Essenza -Interior design Consultations & Intensives

One Session. One Problem. The right answer-from a principal designer with thirty years of practice.

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Essenza

Luxury Interior Design Intensives

Sometimes you don't need a full design engagement. You need someone who can look at what you're working with, tell you exactly what it needs, and give you the clarity to move forward without second-guessing every decision.

You already have good instincts. What you need is someone to confirm them-or redirect you before something expensive gets locked in.

These focused sessions give you direct access to the same depth of thinking I bring to full-service projects, applied specifically to your most pressing challenge. One hour for targeted decisions. A full day for the problems that need real working time.


The Expensive Part Isn’t the Decision. It’s the Circling.

A stalled decision doesn’t just sit there politely. The contractor moves on to the job that’s ready. The cabinet order slips a production cycle. The fabric gets discontinued while you are deciding. And the longer a question stays open, the more the decisions around it start bending to accommodate the indecision.

Most of the expensive mistakes I’ve been hired to fix weren’t bad decisions. They were rushed ones, made under pressure, after weeks of circling-because by then, something had to be chosen.

One focused hour, earlier is how you avoid that.

High-end kitchen and interior design in Fairfield County CT & Charlotte, NC: kitchen millwork and cabinet elevation drawings created by Dawn P. Gepfert Design.

Essenza Ora
The One-Hour Intensive

Investment: $500

This session is for the homeowner who has been circling a decision and needs a seasoned eye to settle it. Materials, finishes, furniture layout, paint, lighting, cabinetry direction — bring whatever has been slowing you down and we'll work through it with clarity and purpose.

You'll leave knowing exactly what to do next. No overwhelm. No second-guessing. No ambiguity.

One room. One challenge. Clear next steps.

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The Full Day Intensive

Investment: $4,000

Some projects are too complex — or too important — to solve in an hour. This is a structured, hands-on working session for homeowners navigating multiple rooms, a renovation, or a layered set of decisions that need expert guidance and real momentum.

We work through your priorities in a focused, organized sequence. By the end of the day you have a professional-level roadmap, clear direction on materials and layouts, and the confidence to move forward without guesswork.

Essenza Studio is right for you when you’re:

  • Planning a renovation or new build and need architectural detail and space planning guidance

  • Facing multiple rooms or decisions that need to be addressed together

  • Ready to compress months of decision-making into a single productive day

  • Planning to execute independently, with a professional plan to follow

Months of decisions. One working day. A roadmap you can trust.

Not sure which session is right for you? Book a complimentary discovery call and we'll figure it out together.

Essenza Ora —

is for one decision that’s been stalling everything around it. A layout that isn’t working. A finish you keep circling. A renovation question that’s too expensive to guess at. One hour settles it.

$500-Book Now

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Which Session Is Yours?

The difference isn’t the size of your home. It’s the shape of the problem.

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Essenza Studio —

is for layered problems-a whole renovation, several rooms that have to work together, a set of decisions where each one depends on the last. That needs real working time, in sequence, in one day.

$4,000 — Book Now

THE PROCESS


1


Book Your Session


Choose Essenza Ora or Essenza Studio. Both are held virtually and designed to meet you exactly where you are in your project.


2


Tell Me What We’re Solving


You’ll receive a short questionnaire to outline your priorities, your questions, and where the project stands. You set the focus. I bring the strategy.

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We Work Through It In Real Time


Finishes, layouts, materials, direction-you get clear answers as we go, not a report to wait for. This is a working session, not a presentation.


4


You Leave With Next Steps


Clarity on what to do and the order to do it in. and if the session reveals your project needs more-a complete design plan, or full service-we’ll talk about whether Mezza or Tutto is the right next step. No pressure attached. Most sessions end at step four, and that’s the point.

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“I was able to completely put the job in Dawn’s hands. She did whatever it took to complete the project on time.”
— T.G. | Fairfield,CT

Ready to Move Forward ?

Both sessions are held virtually and designed to meet you exactly where you are in your project. You bring the questions. I bring thirty years of answers.

Book Your Session

Not sure which session fits? Schedule a complimentary discovery call instead.

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Ora

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