I wish I could give Carey more than five stars. He was phenomenal…read more I recently became the trustee of our South End building. On my list of things to do was to clean up our front garden, which was overgrown with weeds. I reached out to several landscapers, including Potted Up, South End Gardens, and Pemberton Garden Services. I laid out what we were hoping to do: clean up the garden and replace it with something beautiful and low maintenance. To my surprise, none of the landscapers were willing or interested in taking on our project. It was too small. A couple said our budget ($1k) was too low for them; they wanted bigger projects where they could put in water systems. I was dejected by the initial responses, but then someone recommended Erdman Design. Carey to the rescue! Carey was amazing - uber responsive and professional. We arranged a time to meet that week. He was willing to work within our budget. We bounced around several ideas of what I hoped the garden would look like - colors, type of plants/trees/flowers, etc. He planted it all the following week. We could not be more thrilled with the end result! It looks amazing - a complete transformation. I highly recommend Carey for any landscaping needs you have in the South End, Back Bay, or greater Boston area!

I met Cary several months ago at a BNI meeting in Boston. He happened to be giving a short power…read morepoint presentation that day , and I was extremely impressed with the photos of his body of work! I was drawn into his enthusiasm while he described the projects and his obvious love, for what he so skillfully does. His designs range from initial advice and working with you ....through finishing touches with interior design/exterior design. He has a very keen eye. He's also incredible at floral arranging for holidays occasions and for weddings. As well as outside gardens, entrance ways and natural landscape garden focal points. I must also add Holiday decorating both interior and exterior. But book in advance I'd say for the holiday designs. Though I know he does his best to never turn business away. He will try to squeeze you in if he can. Overall his designs are smart, varied, and beautifully unique. So what has he done for me? I inquired about some landscaping my husband was doing, looking for tips and ideas to carry out our plan. Cary is not a pushy salesperson in the slightest and he came to our house to view our plans- which was not huge job. He listened respectfully to the plans my husband was very excited about and then gave us his ideas. At first we were reluctant to change our designs plans but as my husband and I discussed it further we realized he really had a knack for knowing about plant and shrub placement. We ultimately decided to go forward with his plan. Best decision we made!!!!!!. The trees he put in look absolutely fabulous and he staggered them for a full front privacy look, yet it has dimension- not a straight line. We asked him to purchase the Plantings... Junipers, andromedas azaleas. The specimens he picked are fresh healthy and gorgeous. He purchased, delivered, did placement and planted. Then have us directions for caring for them. I can't recommend Cary enough. He is thorough, fair in pricing, and very easy to work with. He also does window treatments something which I am about to call him and inquire about. 5 Stars!

This was the second time we used Tyler and Sash in Winchester and AGAIN very pleased with the…read morequality, professionalism and installation. I would recommend the without hesitation ! Thank you to Shaun and his staff !

The mindful attention to doing what needs to be done versus pushing to do more is simply the…read morethoughtful way Shawn and his contractors operate. Shawn understood our style wasn't conventional and that our home had some challenges with the layout. Versus working off photos and verbal description, he offered to come to our home in order to help recommend the best option for our wall coverings in a main bedroom, and en-suite, along with 3 floors of stairwells. I wouldn't hesitate to put my trust in them for your project.

We had finally decided to renovate our condo and had no idea what we wanted. In comes Brad and…read moreKendra to the rescue! They were very thorough and had a lot of reference material we could look at to help us narrow in on our vision. Both Brad and Kendra asked us a lot of questions of what we were looking to achieve and through our input were able to come up with a final look we were absolutely thrilled with! They were very responsive and quick to follow up and came up with multiple alternate ideas when we were unsure about something. Overall we were most happy with the design and color choices that perfectly matched what we had pictured in the back of our minds. They are very flexible whether you're a person who love every minutia of choice or want to throw caution to the wind and let them use their imagination to come up with a design! We would strongly recommend them if you want a unique design or vision that has yet to be discovered!

I was overwhelmed at the prospect of staring at paint chips and second guessing my selections…read more Brad came in and did a walk through on short notice. He accounted for the flooring, direction of light and our existing furniture and transformed our dated home with his paint selections. His picks were spot on. He followed up and communicated with us impeccably. Save yourself the headache and let his eye do the work!

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!

Just like other reviewers said, Bruce is the best. Bruce even had a screw that match with my chair…read morebecause there is a screw missed in my chair package. So lucky I am with Bruce!

This was my third time hiring Bruce for his amazing talents at assembling things. He delivered…read moreabove and beyond. Bruce successfully navigated assembling my Ergotron sit-stand monitor arm to my 1st generation Cintiq tablet monitor even after the Ergotron technical help line didn't have a good answer to our assembly issue (the connection holes were properly aligned, BUT my monitor has a cable coming out from where the center of the connection plate needed to be aligned! Yikes!!). Bruce made it work!! We walked to the local hardware store, and he knew just how to hack it. He also put together my new office chair the same day. I think it took him ten minutes. I could not be happier. If you are in need of an assembly NINJA, LOOK NO FURTHER. Bruce is your guy!!!!

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.

We just completed decorating our new home in record-time, thanks to Katie and Michelle. We were…read morelooking for a team that would be quick, stay within our budget, understand our needs (we have a large and active family), and help us stay true to our tastes. They surpassed our expectations in all of the above, and in encouraging us to take risks where we otherwise wouldn't have. We are so happy with the end-result! Here's what I liked best about working with Katie and Michelle: 1) Super responsive: We were on a tight timeframe with our decorating project. Katie never let me send her an email without responding within 24 hours (and it was usually more like 24 minutes!) 2) Innovative: Just look at their website (www.rosenfeldking.com) and see what amazing colors, patterns, and furniture they pull together to make a room. I loved that they weren't afraid of color. They pushed me past my "comfort-zone" in a non-pushy way, and I'm so glad they did! 3) Hands-on: When I couldn't be at the house to accept a furniture delivery or let in a work crew, Katie or Michelle would. Seems very rare in this industry, and this was a huge deal - truly a lifesaver in our case. 4) Budget-conscious: For the most part, we stayed within our budget for the entire house. They pushed me to spend more where it counted, and to not spend when it wasn't worth it. 5) Thoughtful: I needed a family-friendly design that was pretty, but could withstand a TON of rough and tumble. I found that they worked with me to make it more "function over form" -- for which I am very grateful!

We had 3 no shows to fix our window rot and rot around our sunroom. I found saulnier carpentry on…read moreFacebook and highly recommend them. Steve was always in touch on email. He was fair in price, showed up when he said he would and did an excellent job!