Where project management, decorating, and styling create a beautifully chic, finished design.”

Emery Chapman, founder and lead designer of Midcoast Chic, brings over 20 years of hands‑on experience. Her time running a boutique hotel shaped her skills in project management, interior design, redecorating, styling, and staging—skills she uses to craft refined, livable spaces for homes and businesses.

Midcoast Chic is known for careful attention to detail and a balance of elegance and practicality. Services include:

• Custom styling and redecorating to match each client’s taste and life

• Thoughtful room staging that highlights architecture and appeal

• Full project management to coordinate trades, schedules, and budgets

• Renovation oversight to ensure quality, cohesion, and a polished finish

Our approach favors artful restraint and modern taste: layered textures, balanced proportions, and curated accents that feel personal and timeless. The result: spaces that are beautiful, functional, and completely finished.

Benefits of Hiring an Interior Designer

• Deep understanding of space and function
  Interior designers see beyond surface aesthetics. They understand flow, scale, and how people actually use rooms—so layouts support daily routines, traffic patterns, and practical needs. That means furniture placement, storage solutions, and spatial planning that make a home feel effortless and work better for you.

• Design as art and craft
  Designers combine principles of color theory, texture, lighting, proportion, and negative space to create cohesive rooms. Those choices do more than look pretty: they shape mood, highlight architectural features, and guide the eye to create balance and calm. A designer turns individual pieces into a unified composition.

• Increased resale value and stronger market appeal
  Thoughtful, professionally designed interiors often deliver higher perceived value. Designers know which investments pay off—whether that’s rearranging flow, selecting finishes that age well, or staging to showcase a home’s strengths. A well-curated home creates the “wow” factor buyers remember; many realtors recommend professional staging for that reason. At Midcoast Chic, I bring two decades of hands-on experience running and styling a successful hospitality business, with strategic design decisions focused on return on investment.

• Time savings and reduced stress
  Renovations and redesigns demand coordination—sourcing, scheduling, contractor communication, quality checks. A designer manages that process, anticipates problems, and keeps the project moving, which frees you to work, travel, or simply live without constant oversight. Less time managing details means less stress and a more enjoyable outcome.

• Access to trade resources and vetted professionals
  Designers have established relationships with reliable tradespeople, artisans, and suppliers. That access can yield better pricing, priority scheduling, and quality workmanship that’s harder to secure on your own.

• Tailored solutions and long-term value
  Designers create solutions that reflect your lifestyle, not trends alone. By prioritizing durability, cohesion, and timeless choices, a designer helps you avoid costly mistakes and reduces the need for frequent updates.

• Better budgeting and decision-making
  An experienced designer sets realistic budgets, allocates funds to high-impact areas, and helps you avoid impulse purchases. Strategic choices ensure money is spent where it matters most to function and resale.

• Cohesive, efficient sourcing and procurement
  From furniture and lighting to custom window treatments and finishes, designers streamline sourcing and procurement so pieces arrive coordinated and installed correctly. That saves time and avoids costly returns or mismatched elements.

Why Midcoast Chic

• Two decades of experience combining hospitality design and operational strategy.

• A focus on understated elegance, craftsmanship, and personalized spaces rooted in art and modern sensibility.

• Practical, ROI-minded decisions paired with thoughtful, composed design.

Hiring an interior designer is an investment in better function, less stress, and a home that performs beautifully both for living and, when the time comes, for selling. If you’d like, I can outline how a design consultation typically proceeds and what to expect for budget and timeline.