DesignbyRuchi

Ruchi designed our dream home… no, better than we could’ve dreamed ourselves! Sophisticated, modern, yet cozy, each room fits our style and elevates our everyday. With a fully custom kitchen that inspires my husband to chef more than cook, our place has become “the hang” and we are always hosting. We are so grateful for her elegant and interesting taste combined with bold ideas. Gorgeous colors, a bespoke archway. We truly have our forever home. She got the job done all while I was very pregnant and made sure the contractors worked quickly to prepare for our growing family. A dream designer, better than we could have dreamed!

I can't say enough good things about working with Ruchi and the work she has done in our apartment. If you are looking for a designer for any project, save yourself some time and anxiety and hire her. I was one of those people who has a pretty particular aesthetic I was trying to achieve, but of course was also mindful of spending consciously and getting the highest visual impact while using pieces I already had. I spent quite a long time searching for designers online, wading through hundreds of images I liked, and working my way backwards to trace the designer origin of those images, interview them, and see if it was a fit from a project / budget perspective. Ruchi was far and away the best fit from an aesthetic, working style, and approach to project management / budget perspective of all of the people I spoke to. We started our project in late fall, with the aim of reworking the floorplan slightly (no material renovations, but we did include some custom cabinetry / bar, new lighting fixture installations, new bathroom sink/toilet/fixtures, and custom molding all throughout the apartment, etc, as well as selection of soft furnishings to make a cohesive design throughout the home). Ruchi helped optimize the floorplan and layout, then helped select colors, finishes, and oversaw the project work / deliveries until everything was completed in late Jan. I couldn't be happier with how everything has turned out and we get so many compliments from friends and visitors on how beautiful the space is. My husband and I have loved working with Ruchi so much that we have just asked her to take on a larger "Phase 2" scope of more fulsome kitchen and bathroom renovation for us. Ruchi is thoughtful, creative, and has great contacts in the industry to help get wonderful interesting pieces at reasonable prices, as well as helping to navigate the (frankly really tough) process of selecting contractors to do the trade work. I am more than happy to talk to anyone thinking about hiring Ruchi about my experience and answer any questions to help you feel comfortable you're making the right choice!

We have had a fantastic time working with Ruchi on our apartment refresh. She has helped us select wallpaper for several rooms, a new rug and sofa for our living room, and accessories/hardware and upholstery for new built-in millwork. She also recommended an excellent and trusted wallpaper installer who did a fantastic job. We preferred to shop with Ruchi instead of having her present proposals to us; she was flexible in scheduling time with us to go to wallpaper and rug stores together to get a sense of our style and preferences. Ruchi has been patient in working with us (as we are not design-inclined) and taking the time to understand our goals for our home and our budget. I would unequivocally recommend Ruchi for projects both big and small!

I cannot recommend Ruchi highly enough! She helped transform my psychotherapy office into a warm, inviting, and functional space, and the entire experience exceeded my expectations. Ruchi was organized, efficient, and incredibly responsive throughout the process. Her decisiveness and expertise made everything seamless—she suggested ideas I never would have considered, and they turned out to be absolutely perfect for the space. Beyond her talent, Ruchi was an absolute pleasure to work with—fun, kind, and lovely in every way. Her professionalism extended to her team as well; her handyman was equally skilled, professional, and a delight to collaborate with. Thanks to Ruchi, my office now feels like the ideal environment for my clients and myself. If you're looking for an interior designer who truly elevates your vision and makes the process enjoyable, Ruchi is the one to call!

We are so happy to have found and worked with Ruchi on our new condo. Ruchi has a great eye and was able to design a home that is glamorous, but still cozy and welcoming, and truly feels like "us." She suggested things that we otherwise never would have considered, and the results exceeded our expectations. She is responsive, professional, and is overall just a lovely person. We love our new home and can't recommend Ruchi enough!

Ruchi Mohan is both a delightful person to work with and a serious design talent. We renovated a boring powder room, a plain entry way and an awkward living and dining area, all of which are now welcoming and serene. I am very grateful for Ruchi's guidance and patience. None of the inevitable delays that we encountered could ruffle her positive mindset. Ruchi introduced me to ideas, colors, and patterns that I simply would never have been able to imagine on my own. Ruchi is a star in her field, what a stroke of luck it was to meet her and welcome her talents into our now fabulous home.

Ruchi is a fantastic designer. She did our living room and powder room at our Manhattan condo -- and did not disappoint. We constantly get compliments on our place after her work. She combines a functional approach with strong aesthetics. When she works with her clients, she takes time to learn about them and what their needs and stylistic choices are. Her project management and organization is top-notch. With Ruchi, what you see is what you get - she is extremely transparent and trustworthy.

Ruchi is amazing! She desiged a home for my family that not only looks breathtaking but also feels like a true reflection of our personalities and values. I am incredibly grateful for the positive impact she's had on our living space and whole-heartedly recommend her.

Ruchi is an absolute pleasure to work with. Not only does she have an impeccable design sense, but she’s also incredibly responsive, works with your budget super fairly, and treats every project (no matter how big or small) with the same respect and creativity. Above all else, she’s just an awesome human. Hope you’ll love working with her as much as I did!

Ruchi recently helped me stage a condo in Manhattan for sale. She did a fantastic job curating high-end pieces to make the place appear larger and more suited to its multi-million dollar price tag. This included a total re-do of two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, and large terrace. Regarding the last two, Ruchi remade the kitchen into a dreamy place with fresh cabinet doors and pendants. The terrace? My brokers said nobody wanted to leave the space. The condo sold in four days after being placed on the market with multiple showings each day. The clincher for the buyer was a statement piece of furniture Ruchi said would sell the place, and it did! And if the condo hadn't sold, Ruchi put enough of my taste in there to make it "my" space for however long I owned it. As a repeat client of Ruchi's, I can honestly say I would hire her (again) in a heartbeat.

Ruchi was an absolute pleasure to work with. She took the time and really listened to what I was looking for in my space and designed it with that in mind, showing me a range of great options. She never pushed her choices on me but still provided me with great options I might never have considered or would not have been able to visualize without her. She was always available, easy to contact, very professional and easy to work with. Her relationships within the industry (contractors, suppliers, etc.) made it easy to get things done. She was conscious of my budget and took that into account throughout the project, providing a mix of options so I could make investments in the right places. The project she did for me was a redesign of a whole apartment and her eye to detail really brought the whole space together in a way that gave each room its own distinctive design but still flowed together very naturally and cohesively across the whole apartment. I look forward to working with her again for any future projects!

Our experience with Ruchi in designing our Manhattan apartment and managing the project was the best. Ruchi, very clearly understood our ideas and how we want our apartment to look like at the end of renovation. She provided us with very good suggestions and gave us good justification on what we should furnish in each room and where to get the items, in addition to great designing of each of our rooms. To validate her work, I have guests regularly visiting us - everyone was amazed of the work inside what they see and overall how the apartment looks. We appreciate and Thank Ruchi in making our dream Manhattan apartment. Ruchi is attentive to all details and follows through well, In-addition to being a good person. Thanks

We got Ruchi's name from a common friend and the minute we met her we knew right away that she is the designer we want to design our home. She listens very carefully to what my husband and I wanted and what our family is about. Her suggestions were so right on after understanding our vision. She never forced her ideas to us but pointed us to different directions of where we can go and how we could decorate our apartment. She was patient with us when we were slow in responding to her and also understanding of how life can be so hectic sometime. Her choices were amazing to begin with so we did not have to do a lot of back and forth. She also is a master of using things we already had and were nice so saved a lot of money for us that way. She is honest and diligent and detail oriented! She helps with finding the right people to install art and wall paper and chandeliers if I wasn't sure of who to call. Her folks who work with her are also super professional just like her. If we would think of re decorating our house again in a few years and upgrade it, we will go back to Ruchi in a heart beat. I highly recommend her as a professional, kind, patient and understanding designer along with being a beautiful human inside out!!

Ruchi worked with my daughter on decorating her new triplex. All three floors were a blank, empty slate. Ruchi filled it per my daughter's taste and desires, doing everything from space planning to selecting furniture, rugs, wallpaper and accessories, to managing subcontractors and installation. It is a magical place. It was clear Ruchi cared about making this a home and about my daughter; this was not just another job. We experienced many delays due to no fault of Ruchi or ours. Yet, Ruchi was flexible, professional, and patient. She was also 100% transparent with all costs (fees and pricing), and there were no surprises. A wonderful experience for us all. I have already hired her again.

Working with Ruchi was an absolute delight! Not only is she talented and her sense of design impeccable, Ruchi sought to understand me, my lifestyle, and my own tastes. I've heard horror stories about working with designers who try to dominate their clients' living space. Ruchi was polar opposite and cared deeply about designing the space for the people who will actually live in it. At the beginning of the process, I had a vague sense of what I wanted and found it difficult to articulate. From the very first phone call, Ruchi was able to ask the right questions to draw out inspiration for the project. She was extremely helpful in easing the design process for someone like me who isn't very knowledgable in this area. Plus, Ruchi was working under some unusual constraints of mine, such as restricting the kinds of materials to be used. Finally, Ruchi offered full-service project management. It was no small task to manage all the deliveries and contractors in a very strict building. My building had very stringent Covid protocols in place and demanded paperwork and indemnifications for every trade, contractor and delivery team entering my apartment. Her plans were detailed, articulate and were promptly approved by the building's reviewing team.

Ruchi took on two projects in our home - the primary bedroom and window treatments for all rooms - and we’re thrilled with the results. In our bedroom, she combined textures (rug, chair, bedding, window treatments) with natural elements (bed frame, nightstands, plants, and lighting), in a layered, soothing color palette, creating exactly the vibe I was hoping for. The window treatments she selected for the primary bedroom and bath, my daughter’s bedroom, my son’s bedroom, our living room and the kitchen are wonderful. I never in a million years would have been able to do this myself. All within budget and in time! Highly recommended.

After working with Ruchi on several projects, I have enjoyed watching her creative ability to transform her client's spaces into visual wonders. Ruchi is incredibly knowledgeable, professional, and has a strong attention to detail. I would highly recommend working with Ruchi as she has an innovative, forward-thinking eye for design and truly cares for her clients from start to finish.

We loved working with Ruchi! We chose to work with Ruchi because we felt that she would provide both style and functionality to our home, and that is exactly what she did. She understood our needs along with the very specific time frame we had, put together a feasible plan and executed seamlessly. She is very hands-on, asks the right questions, thinks through every single scenario, and has great style. Our apartment feels incredibly put-together and functional, and it feels like home. We would recommend working with Ruchi to anyone.

Ruchi completely transformed our apartment! We worked with her on a renovation of our kitchen and kids' bathroom, and she helped us design a space that was modern, unique, and also functional for our lives. We greatly trust her expertise and her ideas and greatly appreciate that she always guided but never pushed. She is a great listener and problem-solver, too. We are using her for our next renovation project: our master bathroom.

Ruchi is a gifted designer. Our master bedroom project is the second time enlisting her services and she has yet again proven herself to be a great designer. What I love about working with Ruchi: 1. She listens and asks pointed questions. She really gets to the heart of the intended function and aesthetics that i have in mind but struggle to articulate 2. She works within budget and my current furniture style. She helped me to figure out what items I want to splurge on and others that I want to be more conservative. I appreciate that she doesn't force me to change all my new furniture and works within the many parameters that are already in the room. 3. Her designs are phenomenal. She has a way of interpreting my visions and ideas into a beautiful product. Each time that I walk into my room I am impressed and relaxed at the same time (the feeling that I want to be invoked). I absolutely intend to use Ruchi's services for other design work in the future. And, I highly recommend her to anyone who needs an interior design to bring their vision to life. She is a talented designer who is worth the investment.

I've worked with Ruchi a few times on different projects and she is such a pleasure to work with. She is very professional, efficient and responsive. I definitely look forward to working with her on future projects and recommend her to anyone looking for a great designer.

Ruchi is amazing in her professionalism and style. She took the time to listen and helped me create a space mixed with simplicity and sophistication for my 500sq studio apartment. She is also very responsive to emails and concerns. I've enlisted her help prior to the pandemic and at the height of it all, I had to make immediate changes to budget and style to suit the "new normal". Through it all, Ruchi listened to my concerns and was able to execute a great layout and design. We had open dialog about our differences and she always able to find the happy medium. I highly recommend Ruchi for your interior design needs!

Ruchi helped design our baby boy's nursery. She is extremely detail-oriented and on top of it. She is responsive and quick to help make decisions - which is especially important in the event of a new arrival to the family. The nursery is modern, stunning and peaceful. She successfully achieved the goal of a grey, natural nursery look that we had in mind, which we could have never done by ourselves! I highly recommend her for any project - small or large. I wish we had known about her sooner and will certainly be using her again!

Ruchi has an incredible eye for design and helped transform my West Village apartment into a beautiful, modern space. She worked under very tight time constraints and was able to pull together my entire space within weeks. Ruchi takes the time to understand your aesthetic and design needs and will work with you to create a space you love. She found pieces that fit the unique layout of my townhouse apartment perfectly while incorporating some of my favorite existing furniture. I am impressed with the job she was able to do within my budget and would highly recommend her for anyone looking to do a renovation, big or small.

I think my recommendation here depends on what you're looking for. If you like Ruchi's designs and want to go with her vision with minor input from you, I think you might find working with her to be pleasurable. In my case, I ended up discovering about halfway through that I really wanted to incorporate a particular chair and bed. Ruchi was wounded and became unprofessional, refusing to incorporate them or even send me the design files she'd made so far so I could continue on my own. So if you want some flexibility I would go with someone else as I would consider the money I spent on her services to have been entirely wasted.

We had a great experience and time working with Ruchi. I chose to work with Ruchi because over our phone interview, she not only went over project specs such as size and budget but she asked questions such as how much do i use the space, what feeling the space should evoke for me and if i have a pet that uses the space. My impression was that she was taking the inquiry seriously and was ready to go with working with me. I felt very reassured and have not been disappointed in putting my trust in her design expertise. The task was to provide a fresh look to our living room and dining room combination space, add a bar area in the dining room, and update the foyer. Ruchi was patient in working with us to decide on a color scheme (we chose shades of gray with pops of color such as yellow and red to match art pieces in the room). She helped us make realistic expectations and she was willing to work within and respect our budget. I especially liked that she was able to mix and match inexpensive pieces and help us spend more of the money in the areas we preferred such as on the sofa. Through her design choices and color selections, she has managed to make the narrow hallway feel bigger even with a wall of dark blue storage cabinets and for the dining room and bar area not to feel tight. We are in awe at how beautifully the place has turned out and can't wait to see the finished product when all the furniture pieces arrive. The project including contracting labor (but without design costs) will be around $15,000.

Ruchi is awesome - as a designer and as a person to work with. She had a great eye blending in my own style. While my space is not large, she suggested changes that opened it up. She helped select paint color, rug and furniture. Very happy with where we netted out. Most of all, she is great to work with - easy to share ideas while also having her own pov (she's usually right :)), she wanted to understand what I was looking for and has a great optimistic personality. Lastly, she is value-conscious ensuring we were not spending where we didn't need to. Plan to hire her again with no question.

Ruchi did a fantastic job with the redesign of our master bedroom and creation of a perfect nursery for our first child. She quickly understood our personal aesthetic and came up with a design that met it. At the same time, she pushed us to make choices we never would have made on our own (eg wallpaper in the nursery) and that really pulled the rooms together. She also made sure we met our budget and worked really quickly to get everything ready before baby. We recommend her highly and would happily work with her again!!

Im very excited and happy I got to meet Ruchi and work with her as an interior photographer on her completed projects. We’ve shot a great variety of her work together in the past year and we’ve established a great professional working relationship. I appreciate her attention to detail at every shoot which really makes the magic behind the camera. Through careful consideration of compositional elements within each image, we can tell a story of Ruchi’s not only classy but also very current and hip style. It’s always rewarding to work with Ruchi as well, I feel my vision, time and expertise are valued and trusted. This collaboration makes each different shoot fun and dynamic, bringing to life the best aspects of her work.

Ruchi is a creative professional that understands how to work a project in a timely manner. She is so knowledgeable, however, she still listens to suggestions and thinks through every part of her design. We are very lucky to work with someone that is so put together and still such a joy. Seeing her emails come through always inspires a smile!

Ruchi is very professional and has a keen eye for detail. Each project is unique and her decorations bring out the best of her clients' wishes. We highly recommend Design by Ruchi for projects big and small.

From the moment I met Ruchi, I knew she was the right person to design my home. She listened to everything I had to say and was extremely intuitive when it came to knowing what I would like. Her own strong design sense was wonderful. I loved her taste and ideas--she was able to incorporate her vision of the space while maintaining my style. I even discovered things about my own style through Ruchi's guidance! Part of my apartment is narrow and challenging, but Ruchi's incredible sense of space made it feel much bigger and more comfortable. I cannot recommend her highly enough and I would work with her again and again on projects large and small.

Ruchi was absolutely fantastic to work with. She is so professional, friendly and very quick to respond. Ruchi designed my living room and nursery and came up with some very creative and functional ideas that I would have never thought of on my own. She immediately captured my sense of style and helped me find both investment and value pieces to maximize my budget. She also helped me navigate the functional challenges of my small NYC apt with ease. I look forward to working with her again in the future!

Ruchi designed my studio apartment. Ruchi was timely, professional and easy to work with. She took time out of her holiday to get on a call and figure out logistics. She recommended the cheapest furniture options despite netting less commission to her. An accurate estimated use of time was provided.

Ruchi is a phenomenal designer to work with. She really takes the time to understand your style and aesthetic and is incredibly organized and detail-oriented. She is conscious of budget and timeline and is in constant communication throughout the process. I sincerely appreciate her honesty as well as her project management style.

Ruchi is an very talented individual who understands clients tastes/needs, recommends exceptional choices, guides them patiently to ensure that the best idea is picked and executes the idea in a very cost effective way using her excellent trade relationships - we have had the pleasure of working with her for our home interior redesign project. Ruchi, very courteously and meticulously, worked with us during the entire period of the project, mediated dialogue amongst various stakeholders in the household in arriving at a decision and got us to the finish line. We are extremely happy with the end result and have had a great experience while getting there. Thank you again Ruchi. I would highly recommend Ruchi for any interior design project !

Our experience working with Ruchi in making our new house a home was very enjoyable and memorable.I strongly endorse DesignbyRUCHI for any residential project. I worked with her during the renovation and redesign of the main floor of our house in Old Greenwich, CT. She designed a modern functional space for our family which took into consideration the existing layout and limitations that came with our old house. Her approach to the whole project was very collaborative. A great listener, she works with clients to find out what they want and arrives at the final design and project plan. When furnishing our home she was great at mixing pieces old and new to make everything look cohesive as we kept some of our old furniture. She is very responsive and ready to answer any question big/small. She has great relationships with her trade partners who are design nerds! Just like her!

We had an amazing experience with DesignbyRUCHI. We reached out to her to design a nursery for our soon to arrive daughter. Ruchi came on board quickly and showed us multiple options within our budget and made everything on our wishlist fit in the room (which wasn’t huge to start with). She was a thorough professional with an eye for detail. Throughout the project, Ruchi was very flexible with our choices and guided us through it all. She was always very quick to respond to emails and messages and really thought about everything. We would highly recommend DesignbyRUCHI and work with her on our future design projects.