Designer for our first home

Hi BPN!

We recently purchased our first home and it needs some work — kitchen needs new countertops, cabinetry and floors, bathrooms need modernizing and new fixtures, we need to do some painting, etc. — and once that’s done we could use some help with furnishing ideas since a bit bigger than our current rental.

We’d love to find a designer (or similar professional) who has a good eye and can see the potential in places and can project manage these improvements for us — someone who can hire and manage contractors, someone we can trust to make decisions on our behalf as we may not always have time to be very involved, and someone who’s experienced and knows what type of work requires permitting and can advise on larger scale projects we might consider in the future like knocking out a wall between kitchen and dining to create a more open layout, addressing some foundation issues, etc.

Does this type of service exist? If so can you recommend anyone?

Thank you thank you,

Confused First Time Homebuyers