Interior Designer reviews across the US

When we were interviewing designers for our new home, we were kind of at a lost, then we had our meeting with Peggy. We left that meeting knowing we found who we wanted to work on our dream home, and from the very beginning her and Michala were extremely pleasant, professional, and creative. They not only opened our eyes to new and exciting ways to decorate our home but really listened to our vison of what we wanted and put it all together. We were especially impressed that such artistic minded people could also be so organized and efficient as well. We would absolutely recommend By Design Interiors to anyone that is in need for a professional designing service.

By Design, Interiors would get a 10-star review if that was an option! I have been working with Erika for almost 10 years. She’s absolutely amazing and I couldn’t be any happier with her designs. She designed a custom home for me years ago, and is now helping design a new home we just purchased. I likely would have gone a little crazy without her help on both!! Her vision and ideas fit perfectly with my personality and tastes. I honestly can’t say enough about both Erika and By Design overall...

Ashton with By Design Interiors was such a tremendous help with my kitchen remodel. I was looking for help selecting my slab, paint colors, finishes, and working on my layout on a tight timeline with a contractor we had already selected and she delivered perfectly. We get so many complements on our kitchen and there is no way I could have brought the vision to life with Ashton. Highly recommend Ashton, but the entire By Design team was friendly and responsive from start to finish!

We consulted with Erika at By Design Interiors on a remodel project to our kitchen, living room, breakfast room, and first floor flooring. She was a pleasure to work with and provided my wife and I with numerous options and tips that we were not aware of. She presented product suggestions that truly were the icing on the cake to the project. She helped us tweak the paint colors we had originally picked out to achieve the look that we wanted. We are thrilled with the end product, and we are so glad we called in Erika. Her expertise gave us peace of mind regarding the numerous remodel choices. We will definitely ask for her help again in the future.

When we decided to build our dream house, the architect recommended we hire By Design Interiors and we did. It was the best decision we made! Erika guided every aspect of the project from blueprints to completion. She worked directly with our architect on the home's interior and exterior design, guided all key decisions during construction - electrical walks, plumbing walk, cabinet design etc. She made the selections process hassle free and stress free. When issues arose on the job site, she worked directly with our builder to make adjustments. Working with her helped us avoid costly mistakes. She was fantastic to work with on all selections and the furnishing, artwork, etc. too. Our dream house is now complete and it turned out far better than we ever imagined thanks to Erika. Our builder also said he had never worked with a designer as professional and competent as her.

I had an absolutely fantastic experience working with By Design Interiors Inc's designer, Erika Barczak. Determining the best color schemes and tile combinations is not my strong suit. I could not have been able to make the decisions I did without Erika's help and suggestions. She's incredible! She also helped me determine how best to setup my closet, suggested thoughts on the layout of my outdoor kitchen and decorated after I moved in. My house is amazing and I can't thank Erika enough.

Peggy has been remodeling our home room by room for 12 years. It has been a great experience. Peggy has a gifted eye for design, scale and color. We just completed my last room, and my home is timeless and magazine beautiful. Peggy has created a style that is not only beautiful but comfortable as well. Her experience and wisdom have saved me many costly mistakes. She really understands not only textiles and lighting but many, many more products involved in remodeling. Peggy is honest and does things right. She has my back and has helped me coordinate with my contractors to get the design correct. I’m thankful that she has been able to help me improve my home and make it so beautiful.

Erika at ByDesign Interiors has helped us in renovating our Kitchen and Master Bath, and in various other interior designing projects over the past 3-4 years. She is phenomenal - she quickly tunes in to your expectations and design philosophy, and takes you on the most remarkable renovation/design journey to beat your wildest dreams! Do not let her quiet demeanor fool you; therein lurks a very passionate, energetic and creative designer. By Design also has a wide range of materials that you can choose from, so you know what you are signing up for. A fair warning though - once Erika & By Design give you a sneak peek of what your home can look like, you will want to re-gut your entire home... and that's what we have been doing over these many years! Thanks Erika & By Design.

I used Ashton for a small interior design project and when my mom decided to purchase a home in Houston referred Ashton for a remodel project. Right after the remodel project was finished a pipe burst in the freeze and flooded the master bath and kitchen and garage below. A week later my mom was diagnosed with cancer and Ashton and her contractor Raul took over the project while my mom received treatment in her home state. Well over 4 months later the project was not complete and my mom calls to tell me Raul keeps finding more and more issues at the house and keeps asking for more money. At this point my husband and I took over the project as my mom’s physical and mental state were not well. (Important to note we are also in the middle of getting her diagnosed with dementia) Despite being told not to contact her Raul continues to reach out to my mom asking for a couple more thousand dollars here and there, always with the same line “I’m a good Christian man, I run missions, I need to pay my crew so they can eat”. He then starts insisting the project is complete and needs the rest of the money even though there was construction dust everywhere, light and plug plates not installed, workman materials still in the home, etc. I start showing up to the home unannounced, I found a ton of job material from another site stored in my mothers home and a crew of 5 after Derecho storm hanging out in her home that still had power while most if the city did not. When I confronted Raul about this he told me my mom had given him permission to allow his men and materials to be at her home. Why are you asking an elderly woman to store things at her home?!?! After pulling teeth the project was finished and I was ready to put this terrible experience in my review window.
Fast forward 6 months later my mom’s fridge breaker won’t stop switching off. I hired an electrician to come out and was told every single breaker was reading over 100 degrees above permitted levels and all the outlets in the completely remodeled kitchen were installed incorrectly, and it’s a miracle the whole house hasn’t gone up in flames. $12k later I reached out to Ashton wondering what the heck is going on. I’m informed that I was scammed by my electrician I should have called Raul, Raul said it is totally normal for the electrical box to read that hot because it’s hot outside. I reached out to Raul and am told I have no idea what I’m talking about and he completed the job correctly, only a few breakers needed to be replaced even though all of the drywall, kitchen cabinets and flooring had to be replaced along the same wall as the breakers because the water damage was so bad. (The pipe that burst was above the breaker box in the garage on the second level) How is it possible that you had to replace all the drywall in the garage because the water damage was so bad but the breaker box attached to the drywall was ok? I tried to write a bad review for Raul the contractor but I cant seem to find his business anywhere on google. Is he even a licensed contractor? Is the electrician they used licensed? Ashton is fully backing her contractor saying he’s highly trustworthy and will only communicate via txt. I would love to gain the information on the contractor Raul’s business to write him a bad review but since Ashton refuses to talk to me via phone and I refuse to discuss such a serious issue over txt, the bad review landed here. At best Ashton has no idea what I going on at her job sites, at worst she’s involved in whatever funny business the contractor is pulling. So many other negative specific things I could write but this review is already excessively long

We hired Brianna to create a design and to help us select finishes for a full renovation of our home. We threw in an extra challenge for Brianna: we were would be in Taiwan during the renovation (12 hours ahead) and asked her to manage the renovation for us.

Brianna's results exceeded our every expectation. From the first consultation, Brianna listened carefully to our goals, translated our vague ideas into a cohesive design, and proposed thoughtful solutions that honored both the home's architecture and our family’s lifestyle.

Communication was outstanding — timelines and and pros/cons of options were clear, progress updates were regular (with pictures), and any challenges were handled swiftly and transparently. Her attention to detail was impressive: finishes, lighting, and storage solutions were selected with both beauty and practicality in mind. The design feels timeless yet perfectly tailored to us.

Throughout construction, Brianna coordinated the renovation professionally and ensured the contractors followed our design. Brianna's creativity turned our awkward spaces and vague ideas into functional highlights, and she found smart ways to maximize natural light and flow. Our final spaces are warm, inviting, and highly functional — we genuinely love our new home!

If you want a designer who is creative, organized, and truly client-centered, we highly recommend Brianna. She brought our vision to life and made the renovation process far less stressful than we anticipated.

I wanted a kitchen reno but didn't have the confidence to project manage all of the subs and pick out the materials I wanted. I decided a professional designer was the ticket and boy am I happy I chose Brianna. She helped me with design ideas and was fantastic and scheduling and managing the various subs -- plumber, countertops, tile, electrical. I was only without a working kitchen for less than 24 hours! I am super pleased with the final result. She showed up (on time!) for every sub appointment and made sure they were following her instructions. And the subs she chose were great. Highly recommend!

Brianna’s work is exceptional! She designed my kitchen, master bath, downstairs half bath, laundry room and mud room. Her work included detailed sketches of each room with choices for tile, wallpaper, lighting, cabinet type/placement, and fixtures for each space. Everything flows and looks coordinated. I get compliments from everyone who visits. Brianna works tirelessly to get it right. She is incredibly professional and easy to work with at all times. I can’t say enough good things about her and her work. I am so glad a friend recommended her to me. You should definitely hire Brianna!

Great design and great service. Communicative and prompt with scheduling, arrival, and completion. Very happy with our project!

What a Great place and wonderful stuff. Nice and helpful staff.

Amazing decor pieces and very friendly staff!

I can personally say that Alan and Wendy are fantastic people. How they orchestrate each project, care for every detail, and strive to give each client a wonderful experience. When you go with 509 Design you're in amazing hands. Words cannot express my gratitude.

Chaz.

Alan and Carsten had done our walk in shower in 23. We were so happy. We had them do our basement. So happy Thanks Alan, Carsten, Levi, and the painters, electricians, carpet layers, so professional. We ever need more workdone we would definitely go to 509 design.

They did a great job on our kitchen remodel. They were considerate and kept us involved all the way through the project. And we came in under budget!

I have already recommended 509 Design to my friends because I can’t say enough about how amazing they are. I had complete confidence in both Wendy and Alan throughout our kitchen project. Their end goal is to have their clients not just satisfied but thrilled with the final product. They won’t stop until you are happy. Wendy has a great eye for design and Alan is very detailed in his work. They are fair, trustworthy and reasonable. I highly recommend that you use them.

This is hands down Spokane's best construction company 2025. They specialize in all forms of construction to include finish work and custom kitchen cabinetry and bathroom remodel. They are the most trustworthy experts in the field.

509 Design, Construction Division. We felt the contractor was unprofessional and communicated poorly. Though in person he seemed ok most times, many of his emails and phone calls felt unprofessional. We had multiple problems come up during this large remodel project, and felt he responded with excuses, blaming someone else, or playing down our concerns. Multiple times I felt he was trying to threaten or intimidate me. He seemed, to us, more interested in doing what was easy for him vs. what was best. Multiple items were damaged or we felt were done poorly, with some photos attached: a cracked oven cabinet, a crack at the top of the bathtub tile where the tile and ceiling meet, a quartz countertop that was measured incorrectly and jutted into our dining room window moulding, damaged stair carpeting and a transition piece from a leveling compound that was applied in the entryway and leaked below it, a bedroom door that was improperly installed and has a gap between the door and the door frame near the bottom that you can see through when it is fully closed, and a brand new cast iron bathtub that was not protected during the tile work and is cracked and scratched.
We also felt he was nontransparent with his billing. When the final bill was more than expected, we questioned him about multiple items that increased in price. He did not provide the documentation we requested to support the increases. He did, however, state he would charge us $100/hr Administrative fee if he had to spend any more time working to justify his costs.

509 Design, Design Division. The lead designer was fairly easy to work with. She allowed us to provide input and incorporated our preferences into the overall design. She did authorize a painting change without our consent that we didn’t agree with, but overall we were happy with her.