Universal Designers in Olympia

“Sketched up some ideas for our future home and got exactly what we were looking for. The drawings turned out great. Gabe was very easy to work with and supportive of all our ideas and little changes to make this our perfect forever home.. I would highly recommend him.”

“Candace Nordquist is a Certified Kitchen design professional. She transformed our kitchen, seating area, family room, and entry into beautiful, highly functional, and comfortable spaces. She provided the design, material selection, coordination or purchase of materials, and recommended highly capable subcontractors I used to finish the project. Our waterfront house needed to have the view maintained or enhanced, the materials and colors needed to be capable of intense direct sunlight, and the traffic flow from the kitchen to the deck supported. She reorganized the kitchen placing flat surfaces between the arriving guest and the view. The tall elements were concentrated on the back wall giving a solid welcoming feel. Her 38" high waterfall granite table provides seating to enjoy the view. There are 28 cabinet drawers for storage, and the food prep, cooking, and clean up areas are all well organized. The electrical plan was also an integral part of the overall design. The under cabinet power outlets are especially nice and have minimized wall outlets. The lighting is able to be changed to create a variety of moods as well as provide specific task lighting. It is a pleasure to cook and entertain in this kitchen.”

“I started working with Nancy Finneson of DeMane Design, to remodel my master bathroom. To date, I’ve remodeled all four bathrooms in my home using her design services. She listened to my ideas and preferences and expanded on them to give me beautiful, updated rooms that are better than I could have imagined. Nancy designed a built in cabinet for my master bath that gave me storage I never thought possible, in addition to upgrading its entire look. In one of my guest baths her use of tile and glass accent tile made a simple bathroom into something elegant. Nancy was tireless in her search to help me find just the right paint color, cabinets, tile and lights which all came together beautifully. I love my new bathrooms and couldn't have done it without her!”

“Larry is very easy to work with, and has a lot of great ideas and helpful suggestion's. This is a first house that we have started from the ground up and he treated each of our questions with respect even if it wasn't something that could be done. He would then explain why it would or wouldn't work.”

“Diane completes us! We greatly value her input and the selections she makes for our clients. She is a major asset to Lifespan. Her taste is impeccable and she works hard to make sure her clients get the best service and the best results. She is an indispensable partner and we love working with her.”

“Ralene was such a pleasure to work with reimagining and redesigning my bedroom recently. I had a home break in that was very traumatic and caused damage to my bedroom. I looked to Ralene to help me reimagine the space in a way that spoke to the peace and safety that I was looking for. She was able to take into account my design preferences while offering up her own unique touches. I appreciated her willingness to iterate with me to get to the right colors, furniture, textiles, and layout. Thank you, Ralene, for helping me reclaim my space. I hope we get to work on more projects (under better circumstances) soon!”

“I have worked with Tana, owner of Altstadt Interiors, for over 15 years on both small projects (e.g., garage reorganization) and large projects (e.g., kitchen and bathroom remodels, house addition). I've had only A+ experiences. She is organized, respectful of budgets, timely, and supremely talented. She's able to bring different visions into a cohesive whole and so much more. Appreciating both her design aesthetic and pieces from her shop, a number of friends have also utilized Tana's skills and we all love to shop at Alstadt Interiors as well.”

“When you know kinda what you want, or you just know what you really don't want, but not how everything should be put together Kayron Brewer is the person I would recommend. I've hired her for 2 projects, one a large kitchen,dining and living room remodel and then a master bath and bedroom redo. Both outcomes exceeded my expectations in every way including coming in slightly below our budget. Her insight as to what brands to use and configuration options were invaluable. Plus, she's really good at taking my random ideas and putting them all together. I never feel overpowered by her as I sometimes do other professionals. I would not hesitate to recommend her for any design project from a large multi-room remodel to a small powderroom fix-up. ”

“Melissa did a wonderful job with my kitchen remodel and she came up with some creative solutions for my tight storage spaces. We also had her do our new lighting placement in our kitchen and couldn't be happier with the results. We hope to go with her company again when we remodel our bathrooms.”

“Victoria Clark is wonderful to work with! She has helped me freshen up my family room, kitchen, Living room, dining room and redesign my teen son's bedroom. I love her sense of style, use of color and her ability to understand what I like and make it work with n budget. She took the time to get to know me and helped me to find new updated fabrics, wall paper, paint and furniture. What I really appreciated was her unique ability to repurpose furniture that I already owned and helped me to find new quality pieces at very affordable prices. Bowman & Clark has a wonderful team of professionals from painters, floor refinishers, fabric specialist, you name it she knows who to go to for good quality work. Check out her shop in Lakewood and ask her about the lines of furniture that they represent. She is very knowledgeable and connected to many manufactures in the local area and across the country. I would highly recommend her to all my friends and family and would be happy to work with her in the future. Thank you!!”