Interior design studio in Florence, Alabama
Rooms that finally feel finished.
Tess Calloway designs one room at a time for homes across the Shoals, for a flat fee you know before we start. You get a floor plan, a shopping list with real prices, and help on install day.
- 4.9 / 5
- from 87 Google reviews
- Reg. No. 00612
- Alabama registered interior designer
- Since 2014
- about 310 rooms finished
- The Shoals
- Lauderdale and Colbert counties
Flat fees, by the room.
The fee covers the design work. Furniture and decor are paid separately, at our trade price when we order for you. No hourly meter running while we think.
Design consultation
Two hours in your home. We walk every room, talk layout, color and what to keep, and you get written notes the next day.
$225Bedroom
Bed wall, lighting, window treatments, rug and bedding, plus a calmer place for the dresser.
$1,450Living room
Furniture layout around the TV and fireplace, sofa and chair choices, rug size, lamps, art wall.
$1,850Dining room
Table size for your crowd, chairs, a light fixture at the right height, sideboard and window.
$1,250Home office
Desk placement for video calls, storage that hides paper, task lighting and a good chair.
$1,150Open living and kitchen
One plan for the whole open space so the rooms talk to each other. Paint, stools, lighting, layout.
$2,600
Shopping and ordering: add $450 per room. Install day with Tess on site: add $500. Two or more rooms at once: 10% off the design fees.
What would your room cost to design?
Pick the room and how much help you want. The number is the design fee we would quote. The furnishing range is what Shoals clients typically spend on new pieces for that room.
Floor plan, mood sheet, priced shopping list, then we place every order, track deliveries and handle returns.
Ask about this roomHow a room comes together.
Most rooms take six to nine weeks, and most of that is waiting on furniture. Your part is about three hours in total.
- Week 0
Consult at home
Two hours together in the room. Tess measures, takes photos and asks how you actually use the space.
- Weeks 1 to 2
Design plan
A floor plan to scale, a mood sheet and a shopping list with prices and links. One round of changes is included.
- Weeks 3 to 7
Ordering
We order at trade price, track every box and check deliveries for damage before they reach your door.
- Install day
Everything placed
One long day: furniture set, rugs down, art hung, lamps wired, beds made. You come home to the finished room.
A few recent rooms.
Real budgets, ordinary houses. Clients kept a lot of what they already owned.
Client reviews
4.9 out of 5 · 87 Google reviews
We had lived with a living room we hated for eleven years. Tess kept our sofa, moved the TV off the fireplace wall and found a rug that hides dog hair. It cost less than we had set aside.
The flat fee was the reason I called. No surprise bill, and the shopping list had every price on it before I said yes.
Install day was the best part. I left for work with boxes everywhere and came home to a dining room with art on the walls.
One designer, one room at a time.
I'm Tess Calloway. I grew up in Killen, studied interior design at Auburn and worked for a furniture store in Huntsville for six years before opening this studio on Court Street in 2014.
It is just me and Ashlyn, who runs ordering and deliveries. That is on purpose. I take on four or five rooms at a time, so I can be at your consult, your install and every call in between.
I like houses that look lived in. Most of my clients keep half of what they own, and my job is to make the new half work with it.
- EducationB.S. Interior Design, Auburn University
- RegistrationAlabama Registered Interior Designer No. 00612
- Studio214 N Court St, Florence, by appointment
Where I work.
Consults are in your home. Anywhere on this list has no travel fee. Farther out, ask, I go as far as Athens and Russellville for a $60 trip fee.
- Florencestudio
- Sheffield10 min
- Muscle Shoals12 min
- Tuscumbia15 min
- Killen15 min
- St. Florian12 min
- Rogersville30 min
- Leighton25 min
Questions, then a consult.
Do I have to buy everything new?
No. Most rooms keep the sofa, the bed or the dining table. I plan around what you love and replace only what is not working.
How much should I budget for furniture?
For the Shoals, most living rooms land between $6,000 and $14,000 in furniture and decor, bedrooms between $3,000 and $8,000. Your shopping list is built to the number you give me.
Do I get your trade discount?
Yes, when we order for you. Most of my vendors give 15 to 30% off retail, and that savings goes to you. It often covers the ordering fee.
Can I do the shopping myself?
Of course. Pick "Design plan only" and you get the floor plan and a priced list with links. Plenty of clients buy a little each month.
What if I don't like the plan?
One round of changes is part of the fee, and it is usually enough. If we need a second round on a big piece, it is $95 an hour.
How soon can you start?
Consults are usually booked about two weeks out. Install days fill up in November before the holidays, so call early for those.