Cindy McCarley Designs

Cindy McCarley did an excellent job meeting our needs. We basically re-furnished a new beach home and are very pleased with the finished project.

I found Cindy through a search on Houzz. I had an impromptu initial visit with Cindy and immediately knew she was someone I wanted to help me through the new build process. Every time we met, Cindy was professional yet down-to-earth, friendly, and warm. Her knowledge of the industry is amazing and seemed to grasp what I wanted right off the bat. Cindy is very organized and keeps up with the current design trends. One, thing that I truly appreciated about Cindy was that she was open to my ideas and never made me feel as if I was way off base - she has a gentle spirit. However, Cindy knows how to deal with vendors and gets the job done. I love everything she suggested for my home. If you are in Northwest Florida, especially Destin to Panama City, I would highly recommend reaching out to Cindy.

We found Cindy McCarley on Houzz when we were looking for a designer to renovate our kitchen, media room, and bunk room (as well as several other smaller areas in the house) in our beach property. Our renovation was a complete to the studs renovation and they handled every aspect for us, especially because we live in another state and were not able to be there in person. We are beyond pleased with the outcome of the renovation and there is no way we could have achieved the great results without Cindy. She is a gifted designer and excellent communicator, not to mention she is just a really enjoyable person to work with. We are already thinking of more projects we would like to hire Cindy to help us with.

Cindy and her team were incredible to work with! The selections for our beach house were exactly what we were hoping for and we appreciated their patience with our unexpected construction delays. We would recommend her without reservation and hope that we get to work with Cindy again sometime in the future!

Dear designer, I would like to start this message by acknowledging your professionalism and talent in the field of design. I am always impressed by your work and the stunning visual effects that you create. Your projects are truly impressive and innovative, and I see in you the ability to create designs that capture attention and stay in memory. As an experienced visualizer with a master's degree in construction and experience as a software tester, I would like to take on the visualization of your project. I value visual aesthetics and understand how important it is to use colors, shapes, and textures to create successful design. I am confident that with my skills and experience, I can help you realize your project. If you are ready to take on this task, please send me a technical task with requirements and project details. I am ready to discuss the details and determine the work schedule. Thank you for your attention and I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Sergiy

Sea Winds is the second project that Cindy and her team have completed with me. I purchased a lovely beach home with soaring ceilings and doors that open wide to the pool deck and patio. I thought the home would be lovely for entertaining, but it was very bland and had a bit of an industrial, New York loft feeling to the space, and not a spec of furniture. My vision was a spacious, light, sun-filled, inviting place with happy rooms that whispered “relax” where I could host my friends and family at the beach. I loved the space, but I asked Cindy to make the soaring ceilings — maybe 20 feet? — intimate, cozy — an oxymoron for sure. I honestly had no idea how this could be done. Cindy and her team (who are amazing as well) got to work and created a color palette of soft blues, greens, and whites and integrated this with lots of textures masquerading as performance fabrics and mixed new furniture and a few curated antiques to create a home that feels intimate and refreshing. Cindy and her team are talented, and they delivered on deadline for my family retreat in October. Strangers who have seen the house and her work have offered to buy it. That is a pretty good reference of the value you get when you hire Cindy McCarley and her design team!

Cindy exceeded our expectations in redesigning our kitchen. Our goal was to have a kitchen that had more character yet functional. She was able to accomplish that. She worked well with the contractor and subcontractors to ensure that our job was finished in the manner in which she had envisioned. She was integrally involved in designing and selecting cabinets, appliances, hardware, paint color and our home furnishings. She was wonderful to work with. We are very pleased with the end results and could not have accomplished the task without her assistance.

We knew from our first meeting with Cindy that our partnership was going to be wonderful. She is an excellent listener and took our wishes into account when assisting us with a complete remodel of our condo. Cindy's warm personality made for easy communication which was extremely important to us while living seven hours away. We knew we could trust Cindy to be there for us throughout the entire process. Cindy has a keen designer's eye and is very detail oriented. She is up to date with the latest design trends and went above and beyond to make sure we were satisfied. While remodels are usually not easy, working with Cindy made ours a breeze.

Cindy is very professional and creative. She provided me with great design layouts for my kitchen and bathrooms. I recommend Cindy for any kitchen and/or bathroom project(s). In fact, I suggested Cindy's services for a friend, and she did a wonderful job for her project as well! Cindy has ideas that are on-point and reflect a multitude of design styles!

We were referred to Cindy by our realtor for help with construction, design and furnishing of our new beach house in 30A. Once we met with her in her own beautiful home for a consult, my husband and I knew she was who we wanted to work with. Cindy was an absolute dream to work with and I could not have survived the year long process without her. Living in Texas and dealing with Covid supply chain delays made the process extremely stressful but Cindy helped everything be as seamless as possible every step of the way- from conception, to purchasing, to storing furniture, to complete house installation. She also worked closely with our contractor to ensure everything was installed correctly on the front end. I can't recommend her and her services highly enough!

Cindy was recommended to us by a friend, and my husband and I were extremely impressed with her friendly nature, professionalism, and creative talent! She was timely with all of the decisions made throughout the project and worked very well with our contractor to make sure all went smoothly! She is up to date with all the latest styles/trends and knows where and how to find the necessary products. We enjoyed our time with Cindy during each meeting and feel blessed to have made a new friend in the area! If another project comes our way in the future, Cindy will be our first phone call!

We are building a new house and needed a full house of furniture. Cindy was so helpful directing us in the right direction with different choices for each room. Cindy was very knowledgeable drawing layouts and graphs of where the furniture would be placed and gave us an accurate view of how the room would look. She provided pictures of how the different rooms would look with different furniture venues. This was very helpful in visualizing how each room would look finished. She was drawing available to meet with us both at vendors and on site for consult. She has contacts in all fields of home decor and was instrumental in arranging meetings, as well as attending them with us. She assisted us with window treatments, carpet, paint colors, wallpaper, furniture and all elements needed when building a home. Cindy is very comfortable and easy to work with our personal taste. We highly recommend this very talented professional.

Cindy transformed a run-of-the-mill house into my dream beach cottage packed with charm inside and out. She had a talent for listening to what I wanted -- a bright, light traditional beach cottage with pops of fresh color -- and making it come to life. I wanted the house to have a "collected and curated" feeling while being new. She worked with me to incorporate my ideas into the design in a way the worked for the outcome I wanted, and nudged out some of my not-so-great ideas with much better ones. I really appreciated how she created a unique design for me that didn't necessarily look like anything else in her portfolio. This is the hallmark of a great designer in my view: they don't replicate the same look. Cindy works with you to create your look, your vision, and your home! I couldn't recommend her more highly!!

Our vacation home was starting to look a bit outdated and was in need of full redecoration, but we don't live in the area. So we were looking for someone that we could trust and that was willing to work with us from afar. Cindy McCarley was highly recommended by several property owners in the area and we are so happy that we listened to them. Our job required fully completion in 2 months, and included painting the house inside and outside, changing all light fixtures, looking for furniture to replace most of the rooms and redecorate the entire home. We couldn't be more satisfied with Cindy. She understood what we wanted after just one meeting in person. She was very professional, and very easy to work with! She has fantastic relations with stores and contractors in the area and found everything and everyone we needed, from painters and electricians to furniture stores. She completed the job on our budget and it was done on time! What else could we ask for? We absolutely love the results. The house looks like a new property! Thank you Cindy, that was a job well done.

Cindy helped us with a full house project which began August 2020. The house was a spec home with 2 indoor living areas, 4 bedrooms, a separate carriage house with a living room, small kitchen and bedroom and an outdoor living space. We asked Cindy to help design, locate and procure all furniture, window treatments and some accessories and decorative items. She was tasked with completing this within a 4 month window. This is our second home - so communications with Cindy were initially all via phone/zoom. Cindy was proactive in jumping in and getting started right away. She identified the items with longer lead times and made sure those were ordered immediately. Her solid relationships with great furniture sources throughout the Fort Walton area helped us complete the project on time. In addition she has extensive sources for online orders and took care of all of those as well. She did a great job laying out the numerous spaces and making sure we didn’t have too much or too little furniture for each space. She did a nice job managing our budget and had a good sense for where it was appropriate to allocate more resources. She respected our unique style while gently leading us toward better options when necessary. She was always communicative and responsive and truly a pleasure to work with. We are thrilled with the outcome. Each room has its own individual flair yet the whole house has a cohesive feel - beautiful and distinctive art and furnishings with a relaxed, beachy, chic vibe. It is warm and welcoming and all of the touches make it a perfect family space. We have received many unsolicited compliments on the collective space which has also solidified our satisfaction with selections/outcome. We absolutely love our home! We would recommend Cindy to anyone embarking on a large design project such as ours.

We enjoyed working with Cindy. She listened to us both and tried to meet our expectations. If a problem arose, she made sure we were satisfied with solutions. We would highly recommend Cindy for your design projects.

Cindy McCarley Designs was highly recommended by a friend who voiced excitement and satisfaction about her newly renovated kitchen. After a tour of the kitchen, my husband and I were equally impressed with the work and contacted Cindy. Initially what we envisioned as a "simple" kitchen/bath renovation resulted in major structural changes. The entire kitchen was gutted and modifications were made to square footage, layout and extreme cabinet angles. The new cabinets were designed to be more proportional to the room and ceiling height. The final product revealed beautiful black cabinetry with gold hardware displayed in an open kitchen concept. The standout feature is the stunning white Mother of Pearl backsplash. For the family's lifestyle, functionality was key which Cindy kept in mind when planning. We were also pleased that the master bathroom was transformed into a spatial spa like environment. During meetings, Cindy sparked ideas, welcomed our input and provided practical advice when delving into the design and budget. She was very accommodating, understanding, and always offered the best alternatives to challenging solutions. Her work ethic and work quality really made a positive impact on us. Looking forward to working with Cindy in the future. Jean Demas White

We worked with Cindy initially to design all the custom cabinets in our house. We were so pleased with her work that we decided to engage her to help us do much more of the interior design. She was fabulous to work for, very accommodating and assessable, great ideas and very flexible. She also had referrals for services we ended up using and we’re also very pleased with our experiences there. I highly recommend her!

My husband and I couldn't be happier with how Cindy transformed our home. Cindy has worked on multiple projects over the last three years. Cindy helped us decorate our living room with rugs, chairs, sofas and new paint colors. She selected bedding, chairs and rugs for our three guest bedrooms. She also designed our screened porch into a beautiful outdoor dining and living space with a dinning table, chairs, sofa and tv. She also helped us change our kitchen with new colors and backsplash. Finally, she helped us select colors for a complete exterior and interior paint job. Her services included consulting, purchasing, scheduling and installation. We have worked with other decorators in the past in other cities and we can honestly say she was the most professional decorator we have ever used. We can highly recommend her and her services.

We worked closely with Cindy McCarley for several months during design and renovation of our condo at the Dunes of Seagrove. She is a true professional and a delight to work with. Her decades of experience and the fact that she lives and works in the area make her an excellent resource for local furniture and accessories. It took such a load off of us working remotely knowing she was working on our behalf. She went over-and-above to help us with logistics and details that we couldn’t handle, not being local. She did what she said she would do in a timely manner and her communication was always prompt and professional. When it came to construction she had great access to proven subcontractors for electrical, flooring, painting, and our kitchen redo. It’s rare that someone who listens and designs as well as Cindy does has such diligent follow up and collaborative communication from design through construction. Working with her was a joy. She has a knack for finding economical solutions in cases where we asked her to, and spot on, tasteful design suggestions. We couldn’t be happier with the results she delivered for us, and recommend her highly. We are happy to sing her praises to anyone who asks. Even my husband, a 50 year architect who has seen it all, was amazed. •Anita LeFevre and Michael LeFevre, FAIA Emeritus •Atlanta, GA

Cindy did an outstanding design on our small kitchen and living area and made it extremely functional with tons of storage which was way limited before she took command. Her design transformed our remodeled kitchen, dining and living area into an amazingly beautiful space which we love and are enjoying immensely. Cindy is a delightful person to work with who listens and understands what you want to achieve and "makes it happen" behind the scenes which makes it less stressful on you. I highly recommend her expert eyes to get the job done!

Cindy is amazing! My client had a difficult builder that kept pushing the CO date, Cindy McCarly Designs was not only understanding of the situation but navigated the entire process with grace and professionalism, keeping the client her priority at every turn. I’m so grateful to have had Cindy at the helm. I was blown away by her attention to detail and eye for design. What a talented gem! I look forward to our next project together.

Cindy is a good friend and more importantly a great designer. She helped us with the kitchen and master bathroom remodel of our vacation property in Seaside, Florida. Cindy's expertise and guidance throughout the entire process made it easy for me as a homeowner living out of state. Her communication skills are excellent. She is a good listener and incorporated our needs and wants into the final design. I'll most definitely call on her again for the next design project we have in mind!

We needed to update our home off 30A to get it ready to sell. Decorating overwhelms me with all the choices and colors! Our main focus was the kitchen, but also needed some advice on the other rooms. Cindy just stepped right in an helped us narrow our focus on what was important, providing us amazing results. Not only did she direct us to the latest choices in countertops, backsplashes, etc., she had all the contacts for obtaining the materials and doing the installations. And she is so sweet and easy to work with! I would highly recommend her for any design project!

Cindy McCarley Designs updated our Kitchen, Laundry room, Bar, and Foyer. Her expertise made our remodel job easy and would use Cindy for any projects that we have. I highly recommend Cindy McCarley Designs.

This designer is incredible. i never thought I could afford a designer but her bio said no job too big or too small. She was beyond helpful and competent. i don't feel like project I started without her would have ever gotten completed. She was there fighting for me. Cindy is very visionary and all the items she suggested were perfect. Extremely talented individual who goes beyond and above for her clients. I was so happy I found her thru Houzz.

My wife and I made a significant real estate investment on Scenic 30A and once the houseplan was decided, Cindy took over and was instrumental in developing a authentic coastal theme - ranging cabinetry and color to tile selections and fixtures. Not only was she appreciated by us, the builder and subs equally appreciated her attention to detail and seamless coordination. We are on to the next project and Cindy is coming with us!

Cindy and I have collaborated on several projects over the past few years and working with her has been such a pleasure! She is creative, enthusiastic, professional and really cares about the work she puts into the world. Cindy is an extremely talented designer and I am always thrilled to see the way she finishes the homes we work on together! There is no detail that she doesn't think of and it makes all the difference in the final design!

Cindy has been nothing short of spectacular. Always prompt with renderings/drawings; and most accommodating with scheduling as we were mostly out of state starting with the demo stage. She introduced us to a cabinet maker who delivered top notch cabinets and trim work. Cindy provided us with subs and monitored their work while we were away. We highly recommend Cindy for any home design work. You won't be disappointed.