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Designer Partnerships

A trade program for Dallas designers, architects, and custom builders

A meaningful share of our work is built in collaboration with Dallas’s interior design firms, residential architects, and custom builders. The Designer Partnerships program is the structure that governs those collaborations — what trade pricing looks like, how project management is handled, how we share project galleries with your portfolio, and what the spec workflow is on a project where TSE is one of the trades on the build.

The program is open to credentialed trade professionals practicing in the Dallas market. Onboarding is a 30-minute conversation; a signed engagement letter; and a single qualifying project. Once onboarded, you are a partner — not a one-time customer.

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Program benefits

15% trade pricing

On all material specifications, fabrication work, and installation labor across our service catalog. Trade pricing is applied at quote stage, itemized separately on every project document, and verified against the published retail rate so the discount is transparent to your client when you choose to disclose it.

Trade pricing applies to the project, not to the designer’s own residence — though we run a separate program for that, with stronger terms.

Dedicated project management

Every Designer Partnership project is assigned a single point of contact on our team, named in the engagement letter, available by phone and email through the project. The PM owns the schedule, the material order tracking, the inspection coordination, and the daily communication. You and your client deal with one person, not a rotation.

Shareable project gallery

Every completed project is photographed at final commissioning. Designers and architects are provided with a private gallery of full-resolution photographs, with usage rights for portfolio inclusion, social media, magazine submissions, and award entries. Where applicable and with the homeowner’s permission, we credit the design firm on our portfolio page; we expect the same in return where appropriate.

Structured spec workflow

We work from your specifications. The intake process for a Designer Partnership project is built around the deliverables you produce — typically an elevation, a material spec, a finishes list, and a schedule — rather than around our internal scoping format. We translate your spec into our build documentation; you sign off; we build to it.

Insurance and credentials on file

A certificate of insurance with your firm listed as additional-insured is issued automatically at engagement. Our state licensing, CSIA certification, F.I.R.E. certification, and bonding are documented and accessible to your firm’s project administration.

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How partnership works

The flow on a typical project is three steps.

After the first project, the partnership is active. There is no annual renewal, no minimum project commitment, and no exclusivity requirement.

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Who qualifies

The program is open to:

• Interior designers credentialed by ASID, NCIDQ, IIDA, or NKBA, or with comparable professional standing.
• Residential architects licensed in Texas (TBAE) or with comparable practice credentials.
• Custom builders and general contractors with active Texas licensing and verifiable practice in the Dallas premium home market.
• Real-estate development firms running build-out programs at scale.

Practice credentials are checked at engagement. We are happy to discuss program access for designers and architects in adjacent specialties on a case-by-case basis.

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Project register

Designer Partnerships are a fit when the project register is consistent with our practice. We are not a volume contractor; we do not compete on bid against generic remodel work. We are a specification contractor for fireplace, mantel, surround, firebox, and chimney work in Dallas premium homes. The right Designer Partnership projects are those where the fireplace is treated as architectural rather than as a fixture.

For a sense of the work, browse the main portfolio, particularly the Old Preston Hollow French chateau mantel, the Volk Estates traditional mantel redesign, and the Preston Hollow whole-hearth renovation.

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Project gallery — designer-credited work

Where partner firms have agreed to be credited, attribution appears on the relevant case-study page. Where firms have asked to remain unnamed, the work is shown without attribution. The full credited gallery is available to active program members on request.

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Inquiry

To begin a Designer Partnerships conversation, the most useful first step is a 30-minute call. Reach the design team at 214-444-8094 or via the dedicated trade email below. Initial conversations are unbilled.

We respond to designer and architect inquiries within one business day, year-round.

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Adjacent pages

For related reading, see the certifications page, the press features, or the main portfolio index.

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