Events & Decor by Carron

16/12/2023

1800 Home ready for Christmas vibes... stunning end result. Delighted customers. Hard work always pays off...

16/12/2023

18 century home transformation. Video to follow.

03/12/2023

What a beautiful celebration, uniting a man, wife and Christ... A covernent that is Christ centred.
Venue was truly a piece of heaven. Such an honour and blessing to be part of this celebration. 🍾
More pics to follow.

22/08/2023

All made new.
100 % transformation results in a happy customer.

21/08/2023

50 year old bathroom gutted and now brand new....

21/08/2023

Let us brighten up your space. Why live with the old when you can make the old new....

14/08/2023

Events planning, interior decorator and home renovations. Call for your appointment and count on attention to detail....

29/07/2023

Glenwood matric dance. A successful setup once again. Thanks to my minions for their help.

22/04/2023

13/04/2023

Failure is only failure when you don't try.
Achieved and customer happy.

09/03/2023

A little over the service I get from my upholsterer I've used for the past 13 years. So looking for one that gives me great service, friendly to my clients, doesn't charge the earth and does a great job. And must be able to manufacture.

15/02/2023

My team has grown. Love what I do, and now I get to pass on my knowledge and skills. Ready to make magic happen. Welcome to my team Hannah.

30/01/2023

Understanding one's work value is key.

A CONVERSATION ABOUT PERCEIVED VALUE:

A customer asked a contractor friend of mine how much it would cost to do this project.

My friend gave him a proposal: R30 000

The customer responded: That’s seems really high.

My friend asked: What do you think is a reasonable price for this job?

The customer answered: R20 000 maximum

My friend responded: Ok, then I invite you to do it yourself.

The customer answered: I don't know how to.

My friend responded: Alright, then how about for R15 000 I'll teach you how to. So besides saving you R15 000, you'll learn valuable skills that will benefit you in the future.

The customer answered: Sounds good! Let’s do it!

My friend responded: Great! To get started, you are going to need some tools. You will need a chop saw, table saw, cordless drill, bit set, router, skill saw, jig saw, tool belt, hammer, etc..

The customer answered: But I don't have any of those tools and I can't justify buying all of these for one job.

My friend responded: Ok. Well then for an additional R3000 I can rent my tools to you to use for this project.

The customer answered: Okay. That’s fair.

My friend responded: Great! We will start the project on Monday.

The customer answered: I work Monday through Friday. I’m only available on the weekends.

My friend responded: If you want to learn from me then you will need to work when I work. This project will take 3 days so you will need to take 3 days off work.

The customer answered: That means I’m going to have to sacrifice my pay for 3 days or use my vacation time!

My friend responded: That’s true. Remember, when you do a job yourself you need to account for unproductive factors.

The customer answered: What do you mean by that?

My friend responded: Doing a job completely from start to finish includes time spent to plan the project, pick up materials, travel time, gas, set up time, clean up, and waste disposal amongst other things. That’s all in addition to the actual project itself. And speaking of materials, that’s where we will start on Monday so I need you to meet me at the lumberyard at 6:00am.

The customer answered: At 6am?!! My work day doesn’t usually start until 8am!

My friend responded: Well then you’re in luck! My plan is to start on the deck build by 8am. But to do so we have to start at 6am to get materials picked up, loaded and delivered to your job site.

The customer answered: You know, I’m realizing that a lot more goes in to a job than what a customer sees in the finished project. Your proposal of R30 000 is very reasonable. I would like you to handle the project.

CONCLUSION:

When you pay for a job, especially a custom job, (whether it’s a physical project or digital project) you pay not only for the material and the work to be completed. You also pay for:

✔️ Knowledge
✔️ Experience
✔️ Custom Skills
✔️ Tools
✔️ Time to plan
✔️ Time to prepare
✔️ Professionalism
✔️ Work Ethic
✔️ Excellence
✔️ Discipline
✔️ Commitment
✔️ Integrity
✔️ Taxes
✔️ Licenses
✔️ Sacrifices
✔️ Liabilities
✔️ Insurance

If you request a proposal for custom work to be done, please don’t disrespect a service provider by trying to get them to lower their prices.

If their proposal exceeds your budget, there’s nothing wrong with getting other proposals.

Just remember.. you get what you pay for.

👉🏼 SERVICE PROVIDERS: Know your worth and be confident in it.

👉🏼 CONSUMERS: Recognize their worth and be respectful of it.

Sharing this to support all my friends, family and clients who are Entrepreneurs, Business Owners.. .

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

24/12/2022

Wishing all my event and interior decor clients and suppliers a restful and pleasant Christmas.
Thank you for your support. You are appreciated.

14/11/2022

Army ants ate the whole door post away and made it their home. Happy to say. New post fitted and client happy. Another successful job completed.

15/09/2022

Keeping up with the times is a call away....

14/08/2022

Such a huge humour and privilege to set-up a beautiful souls birthday celebration. I honour you and love your boldness in Christ. You shine Him in your laughter and your whole being.
Keep what you doing. It suits you my awesome friendy. Carmen Rhynes

23/07/2022

Is your home tired?
Call your one stop decorator for exciting changes

30/06/2022

All done. Small job, but very happy client

19/03/2022

Revamp the appearance of you old tatty garage door.
It's easy... just call me....

25/02/2022

Swing gate installed. HAPPY customer

02/02/2022

When you can't find a reputable decorator and upholsterer. Feel free to call me.

22/01/2022

At last, I can now say "Yay..! It's complete and customer is happy. (See previous post for the before crisis)

14/01/2022

Watch this space. Transforming a contractors mess has been somewhat of a challenge. Let's pray it's a success.