THE LOOK
Almost overnight, white-collar
companies transitioned to
virtual spaces and recognized
that they could work.

While offices are not
obsolete, the
transition continues. More and more
interior design clients are
working from home, according
to Erdosi.

Business is so good right
now that Amy Cuker, the
owner of Down 2 Earth Interior
Design in Elkins Park, elimi-
nated her waitlist. She didn’t
want to make people wait for
over a month.

Cuker now tries to finish
her jobs, clear space on her
schedule and start on the
next client right away. If a
homeowner calls during a busy
stretch, she tells her to call back
in a month or two.

“We only take jobs when
we’re ready,” Cuker said. “That
way we’re limber.”
According to the Down
2 Earth owner, her busy
schedule is not just the result
of more remote work. During
the pandemic, with so much
of society closed or partially
closed, people just started
spending more time at home.

When homeowners spent
the majority of their weekdays
and much of their social sched-
ules outside the home, they
didn’t look too closely at the
infrastructure. Now, though,
with people home more often,
they are actually looking at
their houses and seeing poten-
tial upgrades.

If a cabinet has wear and
tear, and a homeowner sees it,
she can’t unsee it, Cuker said.

“And once you have that,
it stays on your checklist,”
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