Charlton Bradsher Art + Design

We trusted Charlton Bradsher to re-design the small kitchen in our West Asheville bungalow and stay within our budget.. We wanted a creative design that opened up the kitchen and improved the functionality in an artistic way. He produced a modern design which respected the integrity of the house. The results were outstanding - great design, excellent functionality and a truly beautiful art-inspired space where everyone wants to congregate. Charlton was respectful of our budget concerns throughout the project and made sure that the outcome was everything we wanted.

I had been wanting to have my kitchen remodeled for years, yet as someone without design experience had trouble bringing my ideas together in a workable plan. I found Charlton extremely helpful in making this happen. We were able to talk about my hopes for the space and come up with a gorgeous result. I love my new kitchen and hope to work with Charlton again in the future.

Charlton Bradsher has an inspiring niche in modern design. He keeps his client's best interests at heart while managing an easy, trusting collaboration with us as Contractor. Charlton is thoughtful and fair in his approach. He does not shy away from the right way to accomplish a task. Charlton's selection specification packages have been delivered on time and within our target budget, taking the potential for a client being overwhelmed by the selections process out of the equation. I highly recommend Charlton Bradsher!

We have been working with Charlton for almost a year now to create a new vision for the exterior on our mountain home. He is highly professional, honest, and sensitive to his clients needs both aesthetically and financially. He works with you to hone your vision not impose his vision on you. But he does direct you when necessary. We have been very happy with his ideas, the collaborative spirit, and the final product.

We had a wonderful experience working with Charlton on the renovation of our kitchen. He brought the creative sense we needed to complement our more basic idea of what we wanted - the materials we wanted to use and the style we wanted to achieve. He respected our budgetary limitations but gave us excellent advice on when and where not to scrimp. We knew we wanted to use cabinets from IKEA, but we needed help translating our vision into a functioning kitchen - arranging the cabinets, fitting in appliances, figuring out the lighting etc. Charlton developed several different scenarios and with helpful layouts and mock-ups that allowed us to see kitchen designs from different angles and perspectives. We were able to take his final design, including cabinet specs, to IKEA and easily get what we needed. Thanks to Charlton's design work, we were able to finalize our order, have put all the pieces together with very few glitches and have a beautiful kitchen.

Charlton Bradsher worked with my husband and me on the interior design and decorating of a large 1940's mid-century ranch house we recently purchased. We are an active family of five - with pets who recently returned to the US after many years living abroad. We had very little furniture and few useful household goods. Charlton made what could have been an overwhelming project a pleasure. With his guidance we created a beautiful, warm, stylish home that reflects our personalities. Visitors to the house admire the furnishings he picked out and his design choices all the time. Working within a firm budget he designed a lighted, built-in, wall-sized bookshelf and a stunning dining room table and worked with the craftsman who built both to ensure good quality. He proposed paint colours; picked out furniture for living, dining, kitchen and office (new and vintage) prepared furniture arrangement for these rooms, and helped us figure out how to display our artwork. Importantly for us he recommended excellent contractors and negotiated with them for pricing and timing. Charlton was unfailingly patient, calm and good humoured throughout the entire process. Not only did we achieve a lovely home, but I also learned much from him about design. I highly recommend Charlton Bradsher's design service.

My wife and I have been working with Charlton for around two years, and have been incredibly happy with his work in helping us decorate and design remodels over two different homes. We had worked with a few other designers (over the course of 4-5 years) before meeting Charlton, and had generally been disappointed with them, because they had not been forthcoming or assertive enough (e.g., we would say, "we like X piece; what else is like that?" and get the response, "Oh, if you like it, let's just do that") or concerned about the comprehensive picture enough. Charlton has been excellent, as he does consider the full house, he does see design and improvement as the process that it needs to be (at least from my perspective), and he has done a great job steering us toward excellent and functional design for our home. He took the time to understand what we like, and he spends a good (but not an excessive) amount of time presenting us options and helping us make selections in the right order. He has also be excellent at designing floor and lighting plans for remodels, creating much more usable and bright space than we expected was possible. Prior to working with Charlton, I believed that design work was something that I could generally do on my own, because I "knew what I liked". But now I understand that much like I should not do my own dental work, I am so much better off with Charlton.

Charlton provided superb design consultation for our recent home renovation. He is excellent at listening to your goals, interpreting them and providing guidance and suggestions to achieve one's vision.