Universal Designers in Rockville

“Monique was quite a help when building my new home. After learning about my likes and dislikes, Monique was able to move forward with this large project, recommending everything from paint colors, tiles, granite, and home furnishings. Her talents and lovely personality made it a joy for me to work with her.”

“Working with Jessica was an amazing experience. She has incredible taste level and was able to incorporate her vision and my sense of style together. I never felt pushed into anything. The results are gorgeous! Everyone who walks into my home says 'wow this place is so pretty!'”

“Built me my dream condition, helped me through the whole process, i wish them nothing but the best. Highly recommend!”

“We had the pleasure to have Riley Kitchen design and install a great and magnificent Kitchen and 3 baths cabinets for our new house we were building. Can't explain how happy and satisfied we were with their quality products and professional design and installation. Lisa and Mike are great people to work with they made several visits to make the necessary measurement and to make sure everything was to our satisfaction. The Kitchen is the most expensive part when building a house so you better make sure you let someone professional like the people at Riley do the work for you. We will be Glad you did.”

“Mine was the Brooklyn Brownstone in Maria's photographs. Working with her was an extraordinary experience. She created the architectural design for our third floor kitchen and our downstairs duplex renovations, coming up with a series of design ideas that were both beautiful and within our budget. She helped select our contractor and collaborated with him during each stage of both projects. She made weekly visits to the job site, and just as importantly, the contractor would call Maria with questions as the work progressed thereby avoiding costly “do overs.” She completed both projects within our budget and even more surprisingly, on time! The results of her design work and project management are there for you to see on her design pages. I would recommend her unequivocally.”

“We worked with Shannon at Riverhead Building Supply on a kitchen remodel project. We had looked at other cabinetry options and determined the quality and support from Riverhead Building Supply was the right direction for us. Shannon reviewed our preliminary 3D Plan and completed onsite measurements. She corrected errors, made suggestions for better utilization and loaded into their software. Shannon has a real eye for design and color schemes. She worked with us on door design & hardware selection as well as countertop color/brand options. Shannon was always very prompt with responses and follow-up. She kept us informed throughout our ordering process. She was also onsite for cabinet delivery and made multiple trips during the planning phase. When a problem arose, she worked to find the best solution to make sure we were satisfied. Overall, it was a pleasure to work with Shannon and Riverhead Building Supply. I highly recommend her services as a home remodeling & design professional.”

“I worked at A4 Architecture for 5 years. During that time I worked closely with the firm's principal and staff. A4 Architecture always went above and beyond in their efforts to provide the possible best design while paying close attention to the client's preferences and needs.”

“This is not a typical review, but our association is unique and I trust that yours would be the same if you were to select Irene Design as your consultant. We met Irene at a home show. We had been thinking about remodeling the interior of our home, but wanted a design consultant to work with us. We contracted with Irene Design to be our consultant. During the first visit to our home to take pictures and discuss with us, what we liked and disliked, I pointed out to her that the carrying partition on the first flow did not run parallel to the outside wall. Thus, any pattern in the flooring would also appear to diverge from the wall. Irene, immediately suggested that the tiles be installed at a 45 degree angle, which totally eliminated the problem. We then continued to work with Irene on the layout of the bathrooms, the wallpaper selection and the carpeting to mention only a small portions of the interactions we had with her in arriving at a design that met our needs and tastes. We had differences with Irene, but in each case Irene was always open to our suggestions. We would sit and discuss the pros and cons of each change and were always able to arrive at a decision that best met our needs. Once, we had finalized the design, we prepared a bid specification setting out exactly what we expected the contractor to do and what we would supply. This bid specification was given to 4 separate contractors including Irene Design. It should be noted that Irene had assured us that she would work with whichever contractor we selected to assure us that the design, such as the tile layouts in the bathrooms would be done as she had planned. While all four contractor bids were fairly close, Irene Designs bid was slightly less, so we selected them to perform the construction. At the same time we had also contracted with an electrician and a painter/wallpaper hanger. The electrician did an excellent job, however the painter made some serious errors in prepping the stair case walls for papering. After several attempts by the paper hanger to repair the problems, it became evident that all the paper in the stair case would have to be remove, the wall repaired and primed correctly and then repaper the whole area. Irene Design, on learning of this said that they would do the repair work at cost to help us out of this difficult situation. For these reasons, we highly recommend Irene Design if you are considering a remodeling project. If you would like to discuss our experience with Irene Design, we would welcome your calls”

“We have worked with Mary Brewster twice and each time it was a pleasure...She is extremely talented,listens to your needs and is a calming influence on a project...We have recommended her without question and will continue to do so.. The Sammartinos”

“I hired Cypress Design after a friend had an excellent experience with them for a full bath remodel in 2012. I had an equally great experience with my kitchen remodel. My issue was storage. Their computer generated "blueprints" of the various kitchen set ups I could have made my decision making very easy. They were also very helpful with recommendations concerning style and materials. The job went off is a very timely manner and despite the fact that they had to demo a kitchen that dated to 1979, there were literally no problems. The whole process was very smooth. I plan to use them for a bath renovation next year.”