Michelle Pelech

Michelle and her team at Michelle Pelech Interiors thoughtfully and creatively planned out each room in our new house. In our intial meeting, she guided us through decisions to be made with our homebuilder from flooring to cabinets, wall and trim paint colors, bathroom tile selection, countertops, cabinet pulls and lighting. She did it all! She got a great sense of who we are and what we liked. Despite the fact that we never once talked about the colors we liked, she, in some kind of ”witch -like” fashion nailed it for us. Her initial design presentation blew us away! Michelle is a great communicater and collaborator. We had things that needed to be value-engineered to work better with our budget and the results were amazing while still keeping the integrity of the initial design which we loved so much. Our install day was magical. Watching the team bring our new home to life was something to behold - serious in their approach to making sure everything was in just right place while having a blast doing it. What a joy it is to be with people who love what they do and work well together! Michelle and her team are incredibly dedicated, super talented with impeccable taste and really fun to work with. Working with MPI has been a truly exceptional experience and thanks to them, we are living in our dream home!

Michelle, Juli and Gabriel did an excellent job to transform our former rental house into our forever beach home. They asked the right questions during a detailed meeting, prepared two complete sets of design ideas, met with us to refine our selections, ordered furnishings and arranged for flooring, countertops, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry upgrades, and kept the work moving right along. The work also was completed on time for us to move in as scheduled. We are thrilled with our home and truly appreciate Michelle Pelech Interiors for their attention to detail and professionalism!

Michelle and her team are great to work with! Great design selections, Accurate renderings, and quick to make decisions to keep project rolling in a timely fashion.

Michelle and her team are amazing. Michelle recently helped me with a new house, and my only regret is not hiring her sooner. She and her partner Julie have good ideas and experience with every aspect of the design process, including CAD drawings when needed. They are fun and easy to work with. When construction costs began exceeding our budget, they were able to find a few places where we could save money without degrading the overall quality of the house. I also appreciated Michelle's ability to achieve the look I wanted, but push back if I wanted something a little too crazy :)

Michelle did a great job designing our two bathroom remodels. She listened to what we wanted in both how the bathroom needed to function for us, and the overall style. She selected materials that we absolutely love and the bathrooms look fabulous! We went with a contractor that she recommended and he and his sub-contractors did a did and excellent job. I highly recommend Michelle!

After our entire home flooded I knew I needed help and could not do a rebuild alone! This is my first experience with an Interior Designer, and I am grateful to have connected with Michelle and her team! They have taken much of the stress from me so I can focus on managing the insurance claims for our rebuild as well as taking care of the needs of our family and business. They are truly amazing with years of experience! From space planning to managing the day-to-day business, they have been available for any questions or concerns I may have. As an Interior Designer, Michelle has a creative eye and is on trend with current room designs, furniture, color, lighting, paint, etc., and is well connected in the industry. One of the many qualities I appreciate is that she listens to her client's vision for transforming a space to suit their needs. Michelle is very detailed oriented and her communication skills are superb, not only with her client but architects, contractors and those she sources product from. Until you experience it, you don't realize there are many moving parts in a rebuild or remodel. Whether the project is your entire home or a room you are redesigning, I highly recommend Michelle Pelech Interiors. We are very fortunate to have Michelle and her team on the Central Coast of California. Check out her website to see some of the beautiful spaces she and her team have transformed! https://www.michellepelechinteriors.com/showcase.

Everyone comments that our house is both beautiful and comfortable and all thanks to Michelle and her team. Michelle is a lovely person and I so enjoyed working with her which made this project all the more fun. I wanted to be very involved and appreciated her collaborative efforts. She’s a great listener and helped bring my vision and personal taste to each and every room. Michelle is also very organized and addressed every last detail in completing this project. Every room has it’s own unique feel and her creative talent turned this into an amazing beach home for our family and friends to enjoy!

I hired Michelle Pelech to help me decorate my new house from early in the construction to move in. The house is beautiful, comfortable and stylish. Michelle was so helpful, everything from surfaces and hardware to lighting and color palate. She has a fabulous eye for color and arrangement. All of the subs she recommends are talented and hard working. I highly recommend Michelle for any decorating needs.

We embarked on a complete remodel of our entire property inside and out. Michelle was essential in every choice we made, as well as redesigning our kitchen/dining area. It turned out beautifully and we love it! Michelle had a hand in the design choices on every other surface inside the house as well as the exterior of the house and all of the furnishings. We had strong opinions on how our house should look and feel. Michelle "interviewed" and spent time with us so she completely understood and accommodated the look and feel we wanted. She was able to narrow down the choices to save us the frustration of going through hundreds of fabric, furniture, cabinet, flooring and wallpaper choices. We completely relied on Michelle for guidance and the final product is fabulous. So much so that our home was featured in a SLO Magazine article last spring. Michelle doesn't have a "style", she really catered to our esthetic preferences and created fabulous designs based on that. We were out of town for most of the nine months our remodel took place, so Michelle was onsite regularly. She was our eyes and ears and really made sure our project went smoothly and on schedule. Michelle's flexible expertise with meeting our style needs comes from her many years of experience in Chicago, as well as here in California. What a treat that she can bring that experience to the Central Coast! Most important, Michelle allowed us the flexibility to choose what we wanted while keeping us from making big mistakes!

My husband and I are building our dream home by the beach. I wanted to take on the challenge of designing the home myself but quickly realized that I like too many design styles and cannot incorporate all of my design favorites into one cohesive flow. This is when I decided to hire Michelle, the best decision I've made! Michelle is so easy and flexible to work with. She understands and respects my need to take on this design challenge, yet she would be honest to tell me if something would not work and would give me ideas and suggestions to consider. Although it is fun designing your new home, I learn that it is better to leave the tasks to the professionals. I will definitely hire Michelle and her team to handle my next design project from start to finish.

In 2020, my wife and I purchased a second home in San Luis Obispo and we knew we needed someone with great design, an excellent communicator and someone who could get a big project done without a lot of direction as we currently live in San Jose. The minute we met Michelle we loved her energy, enthusiasm and passion for the potential of our new house. She gave us lots of options, solved challenging problems worked within our budget and made the whole process fun even as we fought supply chain and availability delays. She and her team did such and incredible job we asked her to completely rework our primary residence, which she was able to do almost entirely remotely via email, text and FaceTime. Michelle is incredible an my only regret is I don't have another place for her to work on, hopefully in the future.

I have used Michelle and her team for years, with two different houses. She spends time getting to know what you like and need, and has found pieces for me all over the country. I would recommend her for all your interior design needs.