I have known Nicola Fasano, on both a professional and personal level, for the past 15 years,…read moreduring which time she has worked on numerous design projects for my home. From her design ideas and color choices to her furniture designs, which are handcrafted by local craftsmen, and space planning, she has impeccable taste in all areas. Nicola is so easy to work with that her clients, me included, become instant friends. Her scope of work spans all styles from Spanish to traditional to contemporary. She is a pleasure to work with and your home will reflect the care she puts in to all of her projects.

I have personally worked with Nicola for over 17 years doing custom furniture and fixture design,…read morebuild outs, as well as interior design for my home and chain of upscale clothing boutiques in Los Angeles. We do everything special, unique and custom to fit the vibe, space and client in regards to my stores. Her taste level is high end, exquisite, classy and right on spec with what you are looking for or desired. She works with amazing vendors in all categories of design from custom wood fixtures, to complicated build outs, to carpets, draperies, furniture and more to make the interiors complete. Her prices are fair and reasonable, she can stick within a budget and always delivers on time. Nicola personally sees the entire job from start to finish and she is a true pleasure to work with. Not only is she smart, creative, nice, professional, intuitive and insightful, but also makes the work enjoyable because she is a master and has such passion for her craft. I would highly recommend Nicola for any custom design job for your home, office, or corporation to make it exactly the space you want to portray and represent you. She is also incredibly skilled at remodeling homes to make them beautiful and staging homes to help sell them. Nicola is delightful to be around, very trustworthy and someone you would want to work with for years to come. Lisa Kline

Karina was such a wonderful person and very helpful. Saving money is always a good thing and to…read moreknow that the integrity of the artwork is never a question is priceless. Thanks for turning my 4 bedroom house into a lovely palace!!!! :)

Melissa is the most professional and conscientious designer I have yet to do business with. After…read moreworking with Melissa, it is clear that she is an expert at visualizing color and complimenting them with the appropriate accessories. As a painting contractor, color is my profession, and Melissa's color and design integrity are first-class. In addition to her design integrity, Melissa is an excellent communicator. Budgets could be very difficult to work with, yet Melissa is always fair with me in communicating her needs and monetary appropriations. Melissa's creative, balanced, and realistic approach sets her apart professionally, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with her. I can only wish that all of my associates were like her.

I have used many staging companies for listings across Los Angeles and Sapphire Staging are my new…read morenumber one pick. What really stood out was how invested the owner Anna was in the property, taking the time to thoughtfully plan every single detail of the staging out. She would regularly stop in to update accessories and ensure that the plants had been watered. It was a pleasure to work with her. Amazing service, fantastic furniture choices and a great person to deal with. Would use again in a heartbeat

Often times when I see reviews, they seem rather short and not very in-depth. When you're spending…read moremoney on a stager, especially one without many reviews, I personally would have really preferred a more in-depth review explaining everything and how my experience was in hopes it'll help others make a more educated decision on who to hire. Ana from Sapphire Staging had been pleasant to work with when we first started. Her and her partner were very excited to take on our project and were able to bring almost everything over in a single day. For the design of our house, a lot of the little items and the art they picked did not fit at all. I spoke with them about it and they were willing to swap out the art for different pieces but said they'd have to charge for new knick-knacks. To be fully honest, I did end up hiding a large majority of their items that went on shelves and counters inside of our drawers because they simply didn't fit the vibe of the house at all. If I were to grade their furniture, I'd give it a B-. It's not awful, but it's not nice furniture by any means. From the tags I saw on items, it looks like they shop exclusively at Home Goods and World Market. In the end, it still worked out well for us, but it was a big difference than the more expensive stagers who use high quality furniture like RH. But you have to keep in mind, they are cheaper than most so it makes sense. To further prove a point, our photographer was asking about the furniture and when we told him the price he said "ohhh okay that makes sense, I was wondering why so much of it seemed like cheap furniture." I'd highly recommend making sure that you tell them everything you need staging for before they start on Day 1, if you make them come back with additional items, they will charge you per piece. This part is the VERY important part. If you decide to go with them, which I would not recommend. I'd HIGHLY recommend doing a walk through and making sure everything is proper. Ana did not put her candles on any sort of plate/holder and left them on an incredibly expensive one-of-a-kind live edge table and also left red candles on a white concrete fireplace in direct sun. When I went to remove the candles(they didn't fit the aesthetic of the house) there were two outlines of the red wax embedded in our concrete and simply would not come out. I told them about it, and they said they were so sorry and that's all they did. I had to get a quote from a contractor to fix it and since it was white cement, to get the stain our we had to demo the layer of cement and pour a new coating. The total cost was going to be $2,100 for that. I told Ana and she brought "professional" cleaners over. Her cleaners made it even worse and after that, she took a photo of a different area of the fireplace and lied to us saying it was good to go when it fact the stains were worse and the texture of it was completely removed. We then paid her the money(our mistake for trusting her without looking) and she has not texted us back or answered even one of our calls. At this point in time, the only way I'm likely going to get the money back for what I had paid for the fireplace in the first place is going to be to bring them to small claims court. I thought she was a great deal at first with her price, but after the headache she's been to work with and the massive amount of money that she cost us, I could never rightfully recommend someone using her in the future. It has been an incredibly unprofessional experience with her from the start and since she had been nice, I tried to overlook the poor design taste that kept trying to sneak into the house and her reluctance to add anything else like nice fake plants. That said, I would have never gone with them in a million years had I know the end result. I would much rather have gone with a more expensive, well established company who will take care of their customers.

Lisa-Marie systematically turned our cohesive upscale house into a hodgepodge mess of mismatched…read morecolors and items of poor quality. She sent us links to Pottery Barn for items - I could have done that myself. She uses poor quality painters who don't prep properly. After one year paint is peeling everywhere. She also lets her subs push her around and take the easy way out. We're spending $$$$$ correcting her mistakes and reclaiming our home. If I could give zero stars I would.

Go no further looking for a designer!! Lisa has been a huge help to me over the last 20 years with…read moredesign services for both my business and home. She is not only talented in her work, but she is also easy to work with, reliable, and reasonably priced. She has help me choose colors of paint for both my home and dental office, has chosen and helped design furniture for my home such as a custom sofa sleeper, has picked out fabric and arranged for custom window treatments to be made, and is currently designing a larger scale outdoor project for my home.

Sarah did a wonderful job! on my home its bright and cozy now I'm so happy i hired her. my house…read morelooks and feels like a total different house I love it ! And my family do to . I would recommend her ! To furnish or design anyone's home ! Thank you Sarah

Thinkpure is an excellent decorating company that provides clean and timeless elegance to any…read morehouse. ThinkPure is owned by Kelly Schandel who is a thoughtful, kind decorator with extraordinarily good taste. She is unerring in her knowledge of what is going to "work" in a house. Kelly worked with us from day one (and I do mean day ONE) when the house was just a bunch of scribbles in the architect's mind. Kelly has been able to conceive how the house should be set up from details in the powder room to large pieces of furniture in the living areas. Kelly was able to furnish our house within our budget using a combination of high quality items and lower cost items where the quality is less important. Kelly has excellent support (Ashley). Both Kelly and Ashley are a team were willing to support my husband and I days, weekends, really 24/7 -- during a complex constuctution process. I cannot say enough good things about Kelly and ThinkPure. Pat Palleschi 310 474 4447 NOTE: If there is any other review attributed to me about ThinkPure, it is NOT ACCURATE.

I have known Lori for many years but only got around to using her design services recently when my…read morewife got overwhelmed by all of the problems and details involved in a total kitchen remodel. Lori was fast, creative, fun, and reasonably priced. We were so pleased that we gave Lori our entire living room remodel the following year. It involved replacing the fireplace and chimney, new floors and doors, ceiling and sconce lighting, etc. When it comes to coordinating lampshades, textiles, paint, and wallpaper, no one is better. We never would have even thought about combining purple and jade pillows on our gray sofa against "griege" walls and black and gold pinwheel carpet. Nothing but rave compliments from friends.

A good interior designer is a combination of artist, clairvoyant, and therapist. Lori has all those…read moretalents in abundance. She was an invaluable part of the creative team on the recent renovation of my Pacific Palisades home, and her creative insights reflected my taste and opened doors to design choices I never would have known about. Lori has the ability to see both the big picture and the small detail and to be able to stay on top of both simultaneously. Her expertise in the use of color is especially noteworthy. She has contacts and relationships in every relevant area of interior design and without exception every person she brought onto my renovation was top notch. Her vision is creative and flexible (it's never about her, it's always about the client) and she was able to work within the constraints of my budget and yet still deliver an eye-catching, tasteful, and harmonious design solution. Inevitably people who see my house for the first time go "Wow!" when they open the front door. I love my new home and I am grateful for Lori's help in making it come alive.