--- title: "Sacred Living — Interior Designers & Decorators | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/sacred-living-pfvwus-pf~1099895403 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1099895403.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Sacred Living" category: ["Interior Designers & Decorators"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/ae238ed004d90ea0_1201-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "668 N. Coast Hwy #1377, Laguna Beach, California 92651, United States" latitude: 33.5429 longitude: -117.7813 phone: "(949) 637-7528" website: http://www.sacredliving.com rating: 5 review_count: 10 best_of_houzz_awards: 2 followers: 60 last_updated: 2026-09-15 --- # Sacred Living Original Houzz profile: [Sacred Living](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/sacred-living-pfvwus-pf~1099895403) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Interior Designers & Decorators - **Location:** Laguna Beach, CA - **Serves:** Beach & Desert Communities Or, Serving the Mountain - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (10 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2017–2018), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Star Houzzer - Recommended on Houzz - 250 Ideabook Saves Robert Esterley is an award winning Allied ASID Designer with over 20 years of experience, offering full service residential interior design. He is well known for his holistic approach and for his pioneering work with healing space design. His compassion for those who face difficult lifestyle transitions inspired his work in Wellness Design, offering home therapy rooms, meditation and relaxation retreats. Rob has a passion and creative lens for designing an environment that reflects and aids the transition from significant lifestyle changes. Wherever you are in your journey, Rob wants to help people ease into lifestyle changes in an atmosphere that promotes healing and peace of mind. ### Services Provided - Interior Design - Kitchen Design - Bathroom Design - Living Room Design - Bedroom Design - Color Consulting - Space Planning - Furniture Selection - Kids Bedroom Design - Dining Room Design - Custom Cabinets - Lighting Design - Custom Kitchen Cabinets - Home Office Design & Construction - Custom Built-ins - Floor Plans - Playroom Design - Project Management - Custom Bathroom Vanities - Custom Furniture - Laundry Room Design - Mudroom Design - Nursery Design - Custom Blinds & Shades - House Plans - Custom Home Bars - Closet Design - 3D Rendering - Custom Bookcases - Custom Walk-in Closets - Custom Entertainment Centers - Sunroom Design & Construction - Custom Rugs - Custom Fireplace Mantels - Home Theater Design - Sustainable Design - Custom Shelving - Custom Pantries - Home Staging - Downsizing - Drafting - Handicap-Accessible Design - Green Building - Energy-Efficient Homes - Decluttering - Historic Building Conservation - Feng Shui Design - Custom Murphy Beds - Kitchen Remodeling - Staircase Design ### Areas Served - Beach & Desert Communities Or - Serving the Mountain ### Typical Job Cost $5000 - Combination of Hourly with Mark-up ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Sacred Living | | Address | 668 N. Coast Hwy \#1377, Laguna Beach, California 92651, United States | | Phone | (949) 637-7528 | | Website | http://www.sacredliving.com | | Followers on Houzz | 60 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — www.facbook.com/sacredlivingdesigns - Blog — http://trendmag2.trendoffset.com/publication/?i=294590&p=48 ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Sacred Living](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/sacred-living-pfvwus-pf~1099895403) - **Website:** http://www.sacredliving.com - **Phone:** (949) 637-7528 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - Allied ASID - ASID Design Award of Excellence - Featured in Riviera Magazine and California Homes - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2017–2018), for Service. **Affiliations** - [American Society of Interior Designers](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/american-society-of-interior-designers-pfvwus-pf~1510192642) ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 10 reviews** ### All 10 reviews **★★★★★ — Katie Coates, Jan. 2019** > Rob helped me make my bedroom into a healing sanctuary. With his transformational re-styling, he has created a place for me to rest, relax and rejuvenate. The room is unrecognizable! Peace, tranquility, and serenity have been borne from chaos, clutter, and confusion. Gone is the edginess I felt when I went into the space in the past...now my room is calming and lovely. Rob has helped me use light, aroma, color, and sound to fundamentally change the way I feel and to restore my equilibrium after my long days. **★★★★★ — Sherri Medina, April 2017** > We have had the privilege of working with Robert for the past 17 years. He has re-designed existing spaces in our home, as well as designing new spaces during a comprehensive remodel. Rob does an excellent job listening to the lifestyle needs and budgetary requirements of his client and creating a vision for a space that’s functional and inviting. His choice of colors, textiles, and furnishings are impeccable. Our friends and guests always comment on his lovely designs and our family is the recipient on a daily basis of the way he weaves beauty and warmth with functionality. We are consistently delighted with the outcome of Robert’s work; he continually exceeds our expectations. I highly recommend Robert Esterley for any of your home and lifestyle design needs. **★★★★★ — Dorinda Nicholson, April 2017** > Rob sketched out a plan to up date our house as we prepared to downsize. He created the look the house will need to bring top dollar at sales time. He did not forget to surround us with comfort and joy as we age in place. > You are not going to find anyone who will care more about creating a tranquil space for you and getting it right, then Rob Esterley. It does not matter if you donʻt have a huge budget. By merely rearranging pictures on the wall and the positioning of a few chairs my guests thought Iʻd refurnished the whole family room. > As I meditated in my sacred healing room this morning I not only gave thanks for daily blessings, but for how Sacred Living Designs has blessed my life. **★★★★★ — Jeffrey Nicholson, March 2017** > Robert Esterley is an observer. He has this unique gift of walking into a space and finding it's potential. > > Today, perhaps more than ever, we all need an environment to really LIVE and LOVE in. We need a space to be ourselves, to be loud, to be quiet, to raise our family, to create memories and celebrate our connections with the closest people in our lives. Those amazing people that transform us. Robert Esterley is one of those people. > > Robert creates environments that encourage and represent your lifestyle, without overpowering it. You can't learn this stuff. You must be born with it. Robert's gift is creating sacred spaces and he will find the heart in your home. > > My family has worked with him now for over 15 years on several properties, both Los Angeles and Kansas City, and each time has transformed our house into our home. I have referred him many times and he has been equally adept at working with my family and friends - from 8 years old - to 80. > > I highly recommend giving yourself the opportunity of working with Robert - who, in return will give you the gift of creating your very own sacred spaces. **★★★★★ — Sandy Streeter, March 2017** > The article, "Planning Peaceful Spaces", written by Robert Esterley, addresses and defines the importance and impact of having a space in your home that reflects calmness and tranquility when entering, which has a huge reflection on your emotional state of mind. As Mr. Esterley points out entering a room that is organized, clean and free from excessive noise will minimize your stress levels. The beautiful designs in the Laguna Beach magazine were amazing. Mr. Esterley captured the necessity of a holistic design to create a warm, peaceful and happy environment. Robert's creative vision, designed several warm and inviting spaces throughout my home. Friends and family are always commenting on the welcoming feeling created by the color choices, textures and continuity of our home. I would highly recommend Mr. Esterley for any of your home design needs. **★★★★★ — Robert Smith, March 2017** > Robert designed the entire interior of our home with outstanding results. All the spaces are both elegant and quiet at the same time. One of Rob's best qualities is that he listens to what the client really wants, rather than imposing his own ideas, although it is always worth listening to him as his ideas were often getter than our. **★★★★★ — Susan Buchanan, Feb. 2017** > I have had the pleasure and honor of working with Rob over the past two years on creating a sacred home. With an extremely hectic business life, my home has become my sanctuary for healing, contemplation and rejuvenation. While I had worked on my house for several years previously, Rob brought an entirely new perspective and dimension to it, which I can only describe as angelic and magical. Rob has the rare skill of being able to hear your soul and interpret that in physical form. He worked with what I already had - furniture, paintings, plants, candles and my collection of trinkets, rocks, shells, cloths and other collectibles - and put them together in what I can only describe as their most magnetic and energetic space and place. He has created sheer magic and continues to support me, giving me the confidence to hear my own inner messages and continue with miraculous creations. **★★★★★ — Raymond Michael Corral, Feb. 2017** > Robert is a true visionary with a gift for transforming ordinary spaces into sanctuaries where inspiration, restoration, and actual healing can take place. Our experience began with Robert’s natural rapport building skills that allowed my wife and me to bond with him in a way that revealed our inexplicable desire for each living space in our home. Somehow Robert’s intuition allowed him to perceive our needs for sanctuary resurgence and inspiration. The unique bond he formed with us has actually engendered the creation of a sacred space reflective of each of us and is already imbued with the astonishing power of positivity and resurgence of mind & spirit. Although we are still in the initial stages of the project, my wife and I have already noticed the calming and inspiring effects of his work. **★★★★★ — Elizabeth Makeig, Dec. 2016** > Far exceeded our expectations,. Our home was one of 3 projects we worked with Rob on. Now our home truly feels like "our home". We find it welcoming, calming and just comfortablle to be in. Such a wonderful journey is hard to wrap up into words. Forever grateful our paths led us to Sacred Living and Robert Esterley. **★★★★★ — Jeff H, Dec. 2016** > My wife and I have worked on three extensive projects with Robert since 2004. When we purchased a new home he created an amazing interior design that is still striking a decade after completion. Several years ago we embarked on a significant construction project and expanded our home - Robert once again created a truly spectacular design . He carried the theme from the main house forward and added a multi design and sensory experience in our large pool and rec house along with an outdoor furniture and living plan. He is just finishing work on our Hawaii Condo and we are thrilled with the fabulous plan he developed for the complete redo that makes this gem on the Pacific a truly wonderful resort get away for our family. > > During each project Robert was delightful to work with. He was confident in his ideas but reacted well when we adjusted or changed what he proposed. His grasp of design is remarkable and he was able to create precisely what we wanted but might have had difficult fully describing. ## Selected projects - [Dana Point Wellness Retreat](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/dana-point-wellness-retreat-pj-vj~1419350) - Location: Dana Point, CA - Photos: 9 - Description: Wellness Retreat at the Philharmonic House of Design The Strand, Dana Point, California Esterley’s design approach was to transform the dark subterranean room without windows into a light-infused healing space for parents. Here, he created a peaceful, serene massage room and retreat to escape the stress of hectic family routine — a place for mom and dad to connect and recharge. A pure standout of Sacred Living design was his custom-designed, floor-to-ceiling chromatherapy light fixtures. Changin… - [Laguna Beach Healing Sanctuary](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/laguna-beach-healing-sanctuary-pj-vj~913674) - Location: Laguna Beach, CA - Photos: 9 - Description: Healing Sanctuary at the Philharmonic House of Design Laguna Beach, California Esterley focused primarily on chromatherapy/color therapy in this Sacred Living space that comprised a massage/relaxation room with a full spa bathing suite. The warmth and comforting properties of brilliant pink and rose hues were harnessed via colored light — and augmented with pale apricot walls — to aid in relaxation and grief work. Touch therapy was incorporated with a motorized massage table, while wind chimes a… - [Laguna Beach Peaceful Space](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/laguna-beach-peaceful-space-pj-vj~1810676) - Location: Laguna Beach, CA - Photos: 9 - Description: Article featured in Laguna Beach Magazine: http://www.lagunabeachmagazine.com/design-tips-creating-calm-spaces-home/ "Sacred Living's Robert Esterley merges classic design principles with holistic healing modalities in his approach" - Laguna Beach Magazine - [Irvine Urban Lounge](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/irvine-urban-lounge-pj-vj~1419349) - Location: Irvine, CA - Photos: 6 - Description: Urban Lounge at the Philharmonic House of Design Irvine, California The tenets of Sacred Living design were applied to an innovative modern media lounge that encourages togetherness and relaxation for the entire family. At the top of this stylish penthouse residence, Esterley immediately sets the stage for warmth and welcome in the stairwell, with a photo wall featuring casual family candids in sepia tones. Chromatherapy plays a key role with calming purple tones on the venetian plaster walls an… - [Laguna Hills Multi-Purpose Space](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/laguna-hills-multi-purpose-space-pj-vj~940453) - Location: Aliso Viejo, CA - Photos: 4 - Description: Multi-Purpose Space Laguna Hills, California This exciting multi-purpose room was designed for the entire family to enjoy. A virtual control center for mom and dad to monitor all internet communications. From a well-designed home office for mom and dad, a study/project space for the kids, crafts and gifts for mom, or a cozy daybed to relax and play video games, this room is sure to delight everyone. A must-have for any active family on the go. - [Ladera Ranch Family Estate](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/ladera-ranch-family-estate-pj-vj~1810736) - Location: Mission Viejo, CA - Photos: 5 - Description: Family Estate Residence Ladera Ranch, California Sacred Living design philosophy — with lavender specimens selected for their relaxing aroma, and geodes placed around the garden for their healing properties. Sound therapy was incorporated with multiple water features, while a hotel-inspired guest suite was designed and outfitted — down to the sheets and writing desk — to inspire warm welcome to guests. - [Rodeo Estate, Laguna Hills](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rodeo-estate-laguna-hills-pj-vj~1934848) - Location: Aliso Viejo, CA - Photos: 47 [See all 7 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/sacred-living-pfvwus-pf~1099895403) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-15.*