The brutal truth of designing celebrity homes: Victoria Hagan

no, no.

Has there ever been scenarios where you've been matched with a client that hires you because they love what you do and in the same breath tries to cast their creativity on you throughout the entire process? I love that.

And I think the way to handle that is really just to listen.

Listen.

I think creatives like a lot going on and I think what I am helpful with with creatives is I help them focus I help them edit I help them come up with the most important part of what they're saying I'm listening to everything and but I'm also watching I'm watching body behavior of course how they um it was fun i was just on the west coast yesterday with new clients a young family the house is amazing it's beautiful but it's nothing like what they want And they opened the door and I was like, oh, it's so nice to meet you.

And they were like, well, thank you so much for coming because this house is nothing like what we want, but we knew you would know how to make it work for us.

And I walk in, I'm like, oh boy, I've got my work cut out for me.

It's a

real project.

You don't just immediately see the end.

It is not easy.

It is challenging.

but just spending time and listening and thinking.

And I saw this formal dining room and I'm like, do you like to entertain? Tell me about how you entertain.

And they're like, oh, we like to have a buffet.

We like to have our friends over, the kids and things.

I'm like, this formal dining room is not going to be working for you.

It won't do anything for you.

It won't do anything for you.

It's going to sit empty, soulless and like nothing happening.

I said, this is an important area of the house.

It's a room where socializing happens.

Yes.

I said, let's make this a family room.

This house doesn't have a family room.