Design Studio by Julia Childs

Name: Design Studio by Julia Childs
Address: St. George, UT, US
Telephone: 435-429-0957

St. George interior design studio offering full-service design and custom furnishings for Southern Utah clients.

Design Studio by Julia Childs offers interior design and custom furnishings in St. George. Custom furniture is the part of the trade least visible from outside, and it operates on a specification-and-lead-time model that has almost nothing in common with buying from a showroom floor.

Worth knowing

A custom piece is specified rather than chosen. The frame is selected first - its dimensions, its arm and back style, its seat height and depth - then the interior construction, meaning suspension type and cushion fill, then the covering. Those are independent choices, which is why the same frame can be built as a firm formal sofa or a soft deep one. Dimensions are adjustable within the maker's range, and that flexibility is the real argument for custom: a room with an awkward wall, a low window or an unusual traffic path can be furnished properly rather than approximately.

Fabric introduces the trade's most useful abbreviation. COM stands for customer's own material - fabric bought separately from a mill or a design house and shipped to the workshop, rather than chosen from the manufacturer's own book. It is how a piece gets a covering the maker does not offer, and it requires an accurate yardage estimate from the workshop before the fabric is ordered, plus attention to repeat and railroading, which govern how a pattern can be laid on the frame. All of it takes time - custom upholstery lead times are typically measured in months rather than weeks - which is why furniture is specified early in a project rather than at the end.

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Address

St. George, UT

Contact

Work Phone: 435-429-0957

Frequently asked questions

What does COM mean in furniture ordering?

Customer's own material. The fabric is purchased separately, from a mill or design house rather than from the furniture manufacturer's own range, and shipped to the workshop to be applied to the frame. It is how a piece receives a covering the maker does not stock, and it requires a yardage estimate from the workshop first.

Why does custom furniture take months?

Because it is built after it is ordered rather than pulled from stock. The frame is made, the suspension and cushions built up, and the covering cut and applied, and where the fabric comes from a separate supplier that shipment has to arrive first. Lead times measured in months are normal, which is why furniture is specified early in a project.

Is custom furniture only about appearance?

Dimensions are usually the stronger argument. A frame can be built to a specified length, depth, seat height and arm style, which lets a room with an awkward wall, a low window or an unusual traffic path be furnished properly rather than with the nearest available standard size.

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