--- title: "Pinney Designs — Interior Designers & Decorators | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/pinney-designs-pfvwus-pf~58720994 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~58720994.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Pinney Designs" category: ["Interior Designers & Decorators"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/8e9330ca0f85a67d_2955-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "290 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States" latitude: 42.377 longitude: -71.1256 phone: "(617) 500-0147" website: https://www.pinneydesigns.com rating: 5 review_count: 13 best_of_houzz_awards: 11 followers: 784 last_updated: 2026-08-15 --- # Pinney Designs Original Houzz profile: [Pinney Designs](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/pinney-designs-pfvwus-pf~58720994) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Interior Designers & Decorators - **Location:** Cambridge, MA - **Serves:** Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Somerville, Framingham, Malden, Brookline, Medford, Arlington, Natick, Lexington, Watertown, Needham, South Boston, Wellesley, Milton, Belmont, Wakefield, Burlington, Dedham, Stoneham, Winchester, Sudbury, Concord, Bedford, Nantucket, Weston, Charlestown, Lincoln, Dover, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Newton Upper Falls, Newtonville, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Hartford - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (13 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 11 awards (2014–2022), for Design, Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Star Houzzer - Houzz Influencer - Recommended on Houzz - 100,000 Ideabook Saves Pinney Designs is a full-service interior design firm, which specializes in new construction and home renovations. We work closely with our clients to help establish initial design concepts, then produce design documents and specify all of the components of the design. Pinney Designs often collaborates with architects, builders and lighting designers for projects. A wide range of highly skilled tradespeople are recommended to help execute each design project flawlessly. ### Services Provided - Interior Design - Furniture Selection - Custom Furniture - Art Procurement - Custom Built-Ins - Home Renovations - New Construction - Residential Construction ### Areas Served - Boston - Cambridge - Newton - Somerville - Framingham - Malden - Brookline - Medford - Arlington - Natick - Lexington - Watertown - Needham - South Boston - Wellesley - Milton - Belmont - Wakefield - Burlington - Dedham - Stoneham - Winchester - Sudbury - Concord - Bedford - Nantucket - Weston - Charlestown - Lincoln - Dover - Connecticut - Maine - New Hampshire - Newton Upper Falls - Newtonville - Rhode Island - Vermont - West Hartford ### Typical Job Cost $250,000 - 10 million ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Pinney Designs | | Address | 290 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States | | Phone | (617) 500-0147 | | Website | https://www.pinneydesigns.com | | Followers on Houzz | 784 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/pages/pinney-designs/156913921096192?ref=ts - X (Twitter) — https://twitter.com/pinneydesigns - LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/home?trk=nav\_responsive\_sub\_nav\_companies ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Pinney Designs](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/pinney-designs-pfvwus-pf~58720994) - **Website:** https://www.pinneydesigns.com - **Phone:** (617) 500-0147 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 11 awards (2014–2022), for Design, Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 13 reviews** ### Reviews **★★★★★ — Kraus Associates, July 2018** > We have worked with Pinney Designs on multiple projects. Their involvement has ranged from small scale design and selection assistance to full interior design and project management. Emily has a great sense of design and she has the ability to let her clients inform the design, or take the lead when necessary. I would highly recommend Pinney Designs for any project, large or small. **★★★★★ — Laura Ly, Jan. 2017** > Emily and her team are very detail oriented and organized - they know exactly what they want/need before they reach out to reps - gives less room for confusion and mistakes. They are the perfect team to get the job done, and done well! i can't wait to work on the next project with you! **★★★★★ — Erica Gregorio, Aug. 2016** > Pinney Designs is a class act in every way. Emily and all of her staff are not only friendly but knowledgeable and quite detail oriented. They know how to complete a project in a smooth, seamless manner. I always look forward to working with Pinney Designs! **★★★★★ — joymcc, July 2015** > My husband and I are very grateful for Emily and the team at Pinney Designs for their vision and professionalism in the interior design of our newly built out-of-state vacation home. > > Emily is a great listener and quickly figured out our design preferences and seamlessly worked with us to create beautiful and comfortable spaces. Her experience as a designer was evident as she was easily able to translate our idea of a ‘contemporary farmhouse’ into creative products and furnishings, at varying price points. > > Her depth of knowledge about the building process and comfort working with the builder was invaluable, including making key design changes and additions during the construction phase. Emily managed almost all aspects of the process including working with the architect, frequent communications with the builder and the builder’s sub-contractors, successfully negotiating with contractors when needed, budgeting and all design decisions. Emily was very accessible via email or phone and every meeting was well planned and very organized, reaffirming our trust in her ability not only as a designer, but also as a project manager. > > We wholeheartedly recommend Emily and her team for any design project! **★★★★★ — 05171969, July 2015** > Emily and her colleagues could not have been better! When my husband and I called Emily we knew we'd need some design help. Emily was wonderful. She helped us with our "art room," our sons' bedrooms, a playroom, a powder room, and our living room. We loved working with Emily so much and we will definitely use her again when these rooms need updating. We highly recommend Pinney Designs! **★★★★★ — elschechter, July 2014** > Working with Emily and her team at Pinney Designs was a pleasure. Pinney Designs oversaw the design, material selection, contractor selection and project management for our kitchen renovation. Emily's level of professionalism, talent and knowledge of the process was invaluable to move the project forward. Now that we have the opportunity to enjoy our new kitchen, we are beyond impressed with the quality of work and the materials selected. **★★★★★ — deanehall, July 2013** > Fantastic! Emily is a delight to work with. Through and has great ideas and follows through. She worked well with our builders and both of us. We would use her again in a minute. **★★★★★ — Lori Whiting, June 2013** > I really can not recommend Emily Pinney and Pinney Designs more enthusiastically! From start to finish, working with Emily and her team was an incredibly positive experience and we are absolutely overjoyed with the results. See some examples of Emily's work on our house at http://pinneydesigns.com/index.php?id=arlington > > We hired Emily to help us with the design elements associated with a house we built in Arlington, MA over the last year. As we built the house from the ground up and had Emily involved from the very beginning, not only did she help us pick out beautiful plumbing fixtures, tiles, floors, lighting, etc, she was also instrumental in working with the architect and builder to design the entire kitchen, ensure optimal placement of windows, doors, fixtures, appliances, etc, etc, etc. In other words, her work went way beyond the beautiful interior design decisions she helped us make and she really became a project manager that I came to rely upon enormously. That became even more true when we unexpectedly moved overseas halfway through the project and Emily took on even more responsibility for ensuring the smooth completion of the project. Her extensive experience in working with contractors, tradespeople and other vendors and ability to speak their language and know when to push was invaluable to us and not only saved us time and money but resulted in a much better final product. > > Of the many reasons why I have loved working with Emily the most important are probably her professionalism and proactiveness. I trust Emily completely as she always acts with the utmost integrity and honesty which, given the very large scope of the project we worked on together was very important to me (and which can sometimes be sadly lacking). She runs her business in an extremely organized and professional way and was always very proactive, accessible, and a great communicator. Emily always went out of her way to proactively research less expensive and/or higher quality options for me to choose from. This extra effort benefitted ME, not her, and I was always impressed by her willingness, selflessness and enthusiasm in going the extra mile. > > Finally, Emily was always a fantastic listener and struck a really great balance between truly listening to me and incorporating my ideas, while at the same time saving me from myself in some cases by overriding those ideas with her own considerable expertise. She deftly walks the fine line between incorporating the client's crazy ideas and making sure the final product benefits from her design knowledge. I never felt like Emily was trying to force her own personal style into our house (even though I wouldn't have minded since she has such a great eye), but rather that she took the time to get to know me so that she could help me make the most of my own personal tastes. Emily's collaborative style is one that worked really, really well for us. > > We are looking forward to continuing to work with Emily when we return from overseas next year to finish off the remaining interior design elements of the house. Already her ideas for furniture, colors, etc are beautiful and incorporate her great personal style, eye for details, and surprisingly astute understanding of what appeals to me. Emily is a pleasure to work with and I look forward to having a relationship with her for a long time to come! **★★★★★ — mahicks34, April 2013** > Emily has been involved in the design of our home since per-construction and has been a true pleasure to work with from design creation to execution. She is a true professional who easiily connects with her clients and incorporate their ideas and vision, but it is her skilled eye that makes things really special and unique to the homeowner (she has also worked with a number of friends and colleagues- they are all thrilled with her finished product). My husband and I look forward to our meetings with Emily because of her positive energy and creative eye - she is a very talented, young designer who has a great future ahead of her. Hire her before she gets too busy! **★★★★★ — Aja Davis, Feb. 2013** > Emily helped me redesign my fitness studio from start to finish. She was very helpful picking out the right colors and design to set the mood I wanted. Her choices were great for maximizing space and increasing the efficiency of the space I have. She helped me to see things in a way that allowed us to completely transform the look and feel of our space. **★★★★★ — akua563, Feb. 2013** > Emily and her team are true professionals in every sense of the word. Having seen her work in design magazines and in person at a friend's house, I was thrilled when she took us on as clients! > > I cannot overemphasize how pleased I am with the final result. She was able to transform a hardly livable area of our home into one of the most frequently used spaces that we enjoy regularly. This was only accomplished by her listening to every little request we made. She really is exceptional in her ability to transfer client's requests into EXACTLY what you're looking for. > > I highly recommend Emily and her team for any design project. **★★★★★ — Venegas and Company, Jan. 2013** > Emily is a talented designer, with a great eye for detail and color. A true advocate to her clients, Emily is a pleasure to work with. ## Selected projects - [Nantucket](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/nantucket-pj-vj~2119288) - Location: Nantucket, MA - Photos: 47 - Description: New Construction in Nantucket, MA. - [Rhode Island Kitchen Remodel](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rhode-island-kitchen-remodel-pj-vj~3006390) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 - [Wellfleet](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/wellfleet-pj-vj~3935843) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 16 - Description: Mid-Centrry Modern family home over looking the ocean. Renovated for it's new owners, a family of 6. - [South Shore](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/south-shore-pj-vj~5232131) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 18 - [Vermont Ski House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/vermont-ski-house-pj-vj~1093090) - Location: Warren, VT - Photos: 21 - Description: A modern day farmhouse in Vermont's ski country. - [Wellesley Hills](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/wellesley-hills-pj-vj~4633805) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 10 - [Huron Village, Cambridge](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/huron-village-cambridge-pj-vj~4054138) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - [Nantucket Cottage](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/nantucket-cottage-pj-vj~4054157) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 11 - [Single Family Home in The North End](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/single-family-home-in-the-north-end-pj-vj~1897350) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 7 - Description: Builder: Patrick McDonagh of Casla Properties Photographer: Ben Gebo Designer: Pinney Designs - [Transitional Cape](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/transitional-cape-pj-vj~635426) - Location: Newton, MA - Photos: 11 - Description: Builder: Twin Peaks Co. Photography: Ben Gebo Design: Pinney Designs - [North Shore Carriage House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/north-shore-carriage-house-pj-vj~1232749) - Location: Beverly, MA - Photos: 9 - [Arlington](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/arlington-pj-vj~232444) - Location: Arlington, MA - Photos: 18 - [Back Bay](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/back-bay-pj-vj~80248) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 10 - [Sudbury](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/sudbury-pj-vj~133410) - Location: Sudbury, MA - Photos: 21 - Description: Home Renovation. - [Cambridge Port](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cambridge-port-pj-vj~80251) - Location: Cambridge, MA - Photos: 25 - Description: New Construction, Single Family Residence in Cambridge, MA. 5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths. - [Arlington Contemporary](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/arlington-contemporary-pj-vj~368613) - Location: Arlington, MA - Photos: 9 - Description: 5,000sf Contemporary Style New Home in Arlington, MA. This home was designed with the neighborhood context in mind. It has a clean contemporary feel with traditional materials and roof lines, keeping a 1 1/2 story low profile feel facing the street. The south side of the house, facing the future pool area, is designed with a larger scale, more modern expression, appropriate to the scale of the land as it drops down the hill and opens up. Kraus Associates also provided construction management for… - [Chequessett Neck Residence, Wellfleet, MA](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/chequessett-neck-residence-wellfleet-ma-pj-vj~3896490) - Location: Wellfleet, MA - Photos: 18 - Description: This project entailed the renovation of and addition to a mid-century modern house and detached cottages in Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The home was purchased to afford a vacation retreat for a large and active family. The design for the renovations was influenced in order to gain the best views of Wellfleet Harbor to the South and the Chequessett Neck Country Club golf course to the North. While the house sits atop a ridge affording these panoramic views, the property has wooded areas… [See all 17 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/pinney-designs-pfvwus-pf~58720994) ## Ideabooks - [West Hartford - Master Bedroom](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/123558472/list/west-hartford-master-bedroom) — 13 ideas - [West Hartford, CT - Breakfast Room](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/123918403/list/west-hartford-ct-breakfast-room) — 5 ideas - [West Hartford, CT - Office](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/124539151/list/west-hartford-ct-office) — 4 ideas - [Living Rooms that inspire](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/112480761/list/living-rooms-that-inspire) — 1 idea - [Bathrooms that inspire](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/112283895/list/bathrooms-that-inspire) — 1 idea - [Beach House Concepts](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/112244922/list/beach-house-concepts) — 7 ideas - [Kitchen Storage Design Ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/34583444/list/kitchen-storage-design-ideas) — 8 ideas - [Pantrys that work](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/112283569/list/pantrys-that-work) — 5 ideas - [Kitchens that inspire](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/112283596/list/kitchens-that-inspire) — 4 ideas - [Millwork Details](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/34583418/list/millwork-details) — 4 ideas - [powder rooms that I love](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/112244904/list/powder-rooms-that-i-love) — 4 ideas - [Sleeping](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/34583522/list/sleeping) — 4 ideas - [Animal Lovers](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/34583734/list/animal-lovers) — 2 ideas [See all 13 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/pinneydesigns) ## Community Q&A **Q: Where to buy** *(in Photo Questions)* Can you tell me where I can purchase the wallpaper and the mirror in this bathroom? A: The mirror has been discontinued. But my office could sell you this wallpaper. Please call the office with your information and we can provide you with a quote. **Q: Is the faucet chrome?** *(in Photo Questions)* Is this chrome finish? A: No. It’s polished nickel **Q: What finish is the faucet?** *(in Photo Questions)* Are the faucets chrome, polished nickel, brushed nickel or satin chrome? A: Polished nickel **Q: Cabinets** *(in Photo Questions)* Can you tell me the wood species, cut and stain on the cabinets? Thanks! A: These are Mahogany Cabinets with a clear, low sheen finish to them. **Q: what is the brand and color Blue you used for the island?** *(in Photo Questions)* Color paint for island please :) A: Hale Navy by Ben Moore **Q: Where are the pendants from over the island** *(in Photo Questions)* do they come in different sizes A: Hi there, the pendants are from a company called Cisco Brothers. Thank you for your interest! --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. 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