How much does home styling cost in Chicago?

Finishing Touches is billed at a flat fee per room, quoted after we assess the room's needs, so you know your design cost up front. Purchases for pillows, art, lamps, and accessories are separate and scaled to your budget.

How many rooms can I book?

As many as you like. Many clients start with the living room or the main floor and add bedrooms and offices later.

Do I have to buy everything you recommend?

No. You approve the plan before anything is ordered, and we adjust to your budget and taste.

What is not included?

Large furniture, full-size rugs, and overhead lighting are outside this service. Those belong in Full Service Interior Design.

How long does it take?

Most rooms move from assessment to install within a few weeks, depending on the lead times of the pieces selected.

Do you serve my neighborhood?

We serve Chicago and the surrounding neighborhoods, including Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, Lakeview, West Loop, Bucktown, Wicker Park, and River North.

Home Styling and Accessorizing in Chicago, IL

Finishing Touches is a flat-fee-per-room home styling and accessorizing service in Chicago, IL from Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors. It is designed for homeowners who already own their major furniture but need pillows, throws, art, mirrors, lamps, plants, accent tables, small rugs, decorative objects, paint, or wallpaper selected and installed to make a room finally feel complete.

Let Us Make Your Home Magazine Worthy!

Our Finishing Touches service is perfect for clients that have all the key furniture pieces but need help pulling the room together.

If your home feels bare, your sofas do not have accent pillows, the bookshelves are half empty, the coffee table feels lonely, the mantel is vacant, and the walls are without art, we are here to help.

This is the layer most people skip and every professionally designed room has. It is the difference between furniture in a room and a room that feels finished.

Who Finishing Touches Is For

You bought the sofa, the bed, and the dining table, and then stopped.
You have lived in the house for years and the walls are still bare.
You have accessories but they are scattered, mismatched, or still in boxes.
You are listing your home and want it to photograph well.
You are hosting and you want the main floor to look intentional.
You keep buying pillows and none of them work together.

How It Works

We charge a flat fee per room. We will assess the room’s needs, but here are examples of items that may be included:

Pillows
Throw blankets
Wall art and sculpture art
Decorative objects
Mirrors
Plants, live or faux
Small accent tablesS
mall area rugs
Lamps, table or floor
Paint and wallpaper

Please note: this service does not include large furniture, full-size rugs, or overhead lighting. If your room needs those, Full Service Interior Design is the better fit and we will tell you so on your call.

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” -Wassily Kandinksy

The Finishing Touches Process

Step 1 —

Assessment

We walk the room, photograph it, take measurements, and identify what is missing and what is working against you.

Step 3 —

Presentation and Approval

You see the plan before anything is purchased. Nothing arrives as a surprise.

Step 2 —

Curation

We source pillows, art, mirrors, lamps, objects, and textiles that layer color, texture, and pattern with the pieces you already own.

Step 4 —

Install and Style

We hang the art, place the objects, fluff the pillows, and style the shelves, mantel, and coffee table. You come home to a finished room.

Why Accessorizing Is the Step That Makes a Room

Accessories carry the personality of a home. Scale, height variation, repetition of color, and odd-numbered groupings are what make a bookshelf read as designed rather than stocked. Art hung at the wrong height makes an expensive room feel amateur, and a coffee table with one object on it always looks unfinished.

This is craft, not shopping. It is also the fastest, most affordable way to dramatically change how a room feels without construction, delivery trucks, or a six-month timeline.

Finishing Touches FAQs

Finishing Touches is billed at a flat fee per room, quoted after we assess the room’s needs, so you know your design cost up front. Purchases for pillows, art, lamps, and accessories are separate and scaled to your budget.
As many as you like. Many clients start with the living room or the main floor and add bedrooms and offices later.
No. You approve the plan before anything is ordered, and we adjust to your budget and taste.
Large furniture, full-size rugs, and overhead lighting are outside this service. Those belong in Full Service Interior Design.
Most rooms move from assessment to install within a few weeks, depending on the lead times of the pieces selected.
We serve Chicago and the surrounding neighborhoods, including Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, Lakeview, West Loop, Bucktown, Wicker Park, and River North.