Shortly after purchasing our first home, we hired Melanie to help us redesign the kitchen, bathrooms, and common areas. This proved to be one of our best decisions, as she and her team transformed our space into a stunning and functional home for our growing family.
Melanie stood out from our very first meeting. During the initial interview, we expressed our desire for a home that would reflect our personal style and emphasized finding a designer who would be a true partner. We had heard stories of designers imposing their own aesthetic, leaving homeowners feeling disconnected from their spaces. Our experience with Melanie was completely the opposite.
Her collaborative approach was exceptional. She listened carefully to our ideas and provided thoughtful guidance on both aesthetic and practical considerations, seamlessly incorporating both into the final design. Rather than dictating her vision, she worked alongside us as a genuine partner, making the design process both enjoyable and approachable.
In addition to her eye for design, Melanie has a talent for sourcing beautiful pieces. Her extensive network of local vendors helped us discover items that consistently exceeded our expectations and avoided the cookie-cutter look of typical furniture websites. She also has a particular gift for creating spaces that are both beautiful and practical for family life. She even thought of details we hadn't considered – like incorporating a small shoe cubby into the kitchen nook to manage dirty shoes from the backyard, a feature that's proven invaluable with kids.
We also had the pleasure of working with Valerie, whose attention to detail and organizational skills were impressive. Her meticulous coordination kept the renovation running smoothly and on schedule – a feat that any homeowner who has undergone a renovation knows is no small accomplishment.
The entire experience was really wonderful. We found ourselves looking forward to our design meetings and genuinely enjoyed the entire renovation. Our home now perfectly reflects our family's style and needs, and we couldn't be happier with the result. We wholeheartedly recommend the L&I team to anyone seeking an interior designer to help realize their vision. The experience we had with Melanie and her team was truly one of a kind, and we're grateful for how they transformed our home into a space we love.
-Lauren F.
We purchased a new construction house in Marin last summer, and hired Love & Interiors to help us turn the blank slate into a home. Melanie was fantastic to work with. She clearly explained the design process and answered our questions, and then we decided to move forward with working with her. We gave her images that we both liked, and she was able to analyze them and understand the trends in our taste (something we could have never verbalized on our own). She then used that information to present us with several options for each room in the house. Then she helped us with decorative items and art. We are absolutely thrilled with everything that Melanie suggested. The presentations she puts together are fantastic and make it very easy to remember your selections and the details for each piece. Our home is cohesive and beautiful - much more so than it would have been if we tried to do this ourselves. Our house really feels like "us" and I relish being at home thanks to Melanie's amazing work. I 100% recommend working with Melanie and am so glad that we found her!
-Carissa M
Melanie is so wonderful. We were introduced after my husband and I purchased our first home and were looking for some help furnishing it. We have so enjoyed working with her. She is a great listener and really internalized our style while she was sourcing and designing. One of the things I most appreciate about Melanie is her ability to drive great design without compromising functionality and usability. She also did an amazing job designing what we were looking for AND staying well within our budget. Melanie is such a delight to work with, and I know we will look to her time and time again as we continue to make our home our own.
-McKenzie F.
Highly recommend Love & Interiors! Melanie and her team do beautiful, client-centered work; know many wonderful, local designers and high-quality vendors; help envision and focus design choices through an iterative process; and then execute on the vision and plan with persistence and diligence.
-Sarah G.
This is a long overdue review for our wonderful designer Melanie. If you read nothing else, just know that she is extremely talented, has excellent taste and style, is organized, and is easy to work with. We started working with Melanie in late 2018 and completed our remodel in the summer of 2019. Even now, as we make additional purchases, Melanie is always available to consult us. We hired Melanie to design the interior of our home, source furnishings, and provide general design ideas on the exterior. She handled selection of flooring, cabinets, plumbing fixtures, light fixtures, mirrors, door and bath hardware, paint color, window treatments, pavers, furniture, planter pots, and more. She was very spot on with our style as well - we provided inspiration images and gave her some ideas of what we wanted, and she filled in the gaps. Our running joke was that she would provide a couple options for something, we would hesitate and do our own research, and then eventually we would come back to what she suggested. She was always right! She has impeccable taste and knows what is on trend but can also pair that with classic elegance that will stand the test of time. And she is practical too, like picking non slip tile for our kids bathroom, selecting stain resistant couch fabric, or suggesting that we enlarge our mudroom (and decrease the size of the adjacent bathroom) since the mudroom would have a lot of activity. Melanie is also very organized and created a digital binder for us, with inspiration images, elevations, selections, and finish schedules. This helped us remember everything we worked on, and also served as a deliverable for our contractor to make purchases and complete the work. And she keeps to her schedule. She was probably the only person/contractor we worked with that delivered when they said they would. We still look at our home and are in total awe of what she helped us accomplish. We wanted a magazine worthy home that was comfortable, classic, and kid friendly, and she exceeded all our expectations. She gave us the forever home we always wanted! We cannot thank Melanie enough for helping us create a beautiful home.
- David C.
We very much enjoyed working with Melanie. Smart, knowledgeable, fun and easy to work. Would definitely work with them again!
-Eric P.
Melanie and team helped us with a kitchen renovation and the results are beautiful. Working with her was wonderful and the results speak for themselves.
-Stephen W.
Melanie and her team did an incredible job working us to remodel our home. They were thoughtful, brought wonderful options for us to select, and help us to stay in our budget. I would highly recommend working with them!!
-Aliza A.