Colleen Shaut - Case Design/Remodeling Inc.

I am super picky, budget conscience and need to completely trust people that I am working with. After interviewing several big name local companies, I was underwhelmed and discouraged. None of them "had it all." One Saturday I attended a workshop at Case Design's offices in Bethesda. Running this event was Director of Project Development, Colleen Shaut. While she basically had me at hello on a personality basis, I knew I had to pay attention to make sure she was our woman for the job. I practically accosted her at the end of the presentations. There was no doubt in my mind that Colleen was the person and Case was the company for me and my family. Colleen and her amazing team of professionals were even better than I had hoped! She listened to me the way others seemed to pretend to. She knew my vision, how to make it happen and how to calmly communicate details with me. (And I have trouble making decisions!) Colleen is creative, wise and extremely innovative. I am so grateful for how she completely transformed our home and for how seamless the whole team made it feel! I recommend her highly!!

Colleen Shaut has style and more!! I am so grateful to Colleen for helping me achieve my dream, which was to recreate my living space to be beautiful, warm, inviting and functional for my lifestyle. Thanks to Colleen, I have a "new" home that I absolutely love coming home to and that I feel pride and joy to share with my friends and family. I totally agree with the review by Kaeli Duggan - Colleen has an unmatched eye for design and space. I would add that she offers creativity as well as practicality with every suggestion and recommendation. She listened and totally "got" me, how I lived, what I wanted. Colleen also brought a wealth of knowledge about construction and remodeling, what works, what won't, so I knew from day one, that with her and Adrian Andreassi on my team, we would have fun as we planned my project. They did not disappoint! Now thanks to them, every day I come home and feel like I am finally living in that "model home" with all the comfort and personal touches that make it uniquely my own. Colleen, you're the best. You have style and an ability to point your clients in their own unique, aesthetic direction. I am so happy to have worked with you!

Colleen has an incredible eye for space and design. She is thorough in every step of the process - from measurements, to understanding clients' vision, to completion of every step of the project until the client is satisfied. We had a large project that included full kitchen renovation (from tearing down walls to every detail of replacing backsplash to flooring and lighting) - we also remodeled the master bed/bath/closets and our guest bathroom. My favorite part of working with Colleen was her recommendations and her honesty. We had a clear vision of where we wanted the kitchen, for example, but many of our specific and favorite details (e.g. cabinet color, stones, placement of drawers and cabinets) were ultimately a result of her ability to take what we wanted and improve it by making thoughtful and creative recommendations. This really made all the difference in the world to our final result. I'd recommend her to anyone (and have, actually!) -- especially someone who is open to honest opinions and new interpretations of their space that they might not have thought of! I truly believe you get what you pay for and Colleen and the project management team and everyone at Case is a perfect example of this.

Case Design did a top-to-bottom kitchen remodel for us. We were impressed with their competitive pricing, responsiveness, and professionalism. They also have a great showroom and it was so convenient to have "one stop shopping" for all the materials and fixtures. Colleen Shaut, Micaela Mendoza, and Kevin Davis made a great team, and it was so easy to work with them. We now have a kitchen that we love and that meets every single one of the needs/wishes that we expressed to them at the beginning of the project. I look forward to working with them again and highly recommend them to others!

We hired Case Design to remodel our kitchen in our SW condo in DC. The kitchen was challengingly small and dark and had not been updated for at least a couple of decades and, in addition, we needed to get our kitchen completed fairly quickly as we are expecting a baby in the Fall. Case Design pulled together a great project team for us, led by Colleen Shaut and George Bergling. Everything from beginning to end was great – from the time we spent in the showroom picking cabinets and flooring to the execution of the project. The design recommendations to provide more space and light in a small kitchen from Colleen and other staff were well thought out and right on target, from the type of cabinets we picked out, to the colors, to the type of floor and even the ceiling light fixture recommendations were great. Everything went on schedule and we were in close communication if there were any changes or issues. During the execution phase of the project, the work was mostly performed by Chris Oldham and he was wonderful. He handled any issues that came up seamlessly and was able to make my last minute addition of a finished entranceway to the kitchen and complete items on my to do list with minimal changes to timelines. The result is a kitchen that is just beautiful and one that is also highly functional – and it was completed on time with no hassles! Also, just a quick note about Case’s pricing. You get what you pay for and their work is by far the highest quality for the price. I cannot wait to share it with family and friends!

I have worked with Colleen on a number of projects in the DC region over the past 8-10 years. She is a pleasure to work with on every level. Creative, organized & driven to make her client's experience positive from beginning to end.

Colleen is a pleasure to work with and has an amazing energy that is contagious. Her attention to detail is second to none and she has a broad depth of product knowledge, which allows her to always be on point in assisting clients with selections and an overall vision for their project. If I were hiring a designer for my own home, Colleen would be my first phone call!