I saw the work Janice from Remix And Match did for a friend and decided to work with her. The…read moreexperience was fantastic and the result exceeded my expectations. Janice is very professional, she listened to what we wanted to achieve and offered so many easy solutions by looking at the space. Our entire project was painless and efficient. We enjoyed working with her and would highly recommend her.

We hired Erin to help us in remodeling the whole house. I had never done a project this large on my…read moreown before and really wanted to make sure to get the finishes right, within our budget. We are in San Francisco Bay Area, so we worked remotely through weekly design sessions on zoom and used a 3D model to brainstorm ideas. She made recommendations for what to look for at the store and what to ask the contractors, and helped me refine which options to go with. Unlike some of the designers I met before, who always try to educate me about what is good and bad, Erin always tries to understand what I like and want first, and then help me search for the best options for my home. With her I feel totally safe about sharing what I really think, any ideas and concerns. And the most important thing is, she has such a great taste and extremely professional in design. Before working with her, I never know there are so many details need to pay attention to, and how different colors can have such a big impact on the whole look. And she can always come up with great ideas and solutions based on different situations and totally save my life during this project. I am so thankful to have Erin as a consultant on my remodel and I have learnt so much from her. It has been a great experience and I can't thank her enough!

I've had the pleasure of working with Erin on several interior photoshoots. She possesses great…read moredesign insight and an amazing eye for detail. Communicative and organized, she brings you in on her vision for the project and makes you feel like you're working with a true professional. I've also watched and learned a lot from her pleasant and respectful manners while interacting with clients. She's a true gem of a designer!

Julie and her team did a wonderful job renovating our apartment. She has excellent taste and a…read moregreat sense of style. Julie was available and personable, responsive to all issues raised throughout the project. She worked with me regarding the interface between what I envisioned and what she recommended, not so easy to navigate! I am so happy with the result. Her team of contractors, overseen by Ted, were lovely, considerate, and professional in all aspects of the job. They interacted beautifully with the building staff and with my family.

Julie is wonderful. She is smart, talented and creative with lots of wonderful ideas. We have a…read moregorgeous new bathroom that guests take pictures of and a whole new look in our apartment. We had vintage furniture that needed re-upholstering and Julie came to the rescue! It's great working with someone so accessible and responsive. This is the easiest recommendation we ever made. Call her! Sheryl and Peter

Katerina is always right on target. She has a fantastic eye and works well with all my clients (I…read moream a real estate broker). I have hired her to stage several apartments and have always been very happy with the results. Best of all, Katerina does what she says she is going to do when she says is going to do it - a big asset in my time sensitive business. Please don't call Katerina because I need her available for my business. Seriously, she is great!

If you want a look that doesn't feel cold and staged but feels like home she's the one to go with!!…read moreWorking with Katerina has always lead to rave reviews from buyers and sellers alike. My first time working with her was selling a large loft in Brooklyn that had a very, um "unique" look. She came in to assess the property, put together a full proposal, and got started later that week. She also brought in a contractor to paint, change light fixtures, etc. then staged the property to perfection. Happy to say that it sold quickly with multiple offers above ask and set a record for the neighborhood. She has been my go-to ever since. I highly recommend her and her team.

She decorated my apartment in Tribeca. I was amazed by the final results. It was priced mid range…read morefrom other designers we rrach out, but never regret it! Will recommend it to anyone.

One star is generous. She is unavailable, unresponsive, incapable of managing a project. Send…read morenovice 22 year olds to represent her. Her contractors that she hired didn't show up for months. She mismanaged the payments and had us overpay the contractors so that she could collect her 30% fee. When you challenge her she becomes nasty and abusive.

It was a mixed experience working with Ward5 for full service design and project management,…read moremeaning, they prepare the interior design plan and then manage the contractor. The positive part of the experience was that they are creative and have a great aesthetic, so I feel we ended up with a house that we like the look of. In retrospect, it's not worth the money they charge for project management on a monthly basis to get there. I know this now, but I was a first time homebuyer and pregnant when I hired them, so I felt I needed help. Working with Ward5 became very frustrating towards the end of the project. Some highlights (lowlights?) were that the owner continuously promised she would order components for our custom closets, but failed to do so in time, so we had to buy Home Depot closets in order to have our closets ready by the time we moved in (which we said early on was very important to us and had to be complete before moving in). Also, some of the work from the contractor was messy/subpar. When I pointed it all out to the owner of Ward5, who had been managing the project, she tried to convince me I was just being picky and it was "acceptable," in her words (about some of the painting, specifically, and tiling). When I told her I wanted some things redone, she asked me to deliver that message to the contractor myself...but she was supposed to be in charge of that. So about a month or so before moving in, I had to meet them both at the house - still somewhat newly postpartum and still nursing around the clock - to deliver that news myself. The contractor was great about it and fixed everything I had an issue with. Finally, the move in was made more stressful by Ward5 being mad that we were basically in their way. The owner assigned her daughter to do the installation and I told her the date that we were having certain closets installed. She showed up that date and was angry there were "so many people" in the house. But she was advised in advance who would be there and when. She accused us of being in her way, essentially. Then she rescheduled the installation date and asked us not to be in the house from 8 am - 4 pm, which we did, but at around 5 that day, I had to run in quickly to grab some clothes for my kids. She was very upset and had a very emotional and unprofessional reaction, even though I adhered to her timeframe. So, overall, I wouldn't work with them again. I do think their real strengths are in the design piece, so I would have just paid for their design services, if I knew back then what I know now.

In short, do not hire Ward 5 Design for project management as they will charge you an arm and a leg…read morefor the materials. They are mean and not trustworthy. I regret so much hiring them. Below is the details... Ward 5 Design told me and stated in their proposal that their project management fee includes full trade discount access to their retail partners as they make sure I am getting the best price. Therefore, I hired them for full service at a rate of over $12,000, which includes design and project management. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw the material invoice at around $32,000 from Ward 5 Design. Thank god for google, I was able to find a lot of the same materials online at a much cheaper price. Ward 5 Design's price for some items are 73% more than the price for the same items you can find on Signature Hardware and build.com. Ward 5 Design charges a 10% shipping and handling fee on top of everything, which makes the 73% to 90% and Signature Hardware and build.com offer FREE shipping. I asked Ward 5 Design about the high price on the materials, they told me they will never honored any trade discount, instead they will charge a slight markup. I was so disappointed and mad that I was deceived by them. Because I did not want to overpay for all the materials, I decide to do the procurement myself (despite I am super busy). As a result, I was able to get better upgrades with the money saved. Ward 5 Design told me I have $4,233 outstanding in design/management fees, but they can reduce this to $2,500 (reduction of $1,733) as I am handling the procurement. And they will continue to do weekly site visits for 6 weeks with the contractor. Eventually, I decided to terminate the contract with Ward 5 Design because they did not effectively manage the project after I handled the procurement. No one from Ward 5 Design reached out to me to check on the status of procurement or any changes to the design plan. They also failed to notice a mistake by the contractor in the shower. Ward 5 Design told me that I still owed them $2,500 upon termination of the contract despite the fact that they would not perform the remaining 6 site visits. The contract required me to pay service provided up to date and a 10% termination fee. The 10% termination fee was $1,269.50, in which I was happy to pay. I asked for detailed evidence to support the $2,500 outstanding charge, but Ward 5 Design did not provide any. Instead, they insisted on charging me $2,500 and threatened to forward the full bill at $4,233 to collections and filing a mechanics lien against me if I did not pay $2,500 in 10 days. Under such threat, I paid $2,500 by the due date. I tried to get some refund back by filing a complaint with Better Business Bureau, but of course I failed to get any money back. Ward 5 Design responded to the compliant saying I had buyer's remorse and did not explain the lie of trade discount and instead charge huge markup on materials. This is not the way to treat their clients. I was very disappointed. I will not give Ward 5 Design any future business and will not recommend them to anyone.

I had a great experience working with Sharné L at Decorilla. We are building a new house, so the…read moreonly images I was able to provide came from a model home, which had completely different design selections, colors, and features. Sharné worked around these obstacles to create a beautiful design for our new space. She worked with us tirelessly over several months and created something really unique. It was really nice not to be forced into a particular design style, and to work with someone who seemed to get our tastes and our needs. We will definitely use Sharné again in the future and highly recommend Decorilla.

Really enjoyed this process, I was skeptical to hire a interior designer because of the cost as…read morewell as I had a lot of ideas already, I just needed some help putting it together and seeing the renders, so Decorilla came in exactly perfect. Completely affordable, professional help and amazing renders. My designer Sharne was friendly and helpful and it was an overall great experience. Highly recommend!

Angelika is kind, classy, swift, and excellent. I had a somewhat complex "small project" problem…read morethat she solved beautifully. She came up with an idea that had not occurred to me and had the contractors to execute flawlessly. I am so happy and would work with her on bigger projects too based on this experience. (Also for NYC residents and condo owners, know that her people have the paperwork that our city requires with its ridiculous Scaffold Law for indoor work.)

My wife and I are pleased to recommend Angelika most highly…read more We confronted her with an unusual challenge: How to integrate selected traditional and transitional furnishings and artwork from two large apartments, while updating the look of our pre-war home with a mix of new furnishings and decorative accessories plus several reupholstering jobs. The situation was most challenging in the living room because the space was dominated by a huge and colorful Persian rug plus a voluminous antique, both of which we love and preferred to keep. We had been told by several highly regarded designers we had interviewed previously that the rug and the antique in that living room were in the way of a successful redecoration and thus "had to go." But then we met Angelika, and she didn't think ours was a case of "Mission Impossible." She rose to the challenge with open-mindedness, imagination, flexibility and sensitivity to art, space and design. She found ways to mix, match and move around existing furnishings, art and fixtures while guiding us to new pieces, exquisite fabrics and excellent suppliers. The artwork was displayed in a manner such that connections were made within each room and also from one room to the next - a visually stunning achievement. The result is a beautiful, space-efficient, and thematically coherent new whole. Congratulations, Angelika!