Barbara Gilbert Interiors has been a part of the Houzz design community since the website launched in 2012, winning “Best of Houzz” awards for design and customer service every year since then. We just received the wonderful news that we’ve been awarded both honors again for 2017!
The prestigious award highlights the top-rated home improvement professionals and the most popular home designs. Barbara Gilbert Interiors won “Best Of Design” and “Best of Customer Service” awards for 2017. The design award means our work was among of the most popular with the 40 million monthly unique users of Houzz last year. Only a small percentage of the one million active homebuilding, remodeling, and design industry professionals receive these honors.
Customer service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received the previous year.
Houzz is such an important tool for me as a Dallas interior designer. When I first meet clients, I ask them to create Houzz ideabooks with photos they like from the site. From these ideabooks, we get inspiration for everything from color palette and design style, to specific details, like furniture pieces, accessories, and art. There’s nothing like it to help me get a glimpse inside the minds of my clients.
Houzz also gives me an effective platform for showcasing a portfolio of my own work and creating my own ideabooks. This leads to interaction with a large and global community of users, which I appreciate so very much.
So you can imagine what an honor this is for me to receive these awards for the sixth consecutive year. All of us at Barbara Gilbert Interiors are grateful for these Best of Houzz 2017 awards, as well as the active Houzz community and our wonderful roster of clients, whose appreciation of our work makes them possible.
Three panelists (and a moderator), including Barbara Gilbert, discussed how they use Houzz in their business. All photos courtesy of Lisa Stewart Photography
Last week, I was thrilled to be part of the Houzz fifth anniversary celebration in Dallas. My team and I at Barbara Gilbert Interiors were some of the “early adopters” of this online platform in 2010, and Houzz has become an indispensable tool for my interior design firm.
The Houzz anniversary party was at PIRCH in NorthPark Center, by invitation only for their Dallas pro community: the architects, designers, and home builders who do such wonderful work in North Texas.
For the first time, Houzz featured a panel discussion, and I was thrilled to be the interior designer on the panel. When Houzz asked if I would consider being a panelist, they were very complimentary about my interior design projects, and the amount of reviews I have on the site. When I told them why Houzz is such an integral part of my business, I think that’s what cinched the deal! Out of all the talented designers in Dallas to have been chosen was such an honor—I never expected it.
The Houzz “class of 2010,” early adopters of the platform.
Some of the awards from the Houzz fifth anniversary party at PIRCH.
Their program for the evening featured an overview of their latest industry insights and trends research, networking, as well as the panel discussion with myself, Mary Kathryn Reese, and Barry Hensley.
The panel discussed how we use Houzz in our businesses, and I had nothing but raves! It’s an essential part of my work. Whenever we have a new client, we give them homework to do: create five to ten ideabooks on Houzz. If it’s a couple, they have to do them separately with no peeking!
We look that photos they’ve chosen and can understand what they like and don’t like from them. I’ve been doing this for years and it’s such an integral part of my business—it makes it so much easier to combine a couple’s tastes that way and set the design style and color palettes.
There are over 66,400 Dallas home improvement pros active on Houzz, the site has over 35 million unique users a month, and there are now Houzz sites for 10 countries plus North America. This is such an important resource for all of us!
Liza Hausman, VP of Industry Marketing for Houzz
Barbara Gilbert was the only interior designer chosen to speak on the Houzz panel at their anniversary party.
Liza Hausman, the Houzz VP of Industry Marketing, shared some fascinating insights into their market data. I really enjoyed learning things like how many people will be remodeling this year and seeking out interior designers, builders, or architects.
I’m so grateful to have been part of the Houzz anniversary Dallas event, and honored to have been asked to be a panelist. I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next for this design platform.
The new year is off to a remarkable start! Barbara Gilbert Interiors has received two Best of Houzz awards for 2016, as well as an award for 2016 best home theater design in Dallas. What an wonderful surprise!
This space designed by Barbara Gilbert Interiors won a Best of Houzz 2016 award for home theaters
Barbara Gilbert Interiors won “Best Of Design” and “Best of Customer Service” awards. The design award means our work was among of the most popular with the 35 million monthly unique users of Houzz last year. Only 3 percent of the 35 million active home building, remodeling, and design industry professionals receive these honors.
Customer service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews we received last year, as well as our interaction with the public on the site.
The third award we received was for a home theater we designed in Dallas, which is pictured above. All of the winners are featured in this ideabook. This award was chosen by Houzz editors based on the number of photos saved to ideabooks. We created a bright, inviting, and cozy space, with an unusual palette for a home theater. Our goal was to design a glamorous and inviting retreat in hues of cream, silver, and gold accents, with super comfortable seating and custom artwork.
Houzz is an indispensable tool for me as an interior designer. I ask clients to create Houzz ideabooks of their likes and dream rooms as we begin to work together. From these photos, we glean inspiration for everything from color palette and overall style, to specific details, like tiles, light fixtures, and furniture pieces.
Houzz also gives me an effective platform for showcasing a portfolio of my own work and creating my own ideabooks. This leads to interaction with a huge community of users from around the world, which I enjoy so much.
So you can imagine what an honor this is for me to receive these awards. It’s actually the fifth consecutive year Barbara Gilbert Interiors has been recognized by Houzz, since we created a presence on the site in 2012.
All of us at Barbara Gilbert Interiors are grateful for these prestigious awards, as well as the active Houzz community and our fantastic clients, whose enthusiasm for our work made them possible.