Mountain + Beach Interiors - Schonewill Int'l

Amazing work. Truly turned a house in shambles into a beautiful retreat, that one wants to spend all their days in. This project included taking the home down to the studs, adding in windows, complete reinforcement and remodel. From the paint selection to the appliances, to the furnishings and accessories the home is a just wonderful! I will recommend 100% to friends, family, and clients of mine.

Debra is a very competent, get it done Professional. She has great ideas and feel for the client's needs. We used her twice and would highly recommend her.

Working with Deb was a pleasure and a relief! A flood of the main floor and basement required an extensive remodel before we could occupy our Logan Avenue home. Deb's help was invaluable to us as we needed to incorporate updated finishes to marry well with existing features that remained undamaged. She educated us on basic design elements that needed to be incorporated into the project to make the spaces flow well and look inviting. Deb helped us with space planning our rooms for new furniture purchases so the scale would be correct while incorporating some of our existing furniture in the appropriate spaces. Shopping with Deb for furniture and accessories was so FUN! She was exceedingly organized so we would use our time wisely. She kept track of all of our finds with notes and photos so we could make well thought out purchases. If we had tried to do this on our own, it would have been incredibly overwhelming. With Deb it was a riot! We have recently used Deb's professional expertise during an office remodel and will enlist her services with future home projects as well.

We worked with Deb while she was living on Maui. Although we lived on Maui, we were upcountry at a higher elevation and the home had a "lodge-like" feel with a 27 ft fireplace. Deb was responsive, had great ideas for this major renovation: kitchen, bath, flooring etc. Her color and finish advise was spot on. We wish she were still in the islands as we area about to embark on yet another renovation and could use her hands on approach.

Debra was a absolute pleasure to work with, providing excellent recommendations on color, design, contemporary office furniture and interior office partitions, and an open-concept layout for our renovated office space back in 2000. We still have the high quality furniture Debra picked out for us and actually acquired additional desks from the same company when we moved into our newly-acquired office building in December of 2015. Mahalo Debra on your timeless vision and recommendations!

We engaged Deb Schonewill, of Mountain and Beach Interiors, in 2017 for designing a complete renovation of our home off Fish Creek Falls Road in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The project scope included a renovation of the kitchen, three bathrooms, all finishes, plumbing fixtures and lighting. In addition, she assisted with some furniture selections, including a custom dining room table. In short, our experience and impression of Deb's design skills can be summed up as outstanding. We wanted a more contemporary, mountain modern design to our mountain home and selected Deb because we felt she would provide creative ideas beyond our current experiences, and manage/fit within our budget. We are so excited with the creative ideas she brought to the table, and our project came out looking fabulous. In fact, all of the contractor subs working on the house comment on how fantastic her ideas came out. But one point I will make, what separates Deb from other designers (and ones we have used in the past) is her extensive technical knowledge. Through her vast commercial experience she has the ability to understand the contractors technical needs/limitations and create a design that works aesthetically but also structurally. This is huge when doing a remodel, and all the technical snags that surface. She solved many issues that contractors did not think possible. Bottom line, we are huge Deb fans. We highly recommend using her, and believe if you choose her, you will be glad you did.

Debra helped us with a forced, emergency remodel that was caused by a flood. She jumped right in and helped with design and layout decisions that had to be made quickly. Throughout the project she helped make design, material and color selections. We love our newly remodeled home and have received many complements on it.

I was not directly involved with Debbie on the Mauian Hotel redesign and refurbishment. She was contracted by the person who was overseeing the project, Mr. Lon Lorimore. My interaction with Debbie was as the General Manager of the hotel, overseeing the operations of the resort. My assessment was that Debbie did a very good job with the selection of the fixtures and furniture that was installed in the units.

Debra is one those unique designers whos talent spans multiple project types: residential, hospitality and commercial. She has a sophisticated design sensitivity and brings positive energy and talent to her projects.

We worked with Deb on our mountain home remodel. She was very professional, had fantastic ideas and made a very functional yet creative space. Thanks Deb!!

Deb took complete charge of our "dream home" in the islands she had a big job to do and executed it perfectly. her background of residential and commercial interior/exterior design is invaluable. A huge part of any construct is keeping contractors "honest"" and balancing the money versus the needs of the budgets. She found many ways to correct and make accountable those who worked on our home. Dependable, honest and knowledgable are her huge assets.

Debra helped me procure many things for our new home on Maui and made the experience enjoyable and hassle-free. With her creativity she gives each client individual style and quality. She also worked on a friend's home and it turned out stunning. I could leave everything in her hands and know it was being done professionally and skillfully. I didn't have to worry about a thing!