Studio Verticale offers some beautiful European products, from sleek modern kitchens/baths to…read moreunique door/slider offerings. I worked with the owner Mila, Designer David and their team of quality trades people. They didn't try to push their tastes on me, but listened to what I liked and had great ideas to help guide me with choices. They put in space saving glass doors from Italy and installed a gas fireplace in my living room that I'm extremely satisfied with. They handled everything (permit/electrician/contractor). Overall a great experience and I'm contemplating using them again for other projects in my condo in Boston.

My experience with Mila and Studio Verticale were top notch! As a designer, Mila really understood…read morewhat I was "envisioning" for my space and she was able to help me incorporate it into my home. From the very beginning, her service was impeccable. She and her installer, Igor, took care to install my sliding doors in a professional manner and the follow-up, even after everything was finished, was wonderful. I highly recommend Mila and Studio Verticale!

I was renovating my place so I was looking at furniture. This is the place as this is where a lot…read moreof the high-end designers have their showrooms. The second floor has mainly furniture while the third floor is geared more towards fabric. The third floor also has furniture as well. I was able to compare the different furniture makers because they were all in one location. They have a huge parking lot so that is not an issue. If you are looking for furniture, this is the place.

I got to visit the Headquarters of America's Test Kitchen (squee!), which is located in the…read moregorgeous new Boston Design Center building. While I didn't spend a ton of time exploring the vast facility, what I did get to see was pretty impressive. Not only is it home to a bunch of creative offices, interior decorating showrooms, and of course, ATK, but also several eateries like Flour Bakery, and cute little "food boxes", which are almost like permanent food trucks. Granted, I didn't experience BDC from a "design" perspective, but from what I did see, I was impressed. There's ample parking in the front lot and a parking garage, and the whole building is spacious, clean, and modern. The surrounding neighborhood is a bit "unfinished", but the Design Center is easily accessible via MBTA Silver Line. Again, totally not a "designer", but as a civilian, I liked what I saw!

The super nice guys at Lighthouse made us this 12 foot long solid walnut table with iron legs. It…read moreis a work of art. Smooth rounded edges, thick long boards that have character and no seams along the longer length. Solid smooth joins. Easy to care for. It's even better than we had hoped it would be. Strong, solid, beautiful, and seats 14. Love love love it. This table will be on the earth way longer than I will.

Ron Light sold us a gorgeous walnut desk! His craftsmanship is outstanding. We plan to be repeat…read morecustomers!

I highly regret my decision to work with Decoraid and would urge friends or strangers against…read moreworking with them, and I feel personally taken advantage of. The final outcome took over 9 months and left 40% of the proposal unfilled with no payment back to me for missing services. My main feedback is that the process the firm runs is *incredibly* inefficient and leaves almost no opportunity for collaboration. The other is that the designers are basically just internet shoppers, with no connection to the things they're actually buying. With two in person meetings followed by a single proposal, there's basically no chance to actually get a good outcome. No one knows exactly what they want in the first meeting, and if they did they wouldn't need Decoraid. It takes working through options and figuring out what works well together. Neither designer I worked with (I was given a new designer after 4+ months of nothing happening with the first) used a pinterest board (something that seems super weird for an interior designer) that we could have collaborated through. Instead, they sent over single rug options without any context on other pieces that would fit with it. The reason I would pay someone $2,000 to help design a studio apartment would be for their creative spirit and perspective, and neither were proactive at all - basically just taking the things I wanted and googling them to find options. If you see a couch without pillows or a blanket, shouldn't she be calling out that I need that? Shouldn't she be architecting what to do with a blank 2 floor wall that's 20 feet wide? This seems to be a foundational expectation hearing about friends' experiences with other designers. The other missing aspect is that the designers used entirely cookie cutter options - only limited to West Elm, Crate and Barrel, and All Modern. Interior Designers are supposed to know more than you and do things you can't do in your own free time. They're supposed to have a good eye and be tuned in to off the beaten track options, visiting markets and fairs and hunting for good options. To be honest, they weren't even been good at the cookie cutter options - suggesting terribly uncomfortable itchy thin rugs, and couldn't find a Brass Mirror that was available to order which I found for myself within 10 minutes of looking. Of the first three items to arrive, I returned two of them because they didn't fit. With the amount of effort this took on my side and the time it's taken and the bad results it's yielded, along with no recourse for missing items from the initial proposal, I feel taken advantage of.

Money well invested! Decor Aid is literally my dream come true as it comes to home design. I've…read morealways wanted a well decorated home but I don't have the talent needed (so I wasted a lot of money throughout my life buying furniture that ultimately didn't go well with other items I already had) nor the money to pay tens of thousands for traditional interior designers to come decorate my home. Decor Aid allowed me to get the help I wanted for a very affordable price. My living room pieces are now arriving and I love the result. Because I live out in the suburbs in Boston, they did not have a person that could come to my home. However, they still helped me my putting me in contact with their NYC office (Meredith Cook was my designer, she's amazing) and we did all the work through skype/phone/email. It was very convenient. Meredith was very professional, responsive and patient (with the couple of times I changed my mind) and really tried to work with me in understanding my style before proposing a plan. I plan on using them again for the other rooms in my house.

I wanted to share the wonderful experience I had working with the staff at Thos Moser , director…read moreChris Eramo knows the product so well and helped me pick out the perfect chair for my new loft . I was unsure about what kind of fabric and wood would suit the new space and I cannot be happier with the end result . It is a work of art !

This store has an amazing selection of bathroom tiles. We literally spent couple of days looking,…read morepicking, and deciding what to get. Store owner Slava and his assistance Olga are knowledgeable and do actually know their own stock and are able to provide good suggestions based on what you are looking at. There are variety of sets available, and most include floor tile, wall tile, as well as decorative elements like bullnoses and fingers, for example. Different variations of grout is also available to match your selection. Our order took few days to arrive, but it was on time. No issues with delivery or pick up of the tiles. The store also has some selections of sinks, shower heads, and shower vents. They are also expanding to include kitchen cabinets. All in all it is a small store with excellent selection of different tiles. The price ranges are good from reasonable to very expensive, so everyone should be able to find something that matches their wallet. They usually have couple sets on sale as well - just need to ask. 5/5 would use them again (probably will for my kitchen).

We went to Tile in Style when we were renovating our bathroom on the recommendation of our…read morecontractor. He had sent lots of his clients there with good results. With the help of Inga, the owner, I found what we wanted, and told Inga I would order closer to the date of our project. We chose not to order all of the hardware and plumbing needs for the bathroom (shower head, fan light, etc) as it seemed very expensive and our contractor said we could get nice stuff at Lowe's. Inga called me several times, and wrote me several emails pressuring me to order everything as she said it was in stock and we did not want to chance the tile not being available. I told her we did not want the hardware, so she sent me a "discounted" price, which still came out more than what we paid at Lowe's. We did order the tile in advance and had it delivered. It turns out we had two issues that Inga refused to deal with. 1. We had a total of 6 boxes of extra, unopened tiles (2 diff kinds) that we wanted to return for a refund. She insisted that special orders are not returnable, no matter what. When I retorted that she had told me it was all in stock so therefore not a special order, she gave me a whole long explanation and still refused to accept 4 unopened boxes of the shower wall tiles that is very expensive. 2. When our contractor opened the mosaic tile for the shower floor, he was very upset to see that the paper backing was stuck to all the tile sheets and he had to spend a lot of time scrubbing them off. I wrote Inga about this and asked again for a refund for the 2 boxes of mosaic tiles we were not opening or using and that our contractor had never had these problems anywhere else. She refused again, explaining why the paper was stuck on, which doesn't help us! I wrote back explaining that I would let her re-think her decision and if by Monday she had not decided to accept the extra tile back and give us a refund then I would make sure I gave her terrible reviews everywhere I could, tell all my friends to boycott her store, and I would speak with an attorney about taking her to small claims court. Her email response was that she would exchange any unopened mosaic tile with the paper on the back (too late for that for us), but not refund anything, and I should stop harassing her! My contractor plans on never sending her business again. I plan on reporting them to the BBB and possibly taking her to small claims court. I have never had worse service from a business before! Thankfully we love our contractor and the bathroom will look great, even if we are out a LOT of money.

Paola was recommended to us by our realtor. At first we were skeptical that we needed a stager (it…read moreseemed frivolous) but we were wrong. Paola met with us for about 2 hours at our house, two months before we were going to sell. She gave us a run down of what she thought should be done. This included changing a carpet, painting a small room a neutral color, chopping down a small bush, getting rid of various pieces of furniture, moving some art work. We decided to go with it as we liked Paola's style. She is very direct and businesslike and we felt that she knew what she was doing. We did what she said and then about 5 days before the first open house she came back and she dressed each room with vases, throws, paintings, decorations. She moved furniture from one room to another, making me wonder why I hadn't thought of doing that while we lived there! In the end, our 36 year old house looked like a new house. We were delighted. I am pleased to say that our house looked so good that it sold the day after the open house for the asking price. It was a nice house anyway, but Paola made it really shine.

Paola was recommended by our realtor to stage our home in Acton which we sold in June 2018. She was…read moreextremely thorough going from room to room and our realtor was kind enough to type up all the notes so we could remember it all! We appreciated that Paola tried to use as much of our own furnishings and decor as possible - moving items from one room to another or simply "decluttering" them. She ended up providing some small decor, pillows, and wall hangings and along with all the changes she suggested, our house showed really well. Our house went under agreement the first Open House weekend. Paola was easy to communicate with even answering last minute decor questions. She was mindful of all the costs of selling the house and accepted her payment when we finally closed. We really appreciated her help!

The stone selection was the toughest since it was all so beautiful. Once it was selected it was cut…read moreand ready to install in a matter of days. The delivery and installation was great! The quartzite is stunning! Would absolutely recommend to family and friends.

I have nothing but great things to say about rick and his crew, he is the only countertop…read morefabricator and installer that would rig almost a full slab of granite into my house without a seam !!!! His crew did it and it came out great