A house, a designer, then maybe Mr. Right
Many single women are not waiting to find the perfect partner and get married before purchasing and decorating their dream home. The traditional order of first comes love then comes marriage has given way to first comes a home - then maybe Mr. Right.
Trend and style watcher Sara Costello, creative director of Domino magazine, has noticed that single homeowners are becoming a growing part of the interior design market. Single women using interior designers include busy professionals who have the money but not the time to create a beautiful home, as well as divorcees and widows.
37 year old health care professional Danette Guay hired a professional designer to help her decorate the new home she purchased. Guay and her designer, Sharon McCormick, approached the project focusing on comfort and resale value. Guay mainly used McCoemick as a sounding board for her own ideas and purchases and found that using a designer added very little to the cost of her home as most of the features they picked out like paint, flooring, tiles and cabinets had to be purchased anyway.
(All cited quotes & figures are from The Vancouver Sun, Dec 29)