--- title: "7j Design, Ottawa — Design-Build Firms | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/design-build-firms/7j-design-ottawa-pfvwus-pf~1477014839 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1477014839.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "7j Design, Ottawa" category: ["Design-Build Firms"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/9f335b5e01e6e8fe_0218-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "55 Bernier Terrace, Ottawa, Ontario K2L2V1, Canada" latitude: 45.3114 longitude: -75.8861 phone: "(613) 592-3103" website: http://7jdesign.com rating: 5 review_count: 9 best_of_houzz_awards: 2 followers: 61 last_updated: 2026-09-12 --- # 7j Design, Ottawa Original Houzz profile: [7j Design, Ottawa](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/design-build-firms/7j-design-ottawa-pfvwus-pf~1477014839) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Design-Build Firms - **Location:** Ottawa, ON - **Serves:** Ottawa, Ontario - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (9 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2014–2015), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Star Houzzer - Houzz Influencer - Recommended on Houzz - 1,000 Ideabook Saves CONCEPT . DESIGN . BUILD . RENOVATION 7j DESIGN is an accredited Ottawa design and renovation and build firm that specializes in creating extraordinary architectural interiors and exteriors. We design and manage each project to ensure excellence and a hassle-free experience for our clients. We work exclusively with specialized renovation and construction professionals and are on-site daily to oversee the work. You can expect a unique approach from the Shiva Interiors team, resulting in a beautifully detailed and executed space. We are committed to the highest level of professional standards in our industry. At Shiva Interiors we listen to what you want. Beginning with an in-house consultation, we work through the design, development and completion phases with focus on every detail to ensure excellence, prompt service, and complete customer satisfaction. ### Services Provided - Kitchen • Bathroom • Basement • Space Planning •Remodelling • Renovations • Furniture Layouts • Living/Dining • Bedroom • Lighting • Drapery • Upholstery • Custom Furniture and Closets • Project Management • Finishes Flooring • Staging • Occasion Decor • Exterior Design • Stores • Offices • Condos • Spas • Schools • Restaurant ### Areas Served - Ottawa - Ontario ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | 7j Design, Ottawa | | Address | 55 Bernier Terrace, Ottawa, Ontario K2L2V1, Canada | | Phone | (613) 592-3103 | | Website | http://7jdesign.com | | Followers on Houzz | 61 | ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [7j Design, Ottawa](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/design-build-firms/7j-design-ottawa-pfvwus-pf~1477014839) - **Website:** http://7jdesign.com - **Phone:** (613) 592-3103 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - Treviara Award - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2014–2015), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 9 reviews** ### All 9 reviews **★★★★★ — Cabinet Wakefield, Nov. 2015** > I have been working with Shiva for years now and am always eager to get involved in her projects. Her designs are sleek and functional and all are worthy of showing off! > Make people do a double-take when they come to your place - get 7J to create your space. **★★★★★ — dorotheas, Oct. 2014** > We recently hired Shiva to renovate our early 80's kitchen, dining room, and family room areas. Shiva and her drew really delivered. The area is now an open, airily efficient space that is fun both to live and work in. Shiva and her crew were always cheerful, efficient, and pleasant to work with. They kept disruptions to a minimum and thoroughly cleaned up after themselves every day. They stuck to timelines and guidelines. They coped with the unforeseen and unexpected difficulties that pop up during renovations quickly and creatively. Shiva helped facilitate this by being on site every day. Before and during construction, Shiva provided drawings and guidelines and showed us multiple samples of tiles. flooring, colours, cupboards, and so on. She listened to our ideas and questions respectfully and gently guided us in directions we might not have considered otherwise. She coped with our changing ideas and demands cheerfully. We are more than satisfied with the finished project and have no hesitation recommending Shiva for any design or renovation needs. **★★★★★ — paulanka, Oct. 2014** > It is a pleasure to write about our experience with Shiva Gupta and her talented team who worked on the design, renovation and redecoration of the total ground floor of our townhouse. The work included moving walls, the total renovation of the kitchen, new porcelain tile flooring and renewed wood flooring throughout the ground level, creating a new powder room and advising on the arrangement of furnishings and selection of colours and materials. Renovation on this scale can be an expensive and daunting experience. Shiva took the worry out of our renovation with her strong design sense, her dedication to detail, her integrity, and her willingness to work closely with us every step of the journey. From the beginning she made it clear that she was committed to realizing our vision while helping us to define and refine the project. It is a testament to her skill and experience that the project both started and finished precisely on schedule in accordance with her estimate. We look forward to working with Shiva and her team again on the second phase of our home makeover. **★★★★★ — zmerali, Dec. 2013** > Shiva Gupta, the engine of “7j DESIGN” recently completed a major (or should I say total) renovation of my house in Whitehaven. Shiva was involved from the beginning to the end; from helping articulate the design, to hiring professionals and trade people to carry out the renovations. The results were spectacular enough to be featured in “Our Homes” magazine. > > What is unique about Shiva is that she is a talented artist – able to work with several kinds of media from canvas and oil to clay and wire mesh. Her approach to renovating a space is like working on a blank canvas. An artistic visualization of how the space will be transformed is a valuable gift she brings to her clients. > > In working with Shiva, one realizes quickly that she is very sensitive to the client’s objectives, and is able to provide a variety of solutions towards the end objective. She is a big thinker and thus able to make bold suggestions. For instance, my desire was to have an open concept uncluttered look with profusion of light, however, the reality was that my main floor was very compartmentalized. Shiva’s masterful solution was to remove all the walls – I was skeptical. However, Shiva was able to confirm through engineers that this was not only feasible but was structurally sound. She was able to unify the space by eliminating sunken floors and raising the floors to a “level playing field” and covering it with reclaimed pine from the Ottawa River, stained charcoal brown. The results were amazing. > > Another strength Shiva brings to the project is her ability to spot and incorporate relatively inexpensive materials into the design to make the renovations look expensively rich. This tact was applied to light fixtures, bath fixtures and kitchen cabinets and more. > > Shiva ensured quality and timely workmanship, by carefully selecting the right and very reliable trades people. She was diligent in following their work and demanding correction when things were not done to her perfection. > > In a nutshell, I would highly recommend Shiva Gupta’s company 7j DESIGN for any renovation project, based on my experience. You can expect an artistic designer with great personality and gentle nature to transform your architectural dream into a bold reality, at a reasonable cost. **★★★★★ — Brett, Dec. 2013** > My aging home was in desperate need of an overhaul, a prospect I found daunting to say the least in light of my inexperience with home renovations. Shiva and her team were a pleasure to work with from the initial brainstorming sessions, design, product selection, demolition/construction and finishing touches. I was traveling for much of the worst of the renovations and she had to make decisions in my absence and I found she was creative and adapted extremely well to any issues that might have cropped up along the way. I am extremely pleased with the results and wouldn't hesitate to recommend Shiva for her creativity, diligence and kindness. Thanks so much! **★★★★★ — dneir, Aug. 2013** > Shiva is a very talented designer. She has the ability to capture the client's tastes and needs in a very creative manner. She has transformed my kitchen, living room, family room and baths into beautiful areas that I love. Her imagination is unlimited and she is meticulous, highly organized and a pleasure to deal with at all times. She always worked within my budget. A real professional. **★★★★★ — chunga21, Aug. 2013** > We contacted Shiva to help us with the design of our kitchen and we cannot imagine having proceeded with our renovation without her. Shiva’s kind and courteous personality immediately put our worries to rest and her exceedingly talented design instincts and skills inspired us beyond what we thought was possible for our space. She expertly guided us through the many choices we had in front of us for our kitchen renovation, always offering modifications that would keep our budget in line, yet at the same time, foster a cohesive and beautiful design. She was always available for follow-up questions and we really can’t imagine how our kitchen reno would have worked without her. Shiva helped us create a truly inspired space that we still love each and every time we walk into it. I cannot recommend hiring Shiva highly enough. Thank you Shiva for your warmth, professionalism, and patience! **★★★★★ — judyafarrell, Aug. 2013** > Artistic, innovative, high standards, strong focus on details, personal approach - attributes we have seen Shiva amply display in every project she has done for us over the last twenty years; the latest one being a complete kitchen renovation. Over the years, she has remodelled a portion of the house exterior, renovated the front hall, redesigned and decorated our living room, designed a glass wall sculpture and glass French doors, and has always been available for advice on our DIY projects. > > We are always amazed at Shiva's ability to think 'out of the box' and come up with unique ideas that combine style and functionality. She has always taken into account our wants and needs and makes invaluable suggestions along the way. > > Our renovation projects with Shiva have always been hassle-free and finished on time. She is on-site daily to oversee the project at hand and has a great team of cooperative and considerate trades people. > > Shiva approaches her projects in a very professional manner, portrays excellent communication and management skills, and shows great pride in her work. We continue to highly recommend her. > > the Farrells **★★★★★ — ljds, July 2013** > Thank you, Shiva. Our house looks STUNNING! We were very impressed with your knowledge, attention to detail, commitment to service and above all your understanding and flexibility to our taste. You helped us develop our ideas, rather than forcing your own concepts on us. This in our opinion makes for an excellent Interior designer. We give you a 10. ## Selected projects - [PAUL ANKA](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/paul-anka-pj-vj~846222) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 58 - [Katimavik Reno](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/katimavik-reno-pj-vj~745974) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 25 - [Blue Cube](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/blue-cube-pj-vj~745660) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 20 - [Bylot court](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/bylot-court-pj-vj~742580) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 26 - [Beechwood Condo Redesign](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/beechwood-condo-redesign-pj-vj~456270) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 36 - [Red, Grey, White Bathroom](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/red-grey-white-bathroom-pj-vj~342252) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 18 - [Pellan Way](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/pellan-way-pj-vj~310490) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 27 - [Up The Hill](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/up-the-hill-pj-vj~299772) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 24 - [White, Grey & Red](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/white-grey-and-red-pj-vj~294720) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 17 - [NEPEAN EXTERIOR](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/nepean-exterior-pj-vj~287366) - Location: Ottawa, ON - Photos: 17 - [Merali Split Level](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/merali-split-level-pj-vj~281397) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 50 - [Brick Arch house](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/brick-arch-house-pj-vj~279227) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 33 [See all 12 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/design-build-firms/7j-design-ottawa-pfvwus-pf~1477014839) ## Ideabooks - [FENCES](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/16894016/list/fences) — 5 ideas - [landscape](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/15587360/list/landscape) — 3 ideas [See all 2 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/rakeshguptaottawa) ## Community Q&A **Q: Is the ceiling having wall paper? or something else?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: The material used is metal tin ceiling which came in 24"X24" squares. **Q: Bannister help** *(in Design Dilemma)* Do i replace with wood or wrought iron, suggestions please. Consider putting hard wood on stairs with a runner. A: I would do the banister with straight square wrought iron and the handrail in dark wood. What you have now looks too chunky for the space. **Q: Basement with MONSTER painting? Advice on lighting?** *(in Design Dilemma)* I need some advice on lighting a basement, it has a very large painting on the wall and its the whole area isn't getting enough light. Let me know your thoughts. A: Your pot lights are not located correctly. You need to have them 36" apart and about 18" from the wall. What kind of potlights have you used? Low Voltage potlights will be ideal for showing off your artwork. They should be angled towards the painting. **Q: Should I add paint to this to make the details stand out?** *(in Design Dilemma)* I moved into my new house last year and this Radiator Cabinet was in the living room as you see it now, I like the white but i was thinking if i paint some of the details (the vines and the animals) they may stand out better. what do you think? A: You can add dark/black in the back ground to highlight the grill. **Q: Need Help for exterior of house** *(in Design Dilemma)* What can I do to update the front of my house. What do you think of the columns, shutters, color should we add a railing? A: Select an accent colour for your entrance door to highlight your focal point. Shutters for sure I would remove since they are not doing anything for the architecture of the house. Landscaping is what would make a lot of difference to your home Columns could be highlighted by a change of colour or material eg. wood. **Q: Floors....** *(in Photo Questions)* Are the unfinished oak from Logs End in Ottawa, by any chance? A: Unfortunately the unfinished oak flooring was not purchased at logs end. It is standard unfinished oak flooring stained on site. --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-12.*