Schedule your one-on-one design consultation and visit our private design center in Williamsburg. Explore expertly crafted vignettes, designer fabrics, finishes, and wall coverings, then leave with a clear plan to bring your vision to life. No fee. No obligation.
Booking an appointment is the start of a thoughtful, low-pressure process. Here is exactly how it unfolds, from the moment you schedule to the day you walk out with a plan.
Pick a day and time that works for you using our online scheduler. You will receive a confirmation right away with everything you need before your appointment.
When you arrive at our Williamsburg design center, our team greets you, gets you settled with a refreshment, and introduces your dedicated designer.
Your designer asks about your home, your routines, and the look you love. No assumptions, no scripts. Just a real conversation about what you want your space to feel like.
Touch the fabrics. Test the cushions. Compare wood and metal finishes side by side under real light. This is the part you cannot get from a website.
Your designer pulls together pieces, layouts, and finishes drawn from our curated showroom and trade-only resources you will not find anywhere else.
You go home with a clearer vision, refined options, and zero pressure. When you are ready to move forward, we are here. When you need to think, that is perfectly fine too.
Joe explains how the experience works, what happens from your first visit through delivery day, and how his team makes sure you leave with a plan you feel good about.
If you already know the pieces, fabrics, and finishes you want, we move quickly online, by phone, or in store. Still deciding? We sit down with you one-on-one and narrow in on the perfect piece.
Our associates hand-deliver every piece to your home and place it exactly where you imagined. Careful, professional, and global when needed.
From the first conversation to the final placement, our team stays with you to make sure every detail of your order is handled with care.
None of this is required. We can absolutely start from a blank page. But if you can bring along any of the items below, your designer can move faster and your hour will go further.
A handful of phone photos from different angles helps your designer understand light, scale, and existing pieces you want to keep.
Width, length, and ceiling height for the room or rooms you want to refresh. A simple sketch is plenty. We can refine details later.
Pinterest boards, magazine tear sheets, paint chips, a beloved rug. Anything that signals the feeling you want. If you have none of this, do not worry.
Come ready to look, touch, and explore. Bring a partner, your contractor, or your own interior designer. The more voices, the better the result.
Every appointment unlocks the full breadth of what The Shops can offer. These are the services included with your complimentary consultation.
Hand curated pieces from over 400 of the world’s finest furniture makers, sized and styled to fit your home.
Hundreds of designer fabrics, leathers, and wood finishes sampled side by side so you can see and feel how they work together.
Bring your floor plans and we will help you arrange scale, flow, and focal points so every room feels intentional.
Build a cohesive palette across walls, upholstery, rugs, and accents, pulled from real samples instead of screen renderings.
Working on more than one room? We carry style, color, and proportion through every space without it ever feeling matchy.
When you are ready to bring it home, our white-glove team places, assembles, and inspects every piece, across town or across the country.
Yes, completely. There is no fee, no deposit, and no obligation to purchase anything. We offer it because most people make better decisions with real materials in front of them.
Not at all. Many guests come in to gather ideas, take samples home, and think it over. Whenever you are ready, days, weeks, or months later, we will be here.
Absolutely. We encourage spouses, partners, contractors, or your own interior designer to come along. The more voices in the room, the better the result.
Plan for about an hour for the consultation itself, plus extra time to wander the showroom afterwards if you would like. There is a lot to take in.
Our private design center is inside The Shops at Carolina Furniture in Williamsburg, Virginia. Parking is easy and the entrance is well marked.
Your free, one-on-one design consultation is one click away.
