Kristin and her team are true perfectionist professionals. She has designed three of my bathrooms, a kitchen and a basement. Normally, I get overwhelmed with all the tile and other choices. Kristin understood me and would pick four or five options for me to choose. All were great but her expertise helped me to find the perfect style. She is reasonably priced and wonderful. I recommend her to everyone. read more

Kristin and her team are the best! I have been working with Kristin for over 3 years and she has made my house into a beautiful home to enjoy and share. Our house was 4 years old when we bought it, and while we loved the bones of it, there were some finishes we didn't love. I also had little to no vision for furnishing the space (we came from a much smaller, older home). Kristin first helped with our kitchen. She has amazing design sense, which of course, I would expect, but she is also very conscious of budget and helping people realize what they REALLY need. Our kitchen came out amazing, so of course we used KPI for our living and dining room. For this project, we were helped by Melissa Tase of KPI. Again, their services were impeccable. They understood that we have two small boys and that our space needed to be livable, as well as lovely. I can't tell you how many compliments we get on our living and dining and kitchen. If you want to see them, check out KPI's website and look at the Contemporary Coastal Living and Dining Room under Portfolio. We are now redoing our son's room and family room and will be starting on our basement this summer. Who are we using? Kristin Petro, of course. We really would only trust KPI with our design projects. She just gets it and gets us. And in reference to other comments, Kristin ALWAYS encourages us to get estimates from our own contractors. Of course she trusts her's the most because she works with them the most so she knows their workmanship is top notch, but she's totally open to other options and working with you to come to a plan that works for everyone. Thanks, KPI. You've made my home my favorite place to be. Can't wait to see what great things are to come. read more

Whoa stay away from these people! We have worked with many design firms including Drury Design, C and R and others over the years. Always had great success. We interviewed this lady over the phone and she talks a good game. We paid her a $2,000 dollar retainer. In 4 months she delivered 3 cad black and white drawings: a floor plan, a standard kitchen cabinet design and a standard bathroom design. For sure we delayed it by being indecisive, but she charged us $800 dollars for one paid visit to our home of less than an hour. She charged $300 to change the orientation of a ping pong table! And we did NOT have any type of extensive conversations with her at all and she did NOT spend ANY time researching materials or approaches at all. A complete rip off! It seems to me that once she realized we were not using her carpenter or buying floors/cabinets from her, she was done with us. She told us it would be 6 weeks before she could do anything more on our project. And that we had $900 left on our retainer when we had met with her once. When we tried to discuss these issues she told us what I described above. Don't waste your time of money with Kristin Petro. based on my dealings with her he only interior she cares about is her bank account. read more

Kristin Petro transformed my home! After putting on an addition to the back of our home 7 years ago, I never wanted to attempt anything big, EVER, again. However after discussing the project with Kristin I felt comfortable with and excited about gutting and remodeling our master bath, powder room, foyer and finishing our basement and laundry room. Kristin truly was a pleasure to work with. She was always on time and she had lots of great ideas. We worked through several elevations for the master and she was very conscious of our budget. I can be indecisive with picking out lighting, hardware, tile, paint, etc., but Kristin was incredibly patient with me and helped us pick the right items and colors for our needs and style. She seems to have unlimited contacts and always found what we needed. My old basement which had a cement floor, exposed wiring, beams and utilities is now configured in a way that flows perfectly, maximizes space, and is clean, warm and comfortable. It is now a perfect space for my teens. I actually enjoy going into my laundry room! The older part of my home now flows into the newer addition beautifully and I honestly owe it all to Kristin. read more

Kristin and her team helped me rehab/gut my kitchen and two bathrooms. She immediately understood my vision for my 100+ year old victorian and transformed my space into my dream. She brought her experience, relationships, and straight up talent to the table. Things I was unsure of or doubted turned out to be the best decisions made and if anything went awry, she was the first one to make sure they were corrected. I will be hiring her again in the near future and would highly recommend you do the same. read more

I have hired Petro Interiors several times, from color consultations to kitchen and bathroom redesign. I have always found them to be professional, accessible and excellent at creating beautiful spaces. I will continue to hire Petro Interiors for all my design needs. I receive many complements on the work they have done in my home! read more

I reached out to Kristin for assistance with my kitchen remodel. I didn't know where to begin this daunting process. She provided suggestions and a few initial plans. Unfortunately, she was not in contact with a contractor while creating these plans. Her plans involved tearing down a wall that the majority of contractors we interviewed (including her recommended one), later said was unfeasible. It doesn't matter how good her design is, if it can't reasonably be executed, which was the opinion of the majority of contractors whom we interviewed. Our next concern with Kristin was regarding the layout of her design plan. She initially located the oven in a place where the door couldn't be opened with someone standing in front of it, due to a wall! My husband found this error, not the designer. It was subsequently changed. All the cabinet positions and kinds were eventually worked out ourselves, with the help of a cabinet company. My biggest need for her services was regarding choices for colors, countertops, etc. This is reason I initially wanted the assistance of a designer, since I know these are not my strengths! I made that clear when I hired her. However, once it was clear that I was not buying cabinets through her preferred company, she became distant and hard to reach. When I emailed for color and style advice, she didn't respond for 5 days. Previously she responded immediately. After that response, I asked additional questions. I never got further responses, just a bill. I am frustrated that I paid $1500. In the end, all I received an initial vision, and a rough blueprint for the city and our chosen contractors. I did not get the advice or the services that I expected as part of our business relationship. As an update- I voiced these concerns to her. She was very defensive in her responses. She responded that she provided me with 4 plans, one of which did not involve structural changes. She is correct; 75% of them involved structural changes that were not feasible- 1 did not involve structural changes. For my second concern, she responded that she did not remember this error, but that if the oven was in the doorway and we had to get items from the oven while standing on the side of the oven, not the front, it shouldn't be a significant issue since that can be done. Does anyone who reads this review have an oven that you can't stand in front of when open? Please correct me if I am wrong.... For my last concern, she stated both that emails can get lost in her in basket, and she wasn't really obligated to answer them anyways since it was not in her contract. However, that actually is not correct via the wording of her contract which stated additional work would be charged an hourly fee. Her contract did not say additional work/questions would be ignored. Seems oddly coincidental that she did not respond several times after it was clear I would not buy cabinets from her. She always responded within hours on other occasions. I would not use her again or recommend her. I regret working with her. read more