New-Construction Selections
New-Construction Interior Design Selections in the Right Order
Building a home means choosing flooring, tile, cabinets, lighting, fixtures and paint while the schedule keeps moving — and the choices affect one another. New Nest Navigator is homeowner-side selection guidance at $250 per hour, there to help you work through the decisions in an organized order.
Timing
The Best Time to Start Is Before the Options Shrink
Selections in a build aren't independent — decisions made early can narrow the options available later.
That's why the useful moment to involve Elissa is before the important interior selections are finalized. While the choices are still open, she can help you compare what's actually available and make the decisions with the rest of the home in view.
The Signature Idea
Selections Made in an Order That Helps the Next One
Every build runs on its own schedule, so this isn't a construction timeline — it's the logic Elissa brings to the decisions, whatever order the builder needs them in.
01
The big fixed surfaces
- Flooring
- Tile
- Cabinets
The largest material decisions in the home. Elissa brings product knowledge across these categories and helps you compare the options and weigh the upgrades while the choices are open.
02
The metals, lights and hardware
- Lighting
- Plumbing fixtures
- Hardware
Finish, scale and style questions that are easy to second-guess. Elissa's design guidance keeps these selections connected to the rest of the home instead of decided one showroom at a time.
03
Paint and the finishing layer
- Paint
- Remaining fixed finishes
When Elissa recommends colors and finishing selections, she considers the flooring, cabinets and materials you've already chosen — so the palette is picked with the whole home in mind.
The Service
New Nest Navigator
Hourly interior-design selection guidance during your build.
New-Construction Design Selections
$250/hour
“New Nest Navigator”
- Skilled selection services for finishes and materials
- Product knowledge and guidance for the homeowner
- Confident recommendations on upgrades and current design trends
Decisions You Can Hold
Flooring, tile, cabinet finish, counter, paint and hardware get chosen weeks apart and on different screens. Laid out together as physical samples, the combination either works or it doesn't, and that is far easier to judge before anything is ordered.
The rate is $250 per hour. What Elissa brings to those hours: product knowledge across finishes and materials, guidance for comparing the options in front of you, and candid recommendations on upgrades — including the ones she'd skip.
Clear Lanes
Working Alongside the Build
The arrangement is simple. Your builder builds the house. Elissa guides the interior-design selections. You stay in charge of the decisions — better informed, and with someone to think out loud with before anything gets ordered.
Are You the Builder?
If your buyers are the ones who need selection help, the same service works from your side of the project too.
Design Support for Your BuyersWhile You're Building
Two Decisions That Often Ride Along
Whole-home paint decisions during a build sometimes deserve their own appointment — the in-home paint color consultation exists for exactly that. And if you need help selecting furniture after the build, Furniture & Décor Sourcing is also available. Finished rooms from past work are in the portfolio, and the rest of the design services are gathered on the interior design overview.
Questions & Answers
New-Construction Questions
Begin Here
Start Your Selections
Bring the selections sheet, the deadline and the decisions you've been circling — that's enough to begin.
Want to ask something first? Reach out through the contact page