Project Timelines & Client Expectations

Cousins, Not Sisters. How do you design two rooms that feel connected without making them look identical? This week on Bill to...etc., Dina, Ariana, and Alex are breaking down the art of designing rooms with direct sightlines, especially in traditional New England homes where living rooms, dining rooms, and foyers are often visually connected. From mixing patterns and coordinating color palettes to choosing rugs, lighting, and finishes, the team shares their approach to giving each room its own personality while maintaining a cohesive design. Plus, Dina reveals the Honey & Fitz Interiors 3, 2, 1 formula: three things that connect the rooms, two things that make them different, and one subtle detail that bridges them together. Because connecting rooms should feel like cousins, not sisters. Related, but never identical. Follow Us! Instagram: @honeyandfitz Website: www.honeyandfitz.com ShopMy: ⁠shopmy.us/shop/dholland⁠ YouTube: @billtoetc Spotify: Bill to...etc. Apple Podcasts: Bill to...etc

Spoiler alert: Interior design is a whole lot more than picking pretty fabrics and wallpaper. This week on Bill to...etc., Dina and Ariana welcome fellow Honey & Fitz Interiors designer Alex to break down what actually goes on inside a designer's brain. (Hint: it never shuts off.) From the first home visit, they're analyzing everything. Measurements, proportions, furniture placement, flow, and how a family actually uses their space. Because before the pretty things come the practical things. The three share their different approaches, real project challenges, and the countless decisions that go into making a space both beautiful and functional. Turns out, there's a whole lot of math behind making it all look effortless.

Even interior designers have design regrets. This week, Dina and Ariana are looking back at the design decisions they’d rather forget. The trends they’ve outgrown, the choices they weren’t confident enough to question, the risks they wish they had taken, and the pieces still living in their homes as evidence. From Ari’s questionable early relationship decor to the things Dina would never do again, they’re breaking down how personal style evolves with confidence, experience, and a few mistakes along the way. Because sometimes you have to look back and ask: What was I thinking?

Design Court is officially in session. You submitted your biggest at-home design debates, and Dina and Ariana are ready to weigh in. Quartz or marble with small children? Keep the formal dining room or turn it into an office? Wallpaper the powder room ceiling? And how much leopard print is too much? According to Ari: never enough. From couples who can’t agree to design decisions that have divided the household, Dina and Ari are taking sides and handing down their verdicts. Whose side are you on?

Construction is expensive, and the pretty stuff comes later. In this episode of Bill to...etc, we’re breaking down the real cost of construction and renovation, from the foundation and framing to the layers of a home that have to be addressed before you ever choose the wallpaper or lighting. As interior designers, we live and breathe this industry, so we know what materials, trades, and labor typically cost—and here’s the reality check: labor is often the biggest line item. We’re adding it all up to reveal what a real renovation can cost in our area. Don’t kill the messenger—this is what the numbers look like. And when we reveal the final total? You might be the only one shocked. What does construction cost where you live? Let us know.