--- title: "Joanne Palmisano Design — Interior Designers & Decorators | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/joanne-palmisano-design-pfvwus-pf~1099000951 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1099000951.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Joanne Palmisano Design" category: ["Interior Designers & Decorators"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/30e3523d0d2609ec_7324-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Burlington, Vermont 05401, United States" latitude: 44.484 longitude: -73.2199 phone: "(802) 985-9393" website: http://joannepalmisano.com rating: 5 review_count: 5 best_of_houzz_awards: 2 followers: 185 last_updated: 2026-08-13 --- # Joanne Palmisano Design Original Houzz profile: [Joanne Palmisano Design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/joanne-palmisano-design-pfvwus-pf~1099000951) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Interior Designers & Decorators - **Location:** Burlington, VT - **Serves:** Everywhere - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (5 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2015), for Design, Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Star Houzzer - Houzz Influencer - Recommended on Houzz - 25,000 Ideabook Saves Joanne Palmisano is an Award-Winning Interior Designer, and a Nationally Recognized Figurehead in the Salvage, Vintage and Recycling Design World. She is the Author of three internationally-acclaimed salvage design books, Salvage Secrets, Salvage Secrets Design & Decor, Styling with Salvage and just out, Rock Your Rental Joanne specializes in modest budget designs for both Residential and Commercial Projects including vacation homes, inns, boutique motels and hotels, restaurants, bars, taprooms and more. Joanne’s Interior Design Services can range from small renovations and refresh projects to creating original concepts for residential, commercial and renovation work to as large as full design services including layout and design, fixture and finishes to styling and final decor. Joanne also Collaborates with other interior design and architectural firms on larger commercial and new build projects. Her offices are in Vermont but she travels across the country for her work, including Vermont, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Florida, Oregon, North Carolina, Wyoming and New York. Joanne is also a National Speaker on the topics of Using Recycled, Vintage and Salvage material in Design and How to Make Your Inn, B&B, Vacation Rental or Boutique Hospitality Location Stand Out From the Crowd . Her engaging, interactive and humorous approach has been a huge hit at numerous events, company gatherings and private workshops. She is also a Stylist for national product lines and hospitality locations, including Gardener’s Supply Company, Keurig, and many more. Her styling skills help bring properties, products and spaces to life. ### Services Provided - Design Consultation ### Areas Served - Everywhere ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Joanne Palmisano Design | | Address | Burlington, Vermont 05401, United States | | Phone | (802) 985-9393 | | Website | http://joannepalmisano.com | | Followers on Houzz | 185 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/joannepalmisano.design/ - LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-palmisano-68b3b760/ - Blog — http://www.joannepalmisano.com/ ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Joanne Palmisano Design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/joanne-palmisano-design-pfvwus-pf~1099000951) - **Website:** http://joannepalmisano.com - **Phone:** (802) 985-9393 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - Best New Hotel Vermont 2019, Main and Mountain Bar + Motel. New England Editors - Top Creative People, Country Home Magazine, 2018 - Best New Brewery, 2019, Lawson's Finest Taproom - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2015), for Design, Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 5 reviews** ### All 5 reviews **★★★★★ — Gideon Pollack, Nov. 2018** > Joanne Palmisano is the most creative design professional I have ever worked with, and as a developer I work with a lot of them. Joanne brings a design aesthetic and business sensibility to everything she does and so I always know that the ideas she comes up with, and the materials she selects, tick two very important boxes; they make the guest/resident feel like they’re in a truly special environment, and they leave the client knowing that they are going to generate maximum ROI. Those two are very intertwined. I met Joanne when I had bought a property in need of a total retrofit, but I now look for properties that I can work on with Joanne because if it’s a project Joanne can add value to I know I will execute successfully. **Comment from Joanne Palmisano Design:** > Thank you so much Gideon. You are a joy to work with!! **★★★★★ — randib5, Nov. 2014** > I found Joanne on Houzz when I was looking into decorating the first floor of my home. I knew I wanted my home to have style, but didn't know exactly what kind of style I liked, nor did I know how to achieve getting that look once I figured out what it was! > After our first consultation, I knew Joanne was THE designer for me! She knows all the right questions to ask me to insure the end result will be just perfect! She has such a talented eye and is great at communicating her vision in a way that I am able picture it as well. > With her salvage savvy and DIY advice, my first floor is turning into everything I wanted...and more...including just the right wall colors, awesome furniture and rug ideas, plus a reclaimed wood wall in my mudroom and a DIY project consisting of stripping and painting my dining room hutch to change it to a bar for my living room! I'm mid-way thru the project now and can't wait to see the end result! **★★★★★ — Susan Teare, Professional Photographer, Oct. 2014** > Joanne Palmisano and I work together often. She is always pleasant, professional and excited about her work. I’ve collaborated with Joanne on her Salvage Secrets books, her projects for DIY NETWORK, presentations across the nation, and have had her style many homes I photograph for builders, architects and other designers. > > She has an amazing eye and I’m always blown-away with her natural ability to see how design and styling should work within a space and how she can easily incorporate salvage material into any home or design style. > Working with Joanne, whether it is hiring her to style homes or traveling with her to talk about salvage design and photography, is always a pleasure. I would highly recommend contacting Joanne Palmisano, if you are looking for that extra something in your home for styling and design or for a salvage design/decor presentation. **★★★★★ — hlynds, Aug. 2014** > We hired Joanne Palmisano to manage the interior design of the Mad River Barn in Waitsfield, Vermont (www.madriverbarn). The Mad River Barn (or "the Barn", as people call it) is an Inn, Restaurant, and Pub located at the base of the Appalachian Gap, serving skiers, cyclists, craft beer enthusiasts, and other travelers exploring all the great things that Vermont has to offer. > > We found Joanne on Houzz even before we purchased the Barn, after finding photos she had posted related to the particular design style we were looking for (we'd call it "rustic farmhouse with an edge of industrial"). Joanne's expertise in salvage design was also important, as we wanted to ensure the Barn retained its connection to the past, while at the same time, delivering a more modern experience for guests. > > Joanne is amazing! I really do not have enough words to describe how awesome she is. She has completely transformed the Barn. People tour it now just to marvel at the design, commenting on all of the creative design elements located throughout. One of the elements most frequently commented on is the restaurant welcome sign, where "The Barn" is spelled out using old plumbing handles and bits of copper pipe. Another favorite is light fixture Joanne made out of bed springs from the 1950's, which believe it or not, were still in use when we acquired the property. The guest rooms are also a favorite - they are gorgeous. Exactly perfect for the Barn. You can take a quick tour through our TripAdvisor listing, where you'll see that the majority of the comments are about how awesome Joanne's design is. It amazes me that people like Joanne exist - people that can see things that aren't there, and create such beautiful surroundings. She is a gift, and we are truly blessed to have met her. **★★★★★ — Rosanne Palmisano, Aug. 2014** > Joanne helped me re-design my Kitchen. I had a kitchen in a 1926 house that had not been updated in over 40 years. She helped me bring my kitchen back to life and most importantly helped me add some elements using Salvaged materials that made one-of-a-kind statement pieces. It was a great combination of modern, unique and comfortable. She did such an amazing job that my kitchen was featured in Better Homes and Garden magazine. She helped me envision what my kitchen could be and helped me keep on a very tight budget. **Comment from Joanne Palmisano Design:** > This was a great project. Opening up the space, letting the light into this home was a huge help. Mixing the old with the new, gives this kitchen amazing charm! ## Selected projects - [Vacation Rental Design Updates](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/vacation-rental-design-updates-pj-vj~6296868) - Location: Stowe, VT - Photos: 5 - [Styling With Salvage, by Joanne Palmisano, Photography by Susan Teare](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/styling-with-salvage-by-joanne-palmisano-photography-by-susan-teare-pj-vj~4477089) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 10 - Description: Award winning interior designer, Joanne Palmisano, is passionate about the joy and importance of reuse in home decor. Whether it's reclaimed, repurposed, recycled, salvaged, or antique, Joanne will show you how to turn an old piece into a stunning decorative object. Styling with Salvage is an essential guide for those who can't walk by a secondhand store or salvage yard without taking a peek, or who just want to decorate in a more mindful way. Joanne provides an aspirational-but-achievable templ… - [DIYS -- EASY HOME DECOR CREATED FOR DIY NETWORK](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/diys-easy-home-decor-created-for-diy-network-pj-vj~4477358) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 14 - Description: DIY NETWORK PROJECTS: Joanne Palmisano has created over 250 DIY projects for DIY NETWORK, including an 8-part video series, How to Design with Salvage. Many of these projects are step-by-step for DIY NETWORK, for details on the projects, go to DIY NETWORK. - [Bear Mountain Inn, Maine](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/bear-mountain-inn-maine-pj-vj~4476951) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - Description: What an amazing project! IT'S OFFICIAL: I've decided that I LOVE LOVE LOVE to re-design inns, bed & breakfasts, boutique size motels and hotels, vacation rentals and small resorts. Bringing these special places back to life brings me such joy! And the people I get to work with become dear friends. Big thank you to Brian and Julie Sullivan for reaching out to me only a week after they bought Bear Mountain Inn asking me to be their designer. They were excited and anxious to do the renovation and t… - [Main + Mountain Motel & Bar](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/main-mountain-motel-and-bar-pj-vj~3057657) - Location: Ludlow, VT - Photos: 9 - Description: Designer: Joanne Palmisano Photography: Lindsay Selin - [Mad River Barn](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/mad-river-barn-pj-vj~586752) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 7 - Description: MAD RIVER BARN (Inn, Restaurant, Pub) An Inn…spiration in remodeling, recycling and reuse! Interior design and DIY projects by Joanne Palmisano, author of Salvage Secrets Design & Décor and Salvage Secrets, Transforming Reclaimed Material (W.W.Norton). Mad River Barn was in need of serious repair. Heather and Andrew (the new owners). With restoring in mind–and to keep the heritage and history of the place alive–Joanne created design concepts that encompassed the repurposing of material presented… - [Stowe, Vermont - Vacation Townhome](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/stowe-vermont-vacation-townhome-pj-vj~2847636) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - [Bundy Art Center](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/bundy-art-center-pj-vj~2847535) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 3 - Description: Renovation project for the Bundy Art Center including turning a storage room into a kitchen. The Bundy Art Center is not only a home but a beautiful art gallerya nd event space. - [Salvage Secrets Design & Decor, The Book](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/salvage-secrets-design-and-decor-the-book-pj-vj~586800) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 20 - Description: With the release of her second book, which displays over 350 photographs of exceptional salvage designs by homeowners and designers ranging from glamorous New City apartments, retro mid-century bungalows, contemporary farmhouses to funky electric, Joanne hopes that homeowners and designers alike will see how creative you can get with salvage material. From room to room ideas to inspiration retail spaces that use salvage, salvage success stories of homeowners and designers, a handful of do-it-you… - [Salvage Secrets, Transforming Reclaimed Material, Book](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/salvage-secrets-transforming-reclaimed-material-book-pj-vj~646245) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - Description: This internationally acclaimed book has received dozens of stunning reviews and is a must have for any designer, architect or homeowner interested in using salvaged, recycled, vintage or antique materials in their home design and décor. - [Salvage Secrets Design, Joanne Palmisano Interior Design Work](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/salvage-secrets-design-joanne-palmisano-interior-design-work-pj-vj~10518) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 1 - Description: Joanne Palmisano has worked on numerous home and commercial projects, including recently an inn, restaurant, pub and a historic lakefront resort project, and art center turning into a residential home. [See all 11 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/joanne-palmisano-design-pfvwus-pf~1099000951) ## Ideabooks - [Houzz Tour: Cozy Vermont Cabin Blanketed in Charm](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/1642590/list/houzz-tour-cozy-vermont-cabin-blanketed-in-charm) — 13 ideas - [Regina's House](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/31759382/list/regina-s-house) — 2 ideas - [Susan's House](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/31759349/list/susan-s-house) — 1 idea - [Salvage Secrets Design & Decor, Interior Design Book](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/28901657/list/salvage-secrets-design-decor-interior-design-book) — 13 ideas - [Salvaged Kitchen Ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/7733450/list/salvaged-kitchen-ideas) — 1 idea - [My Houzz: Contemporary Lakefront Prairie Style Home](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/994543/list/my-houzz-contemporary-lakefront-prairie-style-home) — 10 ideas - [My Houzz: New Vermont Farmhouse Respecting the Past](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/2994625/list/my-houzz-new-vermont-farmhouse-respecting-the-past) — 12 ideas - [My Houzz: New England Add-On Provides Privacy, Views](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/2584837/list/my-houzz-new-england-add-on-provides-privacy-views) — 8 ideas - [My Houzz: Hillside Sanctuary in Vermont](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/1941877/list/my-houzz-hillside-sanctuary-in-vermont) — 13 ideas - [My Houzz: Rejuvenated Ranch](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/1342437/list/my-houzz-rejuvenated-ranch) — 14 ideas - [Salvage Secrets by Joanne Palmisano](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/262055/list/salvage-secrets-by-joanne-palmisano) — 33 ideas - [tables](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/487602/list/tables) — 2 ideas - [Salvaged Storage](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/391742/list/salvaged-storage) — 7 ideas - [Salvaged Wood](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/391727/list/salvaged-wood) — 8 ideas - [Cream of the Crop](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/421795/list/cream-of-the-crop) — 10 ideas - [Navy](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/421830/list/navy) — 18 ideas - [Salvaged Metal Wall and Ceiling Coverings](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/353432/list/salvaged-metal-wall-and-ceiling-coverings) — 12 ideas - [Green Up Your Home Day](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/391674/list/green-up-your-home-day) — 13 ideas - [Salvaged Coffee Table](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/391721/list/salvaged-coffee-table) — 4 ideas - [Concrete Options](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/393336/list/concrete-options) — 1 idea [See all 39 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/joannepalmisano) ## Community Q&A **Q: What are the dimensions of this sink?? Thanks!** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Hello This kitchen and the rest of the house were featured in my first book, Salvage Secrets. This a home of an architect in Portland Oregon. I don't know the exact dimensions of the sink, but I do remember it was about 3 feet long and around 14 inches wide. Hope that helps :) **Q: Love the chandelier! My new favourite thing!!!!!** *(in Photo Questions)* Could you please tell me where you found this? Alternatively, did you have it commissioned and by whom? Look forward to hearing from you, Thank you, Rachel B. A: This picture was in my first book Salvage Secrets. This house happens to be one of my closest friends. She actually made the chandelier herself out of bottles she found in the backyard. More about her and the story... Shannon Quimby is her name. There is a great Houzz article about the whole house! :) **Q: I love the reddish color--can you share the color you used?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Hi Thanks for your inquiry. I think it was cochineal red CW-330 Benjamin Moore. Hope that helps!! :) **Q: Did you stain that red barn door?** *(in Photo Questions)* It's beautiful! If so could you share the name/ color of stain and the wood type? Thank you A: The door was originally green and the homeowner did a red over it and liked the green showing through a bit so left it that way. **Q: Any idea what paint color is on the walls?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: I don't know... Sorry. **Q: Is there anyway I can purchase this light fixture? It is magnificant and just what I am looking for over the** *(in Photo Questions)* A: The chandelier was made by the talented Shannon Quimby in the photography from my book. www.shannonquimby.com --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-08-13.*