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A real plan, for whatever you're stuck on.

A second set of eyes is the highest leverage thing most people can do before they spend money on a room.

Tell me about your project
Shelby hanging a small antique portrait beside a plaster archway
What you get

A house that looks collected, on purpose.

Whether it's a room redesign, a full home renovation, or simply figuring out what your space needs next, I help bring thoughtful, personal homes together through design, renovation, and the details that make a space feel lived in.

A collected home looks like it happened slowly. It almost never does. Behind a room that feels gathered over years is a plan: layout worked out before anything is chosen, then finishes, then furniture, then the small things on top, with a sourcing list so you know what to buy and in what order.

You work with your own builder or contractor. I help deliver the vision.

Four ways to work together

Start small, or hand over the whole house.

01

The Virtual Consultation

One hour. Ask me anything.

$200

The hour is yours. Walk me through the house on video, bring one room or bring five, or rapid fire every question you have been saving. Layout, scale, what stays and what goes, whether that tile works with that one, what I would do here. Send photos, measurements and inspiration ahead so none of the hour is spent catching up.

  • 60 minute video call
  • Review of your photos and measurements beforehand
  • Specific paint, finish and material direction
  • Written recap with next steps, sent within two business days
  • More time available at an additional rate
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02

The In-Home Consultation

One hour, in your house.

$300

Everything the virtual hour covers, plus the part that only works in person. I will move furniture, try a rug in a different room, reposition art, and work with what you already own so you can see the space differently before I leave. Especially useful for a house about to be gutted, while the decisions are still cheap to change.

  • 60 minutes on site
  • Travel within 30 miles included, farther by arrangement
  • Room by room notes on layout, scope and sequence
  • Furniture and art moved in real time, not just discussed
  • Written summary afterward
  • Credited toward a Room Plan if you book one
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03

The Room Plan

The full design, delivered as a document.

Quoted per project

Layout worked out first, then finishes, then furniture and sourcing. You get everything a contractor needs to build it and everything you need to buy it, without anyone standing over the job.

  • Three to five weeks, kickoff call to final plan
  • Priced per room, so you can start with one
  • Kickoff call and measurements review
  • Floor plan, including layout changes
  • Paint, tile, fixtures, lighting, hardware
  • Furniture and styling plan
  • Itemized sourcing list with links, sizes and quantities
  • Elevations for built-ins and tile layouts
  • Two rounds of revisions
  • A follow up call once you have the plan in hand
Ask about The Room Plan → Most people start here
04

The Whole House

A full renovation, start to finish, with me on it the whole way.

Quoted per project

For a gut renovation or new construction, where the decisions do not stop at a document. I stay on the project from the first floor plan through the last piece of hardware: scoping the work, choosing every material, checking in as it gets built, and catching the things that only show up on site.

  • Full scope and phasing plan before anything is ordered
  • Floor plans and elevations for every room
  • Every finish, fixture, and piece of hardware specified
  • Furniture and styling plan for the whole house
  • Regular site walks while the work is underway
  • Ongoing check-ins with you and your contractor
  • Decisions made in real time as things come up
  • Final styling once the trades are out
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A consultation ends when the hour ends. Sourcing, shopping links, mood boards and drawings are design package work, and I will tell you which package fits what we uncover.

Every tier is design work. I make the decisions and give your contractor, painter or installer what they need to build it.

Room Plan and Whole House pricing depends on the number of rooms and how much layout work is involved. Ask below and you will get a real number.

The process

How a Room Plan actually runs.

01

Kickoff

A call to walk the space on video, talk through how you actually live in it, and be honest about budget. You send measurements and photos ahead. This is also where I will tell you if the room needs less work than you think.

02

Layout first

Before a single finish is chosen, the plan gets solved. Walls, openings, where the light comes from, whether that closet can steal three feet from the hall. Most rooms that feel wrong are a layout problem wearing a decorating problem's clothes.

03

Finishes and furnishing

Paint, tile, stone, hardware, lighting, flooring, window treatments, then the furniture and the small things on top. Presented together so you can see the room, not a list of parts.

04

Two rounds, then it's yours

You react, I adjust, twice. Then you get the final plan and an itemized sourcing list with links. Take it to your contractor, build it whenever you're ready.

What it looks like

The work is mostly in the small decisions.

Shelby hanging a small antique portrait beside a plaster archway
I pulled art and frames from all over the house, added thrifted finds, and built this wall from the bottom up. No template, just piece by piece.
Bedroom with green panelled wainscot, rust bedding and a gallery wall of small paintings
A finished room, worked out on paper first.
Trailing plant and an antique clock on a brass tray, on a walnut shelf
The last ten percent, which is the part people notice.
Work with me

Tell me about the house.

I take on a small number of projects at a time, so tell me what you are working on and I will be in touch within two or three business days. Only your name and email are required. The rest just makes that first reply more useful.

1The Essentials
2Your Home
Which rooms
3Budget & Timeline
This is the budget for the project itself: materials, labor and furnishings, not my fee. It is not a filter either, it is how I avoid designing something you would never build.
4Inspiration

Photos of the space help more than anything else here. Send them to hello@shelbyraneyhome.com after you hit send, or just reply to my email with them attached.

Brand and partnership inquiries are welcome at hello@shelbyraneyhome.com.