The Workshop
Includes access to your own project board, preloaded with videos, slide shows, and how-to instruction to guide you through the design, mechanical, and management processes you need for a successful home renovation. The project board, all instructional materials, and everything you design is yours to keep.
Includes access to your own project board, preloaded with videos, slide shows, and how-to instruction to guide you through the design, mechanical, and management processes you need for a successful home renovation. The project board, all instructional materials, and everything you design is yours to keep.
Includes access to your own project board, preloaded with videos, slide shows, and how-to instruction to guide you through the design, mechanical, and management processes you need for a successful home renovation. The project board, all instructional materials, and everything you design is yours to keep.
The Workshop will give you the skills, inspiration, and support you need to confidently design and manage small or large renovations. By bringing you directly into the design process, the Workshop delivers unique, high-quality solutions for your home’s design problems.
What you get:
Design. Learn how to clarify your design intent, create floor plans and elevations, select a color palette, source materials, and find your style. See the big picture with a well organized spreadsheet and keep the details organized.
Mechanicals. Everything you need to know about the mechanics of your home: plumbing, electrical, insulation, and HVAC. This is critical when it comes to building trust with contractors and ultimately saves you money.
Management. Learn how to write a scope of work. Hire and manage contractors with a vetting process. Build accountability into your contract so that you feel confident during the construction phase. Track your material and labor budgets like a pro.
PLUS! A ‘Bonus Pack’ that includes a how to select paint colors, a tile installation process roadmap, how to make a color desaturation chart, and furnishing resources
A note about refunds:
Please note that we do not offer refunds on The Workshop. We are as clear as possible in the marketing materials to inform you about what is included and what you will learn. If you have any questions, see below for a link to schedule a free clarifying call.
We are committed to transparency in our offering, so if f you have any questions, contact us at info@refugedesignworkshop.com
Who should join:
If you want to remodel your home but don’t know where to start
If you have a backlog of needed repairs
If you are the default home caregiver and want help managing it all
If you want a high quality renovation and don’t want to waste money or time
If you’re not sure your contractor or handy-person is giving you the right information
If you’re frustrated with design flaws in your kitchen (bathroom, basement, dining room . . . )
If you’re in the middle of a renovation and it’s not going well for whatever reason
If you plan to do a renovation in the next year and want help with the budget
If you just bought a new home and it has unexpected problems
If your home needs work and you feel overwhelmed
Hi,
I’m Eleanor Graves, MFA, MA/ID. I’m a design lover, an art lover, a color theory nerd, and an avid seeker of nice things. Talking about what makes a design functional, beautiful, both, or neither is the most fun thing in the world to me.
My goal is to maximize the comfort and beauty a home can provide. It makes me happy to help families and individuals design their space, to discover what really works for them. My mission is to improve the quality of your home and your life, and in the process to make you the unrivaled expert of your home.
While investing in and rehabbing vacant and abandoned properties in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, I saw some truly broken down homes. I learned about homes that suffer, whether from old age and neglect or incompetent repairs and renovations. I learned how difficult it was to bring these buildings back. Developing the skills needed to manage these projects was hard-won.
I share what I learned while renovating these difficult properties because I want to empower home owners to better advocate for the needs of their houses and apartments.
Joining The Workshop is the best way I know to get everything you need to know about improving or maintaining your home in one place. I created this with busy people in mind, who need both affordability and customized support to help improve and maintain their home.
Please reach out to me if you have any questions by scheduling a free call. I would love to chat about your home with you.