mansfield, MA 02048.

Guests are welcome!

Visit our website: http://www.wbnsema.org/  for more info.