Designed By RL

We undertook a very significant renovation of our kitchen and made the best decision ever in hiring Designed By RL. After her initial consultation visit, Designed By RL's Rita Lezama presented us incredibly thoughtful design options personalized to meet our family's needs. She listened well and transformed our very basic ideas into renovation options we could never have imagined. The plan we ultimately chose involved taking down two load bearing/sheer walls and a small expansion. Designed by RL coordinated all the work, provided excellent counsel to us along the way, and helped us pivot when the inevitable complications arose. She reminded us it would all be worth it in the end, and did not allow us to panic or give up on our vision. The final outcome is a kitchen that is extraordinarily intentional. There is a place for everything and the organizational touches have not lost their value even 2 1/2 years after completion. The kitchen that was dark and small, is open and light. It is aesthetically beautiful and we were able to take risks by incorporating playful touches and colors. We love it so much and are endlessly grateful to Designed by RL for the time, effort, patience, and vision. She knew we could do so much better than our old kitchen, and she was absolutely right. You will not regret hiring Designed By RL!! We certainly have 0 regrets and only great appreciation.

My husband and I worked with Rita on three home remodel projects (master bathroom, kitchen, second bathroom, main floor fireplace, flooring throughout the house and a couple others). We loved working with her. She asked us how we wanted the space to work, then she presented us with two designs. She was spot on! We made a couple tweaks and love all the finished work. Her contractors were clean, reliable, and on time, and we trusted them being in our home when we were at work. She helped us select everything we needed for our project from paint color, to flooring to fixtures and door pulls, and counter tops. We appreciated that she was willing to meet us at the stores, and that made the process seamless. She was in contact with us, keeping us updated and dropped in to see the progress and meet with the contractors. We appreciated her attention to detail and her friendly personality. We have no more projects, but we would definitely hire her again.

Rita was great to work with. Her design for our master bath incorporated our ideas & hers. I love my new bathroom! It went from outdated to modern and more functional.

Rita has attention to detail and is knowledgeable. She is open minded and supportive so it was easy for us to work with her and tell her what we like or don’t like. It was fun to go through the process of refining the plan with her. She has great relationships with the contractor and vendors and communicates with them closely to ensure everything is aligned with the plan and schedule. When there were problems, she took action promptly and solved the problems. She places importance on making clients happy with the new space. Her professional work was carried throughout the project and we are very happy with our new kitchen and bathrooms. Thank you, Rita!

Rita designed both our guest and master bathrooms over 10 years ago and we hired her again to update our kitchen. Rita is easy to work with and does a great job understanding our vision for the project and turning that into reality. She has an uncanny ability of thinking outside the box and taking our vision to a completely different level. All while being conscientious of our budget. We couldn’t be more pleased with the final results and can’t wait to have her help us on our next remodeling project!

We can't say enough about how much fun it was to work with RL Design! Rita was a dream come true. I wanted my laundry room, powder room and hallway to look large, open and so much more contemporary, my family and I are so in love with how fantastic all the spaces look so complete. We have worked with Rita on a previous kitchen remodel! her attention to detail, her vision and her follow-up are truly some of the hallmarks which helped us to transform our space into a new dimension. I would not hesitate to work with Rita and I encourage you to allow her to work with your home project and you will not be disappointed! Juliet kasozi

Rita was instrumental in bringing the vision for our downstairs transformation into a reality. I initially selected her because her work was colorful, yet serene. As it turns out, she was a perfect match for us. We appreciated how detailed and organized she was throughout the project. Her communication was timely and we were always kept in the loop with everything. She was a lot of fun to shop and create with. Rita took the ideas and needs of our family and somehow made us all happy! We are enjoying the comforts and organization of our “new home” especially in these times when we are at home more often. She’s the best!

Rita's design plans transformed my family's life! We live in San Francisco and our kitchen and bathroom was a typical Victorian non-functional space for too many years than I would like to admit. Rita's special talent was not only to make our space beautiful but also functional. My kids can't stop talking about how "fancy" our kitchen and bathroom look now! I can't stop thinking about how easy it is to cook and clean :) We definitely can't wait to start hosting parties again. Thank you Rita for all your special attention to detail and what my family needed to feel we are fully able to live and enjoy our home!

Rita is a wonderful designer! From the start, she listened to our ideas and made our vision a reality. Whenever we met at a showroom, she was already there, with various ideas laid out for us to make product choices. She was on top of all suppliers & deliveries. She gained the confidence of our contractor (who’d not worked with a designer before) which meant they spoke about some details without having to engage me for technical details! I really appreciated that, when I asked for Rita’s opinion on some options, she advised me without hesitation. When we ran into a few delays with products, Rita was the one to deal with the suppliers, representing us at every step. Rita was responsive to phone calls, texts, emails and often worked on tweaks and new details late into the night. We know Rita loves what she does; she was enthusiastic about every phase of the project. The results are fantastic!!!

Rita of RL Design does amazing work guys. I've worked with her for over 8 years now and have seen her walk clients through projects big and small from A - Z. If you need design consultation for any upcoming project RL is the way to go.

We ended up buying the ugliest house on the block. A true blue fixer upper. Rita came in and saw the same beautiful house we had envisioned. She carefully drew our kitchen and bathroom designs and made the most unobvious design decisions that made the most practical sense. I appreciated her insight, humor, and the ability to pivot her design thoughtfully given our budgetary constraints. Thank you Rita. I loved her work so much I'll be working with her again on a very unfortunate kitchen rehab where we suffered fire damage in our condo rental unit. But, I fear not for I KNOW Rita will do a great job once again.

Rita is a phenomenal designer and a pleasure to work with! I hired Rita to do a brand new design for my Master Bath and challenged her with a new element of adding a water feature. She had a great process of asking the right questions and exposing me to different ideas and design elements to get a sense of my preferences and worked it from there. Rita took me to numerous stone showrooms to pick surfaces and design elements where she had already prescreen options to help direct the process. As a designer I found her brimming with ideas, but not married to them if you wanted a twist. Perfect combo of creative yet flexible. Very focused on the customer! Prompt with work; easy to communicate with; very responsive; great relationship working with the contractor. All came together beautifully....we Love the end result!!!! I’d highly recommend Rita !!