Advanced Design Center, 278 Meeting Street, Charleston
By appointment · Trade only

A private place created
for design professionals.

Bring your client. Present your work. Let the room do some of the persuading.

278 Meeting Street · Charleston, SC 29401
Book the room · 30, 90 or 120 min
Seating at the windows, dressed with woven wood shades
What this is

A full design center — not a window treatment showroom — where designers, architects and builders bring their own clients.

There is no fee to use the Center. No membership, no access charge, and no commission paid by you. We succeed when you specify the products, so everything here exists to help you present them well.

You stay the lead with your client. Our staff handle the visualizer, the samples and the hospitality, and otherwise stay out of your way.

Some of the lines you will find here
Conrad handwoven sunshade samples Natural woven shade samples

Independent, and stocked accordingly

We specify what suits the room rather than what a single manufacturer would prefer. The sample wall is here to be handled — bring your client and let them feel the difference between one weave and the next.

  • Conrad
  • Hartmann&Forbes
  • Hunter Douglas
  • Somfy motorization
  • Schumacher
  • Thibaut
  • Pindler
  • Stout
  • Rebecca Atwood
  • Stroheim
  • Samuel & Sons
The drapery hardware display wall
Eight finishes on the hardware wall
Linen memo samples
Samuel & Sons tape, and memos for the whole scheme
Why designers bring clients here

A setting your client remembers

Quality furnishings, considered lighting, and an atmosphere that lends weight to what you are recommending. Confidence is easier to build in a room that already has it.

Tools that carry a presentation

A window treatment visualizer that works from photographs of your client’s own rooms, full sample and hardware displays, and large-format presentation capability.

Support without interference

Dedicated staff assist with the visualizer, the samples and the hospitality. You remain the lead with your client throughout. Nobody sells over your shoulder.

Ready before you arrive

Book the time you need and arrive to a prepared room. No setting up, no hunting for samples, no logistics. Your attention goes where it should.

Coffee service off the main room
What’s here
  • Professionally appointed meeting and work areas with custom furnishings
  • Window treatment visualizer with client room-photo capability
  • Extensive sample and drapery hardware displays
  • Large-format presentation display and guest Wi-Fi
  • Beverage service — coffee, filtered water, soft drinks, light refreshments
  • Two dedicated visitor parking spaces
  • Window treatments, drapery hardware and architectural film
  • Furniture and upholstery, rugs, lighting
  • Wallcovering, bedding and pillows
How it works
  1. Book your session

    Ninety minutes with your client, reserved online. New to the Center? Take the thirty-minute orientation first — no clients, no pressure.

  2. Arrive and present

    The room and the beverage service are ready. Full access to samples, hardware and the visualizer, with light staff support exactly as much as you want it.

  3. Hand off cleanly

    When products are selected we coordinate quoting and ordering, so the administration does not land back on your desk.

No membership. No access charge. No commission.

The space, the tools and the support exist for one reason: to help you look exceptional in front of your clients. There is nothing to pay.

No membership fees
No access charges
No designer commissions
Find us

This space was made for you.

We are currently welcoming design professionals by invitation for private orientations and early sessions.

278 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Two reserved parking spaces at the door — a rarity downtown, and yours while your client is with you. Arriving between 2 and 4, allow a few extra minutes; your space is held either way.

Trade only. The Center is for design professionals bringing their own clients. If you are a homeowner, your designer can book the room on your behalf — or call us and we will point you to one.

New to the Center? Take the orientation first — half an hour, no clients, no pressure.

278 Meeting Street
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