(Lena)
The Patricia project had been a long time coming and today was the day it either finished cleanly or didn't.
I arrived at the property before Patricia did. That was deliberate. I always did a final walk through alone before a client came in for sign off. Not because I expected problems at this stage but because I needed to see the space the way a client would see it for the first time. Fresh eyes. No familiarity dulling the details.
I stood in the entryway and looked at the room.
It was good.
Better than good actually.
Patricia had come to me with a brief that was clear enough to work with but cautious in the way clients were when they'd had bad experiences before. She wanted her home to feel like her. Not a showroom. Not a magazine feature. Just a space that reflected who she
