Kara, Caroline, Megan, and the team stayed on top of every aspect of the process. If anything needed to be problem-solved, they were there each step of the way ensuring the install went smoothly. Their top priority was making sure we loved the home and had a stress-free experience.
Sophisticated, Timeless and Thoughtful is exactly how I would describe The Design Firm. Kara is a genius and her work is phenomenal. Megan, Caroline, Bilal, everyone triumph their projects with such unique style. There truly is talent flourishing everyday at The Design Firm.
We found 'The Design Firm' through internet search and worked with Megan Carey as our main designer. She helped us in decorating our formal living, dining and family rooms. Megan did an amazing job! We really appreciated her creativity, her intelligence and her ability to work with our mood, time and liking. The Designer Firm provides excellent value for the dollar. Highly recommended!
Sarah & Moid
Professional and passtionate team ever! Good hand to trust! just love it
What a phenomenal experience! My house has never look this good and I can only thank the design firm for that! Kara is simply genius. She laid out our living room in such a beautiful unique way we would have never even thought of. My family and friends are blown away by how beautiful our home is. We started out with just the living room and have expanded our project to the whole house. That s how pleased we were. I recommend the design firm 10/10!!!!!! Great job, thank you so much!
THANK YOU KARA AND DESIGN FIRM TEAM! My living room and dinning room are absolutely breath taking. Your process was easy for a single guy. I appreciate that you stayed with in my budget.
The design firm was so much fun to work with! I had them help me design my new apartment and it was such a seamless process. They listened to everything I wanted and the install crew was so professional. Working with Kara was amazing! She is so full of life and helped me figure out exactly what I wanted. Bilal the project manager made me feel stress free during the entire process because he always had a solution for every problem. Thank you for everything! I love my new place!
The design firm is AMAZING at what they do! They made my new house turn into a dream. I was completely lost with all of these empty rooms and they came in and immediately knew what to do. They presented quickly after our initial meeting and made me feel so comfortable with any requests or changes I made. Kara has a wonderful team and they really do care about what I want. I loved working with them and won t ever use anyone else for my design needs! Even after the install, they continue to check in and see how I m doing and if I m completely satisfied. Their customer service is unmatched!
Love the Design Firm s Instagram! The style and design is amazing - hope to use their design services soon!!!
Extremely pleased with our new look! Crystal and her team were able to create a completely different design which still managed to reflect our lifestyle. The process and design plans were explained quite clearly, and the delivered results completely met our expectations. The Design Firm was great to work with, and we highly recommend them to anyone interested in interior redesign!
The Design Firm has been such a pleasure to work with. My designer, Caroline picked up on my style immediately and can determine things I like before I even know I like them. I continue to be impressed with her eye for color, flow, and detail, and her energy is contagious. She is efficient and always conscientious of my time.
Mary, our Senior SPEC designer, is organized, detail oriented, and extremely knowledgeable in both the construction and design aspects of our project. She is in constant communication with me and spent a ton of time on our job site so that I didn't have to. Mary adds invaluable insight and opinions, and even Anna and Lindsay behind the scenes have been instrumental to making this a smooth process.
TDF has excellent relationships with vendors in town, and as a result, always finds the best options to fit our budget. Because of this team, decisions were easy and straightforward, and I never had to take a single measurement, determine a quantity, or place an order. We are so thrilled with the gorgeous house that resulted from our decision to work with The Design Firm. We recommend this group wholeheartedly!
Words cannot express how grateful I am to the design firm for transforming my kitchen, breakfast area and living room. I ve honestly never had an experience before where I tell someone my dream and they make it a reality! Caroline, Anna Claire and Anna Pack did that for me. I can tell how much time, effort, care and attention to detail was put into this project and because of that they have truly made me feel special.
Incredible and amazing!! That's how much I love The Design Firm! They have done 5 complete rooms and picked out all the fixtures, colors and tile for 2 bathroom renovations! I feel so comfortable with Laura. She just gets my style! She is currently working on 2 more rooms for me and once they are finished, they will be beautiful! They work with any budget and make great suggestions! Love them!
Fantastic Interior Design Team!! The decor and furniture in my home would not be the same without Megan Carey's eye for design! If you are looking to renovate your home and update furniture call The Design Firm. Their show room is gorgeous and all employees are professional and caring. I look forward to working with them again!
Kara and Rachel have a wonderful eye for color and great ideas to help me stretch my design dollars further. They gave practical and amazing advice on where to prioritize my resources for my current project as well as projects I'm looking More
Simply perfect! The team was so professional and the design was beautiful! Will work with again!
Our office was a complete disaster before brining in The Design Firm to help. The ladies all helped create a perfect office space for us. Kara and Crystal really helped pull our space together and not only did we get the office of our dreams but they actually managed to do it within our budget! We were so impressed with their work that we are going to have them come back and do our second office in the near future! If you were thinking about bringing in an interior designer for your project, DON T HESITATE!!! They took everything we wanted into account and the end result was an office that was not only beautiful but also functional. Thank you for your amazing work!
They were so good I m literally at loss for words. Before venturing on this journey of working with an interior designer, I was really intimidated by the idea but after seeing what the result was I am so glad I did it! They were so good about making me feel like a priority and taking my budget into consideration. My house looks so beautiful! All of my friends and family have not stopped talking about how much they love it too! Kara was amazing to work with and Chelsea really helped push my house to beyond what I imagined. I love The Design Firm team and I can t wait to work with them in the future! Thank you for making my dream house a reality!
Working with The Design Firm was an amazing experience! They made my entire house look stunning, even better than I envisioned. Jenn and Kara were extremely helpful and professional, they made the entire process super easy. From the time of our initial meeting to the reveal, I had a blast getting to watch my house come to life. They presented iterations of their designs to me multiple times, taking my notes and choices into consideration with each new presentation. Their prices are totally worth it after seeing the outcome. I never thought that I would hire an interior designer but after this, I don t think I ll ever go without one! I can t wait to work with them again, thanks for everything!
I have used The Design Firm for two major projects, and I cannot overstate how happy I am with their service and with the outcome. They were recommended by a friend who was also thrilled with the outcome. I worked with Kara and Rachel. They came to my house and they took a lot of time to get to know me. I collect geodes and minerals, and I have a somewhat unique taste. Also, I have two teenage boys, a large Doberman, and two cats so I needed something that would hold up to a lot of use. They got it perfect! The first job was to redo my entire downstairs. They transformed my formal area, family room, entrance, bar, dining room, halls, and breakfast area from floor to ceiling. I was amazed at how perfect it looked. The following year I had them redo my upstairs. Again, perfection! If I ever move, I will have them redo my next house. I highly recommend The Design Firm. They are on top of everything, the outcome is not just come cookie cutter design that looks like everyone else's house, and the cost is upfront and reasonable.
Sonja Kristiansen, M.D.
What an amazing experience. The design firm is so professional and made this whole process super easy. I am in love with the final result and can t wait to do the rest of my house! Thank you for everything, I didn t realize how much I needed an interior designer in my life!
I recently purchased a new home and was completely lost with what to do with it. The design firm stepped in and literally made my dreams a reality. The whole team was extremely professional, from the designers to the install crew, the whole experience was great! When the install day came, they recommended that I not be at the house so that my family and I could experience the big reveal I m so glad that we left! When we left the house was empty and didn t feel like home but when we came back my wife teared up at how beautiful everything was! I recommend them over anyone! Great work!
We have done 4 projects with the design firm and are so happy with our home!!! Megan is amazing and listens so closely to what we want & her designs are always spot on. Once we used The Design Firm for our family room we knew we would use them on future projects....from beginning to end the experience is great! We highly recommend them!!!!
Kara has a contagious, amazing gift. My husband and I hired The Design Firm a few months ago to guide us through an overhaul of almost our entire house, one phase at a time. The TDF teams professionalism, enthusiasm and talent were evident immediately. I have worked with interior designers before and was prepared for the mixed bag that entails, but Kara and our Senior Designer, Mary, have changed my perception of the whole process. Mary was communicative, thorough, detail-oriented and driven to succeed... all at a pace that was perfect for us. And her out-of-the-box way of thinking is inspiring. She listened, and she delivered. And I know she and her team worked tirelessly behind the scenes, which I greatly appreciate. My first two phases are done -- one that involved a big renovation with contractors, and the other was a more simple bedroom re-do, and both were completed with excellence. Our home is stunning. I cannot wait to begin the next phases, thanks to The Design Firm, Kara and Mary. My family and I are beyond grateful our paths crossed!"
I've waited a few weeks to write this review to ensure I wasn't providing a review based off emotion. Our experience with TDF started off as pleasant as we went through a very extensive consultation, as well as a meeting with the owner and designer. Our desires were very clear, as my husband and I asked lots of questions and provided feedback based on our styles and preferences. We spent well over 40k for our home design for several rooms, even going over our initial budget which we were ok with. We were even planning for the next design phase of our home, where we wanted to possibly use their services.
The end design was nice; however my review is regarding the very poor attitude of our designer, Caroline. It started out as cordial, but she clearly doesn't like to be questioned as a designer. As a customer, If i'm spending over 30k on my home, I would like to be able to provide ongoing respectful feedback for a home that I have to live in for potentially the rest of my life. Our design relationship took a very awkward turn as Caroline became agitated, rude and dismissive. When a husband/wife team are working together on a family home, a designer should not dismiss either spouse's desire and turn to the other spouse and say, "well what do you think", as if the other person doesn't matter. In addition, if we have decided that we want to go in more of a "traditional" direction; why would you keep presenting us with items that make our home look like more of an art museum, and then get upset or frustrated when we say that's not the style we asked for? We were clearly not being heard, and when we politely expressed our concerns, she would become extremely dismissive and emotional.
After trying to get our concerns heard, we sent an email to Caroline, and also included the owner, Kara. But because Caroline is the DAUGHTER of the owner, she would respond to our emails, but would take her mom off the emails. To us, this was a conflict of interest. How do we complain about the daughter of the owner?! The last straw was after making a recommendation for greenery for the home, we asked for sample designs on what they would look like. When we were sent more contemporary/modern style trees. My husband sent a very nice email asking if we could look for more traditional style trees. Not more than 24 hours later, we received an email stating they would no longer work with us! So a designer can make a recommendation for us to spend almost $2k on a faux tree, and we can't ask for what we like?! Who does that?! I understand all design relationships don't work out, but at no time were we offered another designer to work with or anything. We were blatantly told, they didn't want to work with us anymore. I've worked with interior designers before and I have never experienced such blatant disrespect as a paying customer. While I may not be a millionaire or a NFL/NBA wife, our money is hard earned and just as important.
This company is amazing. Without them, my dream home would not have been possible. Thank you so much for making my dreams a reality. Kara, Bilal and Jenn were fabulous to work with. The install crew was so professional and made sure everything was perfect! Outstanding!
Driving a quick 10 minutes right outside of Houston will get you to the most beautiful design firm ever! I drive by it everyday for work and always wondered what was inside. Gorgeous place! Don't be afraid to go in and check it out!
Wow. What can I say. We have worked with The Design Firm multiple times and we love them. They are amazing. The process is wonderful. It's easy to see the design concept before you pull the trigger. We are currently doing another project and cannot wait until it is finished. Thank you so much for making my house a home and a very beautiful home at that. I would encourage any and all to call and see how they can help you.
WE LOVE THE DESIGN FIRM!! We were so thrilled with The Design Firm's work in our home in Houston that we couldn't wait to work with them again in our new Austin home. In both cases we loved that the designers spent time with us in our home in order to really understand how we live and what we love in design. We loved that we could see our design beautifully displayed in drawings and samples before the work began. Megan was delightful to work with and the design was perfect for our home and lifestyle. The team spent three days installing the design and we felt so comfortable with them in our home. Kara and Eric, you have created a wonderful concept in interior design and built an amazing team! Thank you so much for making our home comfortable and beautiful!
What an amazing experience! Never had I anticipated for my kitchen to look the way it did. Such a unique attention to detail and art. We ve tried looking at many places, but the level at ingenuity at the firm was something else. Very pleased with how everything worked out, definitely will be returning! Oh and a huge thank you to Caroline, for her continuous work to perfect my home!!!!
I absolutely love love love everything in the design firm.
They have been without a doubt, one of the best design firms I have ever worked with. I had them redesign one of my offices and I can t even begin to describe just how beautiful the result was. My clients can t stop raving about how they love the new look of my office. We went with a very natural calm design and I have never felt so peaceful in the workplace! I definitely recommend them, they know what they are doing!
To start with this review I will say that We were over promised but under delivered by TDF. We started calling them and made the deposit by the end of March. By mid of April we met for our presentation and we have agreed with 75% of their proposal. There are couple more items I either take off or switch out. On June 13th they went out and did an installation for the house. That s when I found out the 2 items I have agreed with them on the very first time after they proposed it was not in stock and not sure when will it be in stock again. I was told to wait until the end of July for one of the 2 missing items. When I mentioned I wanted to cancel the items Crystal (the name of the designer who worked on my project from the beginning) told me that the both items will be discontinued and she is not sure when will it be delivered. It seems like because I insist to cancel 1 she went ahead and try to make me cancel the both item. When I asked for the refund, this is when the ridiculous part started. So the missing items are the ones for the living room and the project it has a media cabinet, 2 3-seats sofas, an end table, 1 lamp, 1 decliner, 1 love chair and a coffee table. The 2 pieces were missing are a love chair and a coffee table which we picked out at the very beginning and they said they have it ordered but until the end for almost 8 weeks we was informed that 2 pieces has been out of stock for awhile. And for 8 weeks no one has informed us any words so we either wait or pick out different ones. They waited until they done install everything and let me know that 2 pieces are missing. The whole project cost us 30K including freight and installation fee. The living room itself cost us nearly 14k. When I asked for the refund of the 2 big items or I would call the 2 significant items since it s a chair and a coffee table, they told me that I will get a refund of $1400. I was like what. For the whole room cost me 14k and that 2 big pieces only cost $1400? I spoke to Crystal and she became so rude. I feel like after receiving all my money they kinda want to walk away brushing off all the responsibilities. When I mentioned about how disappointed I am with her service she would jump in and ask me then what do you want . She asked me that question for all most the whole conversation when I tried to tell her how I feel. If you are going to pick them, don t work with Crystal. You won t be able to see her true self until things happen and it wasn t a nice one to deal with if anything happens. The items that we received there were 2 damaged ones and one of the chair it took them until last week Wednesday which was August 8th to finally have it fixed. They fixed it for 7 times in total wasting all my time staying home wait for them and what they did was keep bringing another damaged one to replace it. Finally it s done and I really won t recommend their service to anyone that I know. Their products mainly are from Coaster Fine Furnitures and with that same project I don t think we would pay more than 15k for the whole house. The bedroom nightstands and the media cabinet are feel very cheap. Not real wood and yes for the price I paid I do have the right to expect some real wood or high quality items. But it failed us so hard and we have learned a big lesson from this project that never ever trust anyone too much. I highly recommend you shop around before making your decision because most of the house project costs thousands of dollars so be careful in picking your service. If I have a negative choice I will give them some negative stars.
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