I wanted my 800th review on Yelp to be special, so i chose to save it for my favorite store in…read moretown: Elite Interiors. I stumbled upon this store way back in February/March during the Van Wert Chocolate Walk. It was on of the stops and the moment I walked in the store, i gave an audible gasp. This place was beautiful! The decor was amazing! I was immediately imagining how it would look like in the house i was buying. I knew at that moment this store was dangerous... because it would separate me from my money in no time! I spoke with the owner of the store, Joanne, when i found out that they also did drapes. My new home came with some awfully garish drapes... purple drapes!?!?! Black drapes for a dining room? Ridiculous! I needed some new drapes and Joanne promised me she would show me some great options. She came to my new home and measured, she came up with someone wonderful ideas. During this time i also found out she was an interior designer. I just hired her to help me decorate the home and get me new drapes and decor to make my home beautiful. This was a great decision! Joanne has impeccable taste! She listens and understands the type of style her customers have... she then takes that and brings pieces that tastefully use that style to adorn and enrich your home. So much of my home decor now is from her store! I love how beautiful my home is!!!! Love it!!!!! If you are looking to change the drapes in your home... this is the place! If you need new decor for your home... come here! If you need an awesome interior designer... call Joanne! I am so thankful that u stumbled onto this incredible business during the chocolate walk!

From the owner: Elite Interiors is a full service interior design business and retail store specializing in custom…read moremade window treatments, furniture selection and arrangement, floor and wall treatments, accessories and lighting. We do in home or office consultations and have a beautiful showroom for you to shop in and to gather ideas. All of our products are professionally installed or delivered. We will help you create a environment suited to your taste, lifestyle, and budget.

Community driven architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban design firm. The…read moreconversations they begin and contribute to about making/creating a better community is inspiring.

Totem totally hit it out of the park on the sideboard they painted for us. Faux metal is no easy…read moretask but they were able to perfectly match an existing piece. Can't wait for the next piece-whatever it may be- they do for us!

We had a disaster paint job done! The amazing people at Totem came out and fixed it up! They were…read moreeasy to talk to and listened to my vision and helped me get it where I wanted it! I absolutely will use them!

DO NOT use this dishonest company. They do not pay their sub contractors and will not fix the…read moreproblems of their poor work. They took advantage of me, so please do yourself a favor and stay away. Her work is old and tired as well. I had to shut her down several times to keep her from further ruining my home.

My real estate agent suggested I call this business for consultation on furniture arrangement and…read morepaint colors in my new home. Their phone attitude was elitist, and they didn't send the information on their "design service".

From the owner: We are a couple of mom bosses who love to create beautiful spaces and are passionate about…read moreinvesting in the city of Fort Wayne. With a mission to inspire creativity and enable our community to transform their house into a home, we sought after (and found) a way to offer quality, trendy home furnishings at really great prices. We aren't your average home furnishings store - our inventory always stays fresh as we get new stuff almost weekly and it is always on point with current trends and styles. Plus, we really have fought hard to keep prices affordable. After all, we're moms who love to shop but don't want to break the bank!

Working in both stained and fusion glass, custom design windows, doors, wall hangings, sculpture…read moreand functional decor items. Come visit our studio in an orchard in the Pretty River Valley. Open by chance or appointment.

Only positive things to say about JICI! Well run company . Excellent job doing a total remodel of…read moreour .

When we began considering using Homes by JICI as our builder, we were unable to find much in the…read moreway of reviews. Therefore, we thought we should document our experience for anyone considering using them as the builder of their new home. We expected to immediately be offered to view a home that exhibited the quality of home built by them, but that never happened. We were provided the addresses of homes they had built in our area to drive by, but there is much more to a home than the exterior. To us, their initial interest seemed to be getting our name on the dotted line of the Design Agreement, thus assuring them of their money. However, we did ultimately sign a Design Agreement with them and went through the design process. Their Design Consultant was knowledgeable, and we appreciated her expertise. However, the Building Designer they provided us for architectural services announced his retirement soon after we began the process of designing our new custom home, and problems ensued as a result. Communication and response times were slow, unnecessarily delaying the process. We realize many of the problems that we experienced as a result were out of the control of the builder, but they certainly negatively affected the entire design process. We were also disappointed with the response of JICI in regards to issues with elevation, and their refusal to provide us with the details in order to resolve these issues. Though they stated they had final drawings available and would email them to us, this did not happen. They later stated they were part of the Construction contract. We felt it was part of the Design Agreement, and expected to have available to us all details necessary to complete our custom home, no matter what builder we chose. As a result, we now feel it may be necessary to pay for the services of another architect to provide us with these missing details for building our custom home! We were informed by others that Homes by JICI was more expensive than most in the area, but were initially reassured by their reputation for quality and stated attention to detail. During the design process, you will find that they add 10% OH&P (overhead and profit) to the bill of any service you have done by an outside contractor they schedule for you. For us, this included the survey and soil boring test we chose to have conducted, as well the architectural services. Throughout the design process, we found ourselves eliminating details we wished to include in our new home to keep cost overruns down. When it came time to sign the contract for the actual building of the home, the percent for OH&P quoted was over 12% of the actual cost for building the home. We began to question the fair market value of the home that we would build with JICI. In addition, there were expenses added that we felt were part of doing business. We found the terms of the contract "client unfriendly", and ultimately decided not to continue our association Luckily, we found another reputable builder, who immediately showed us one of his completed homes. We were able to walk through the entire house, discussing likes and dislikes, viewing the quality he quoted to us, and making some changes in our plans as a result of this experience, as well. The fact that this homeowner was willing to allow us to traipse through their home exhibited the positive work relationship they had with this builder! Communication thus far has been good. We know there will be issues as we progress with the building of our new home, but we feel these will be resolved more easily with this builder. Ultimately, we will have the beautiful, quality home we wanted for over 20% less! And we added back many of the details that we were unable to afford when building with JICI! Though JICI has a good reputation within the community, it became apparent that their main focus is on the commercial, rather than residential, aspect of construction. As a result of our experience, we wished we had more fully considered our options when selecting a Designer/Builder for our custom home.