Sustainable Design Professionals in Lake Orion.

“I can't say enough good things about working with Martine, owner of Temescal Creative. I needed to transform my space, and Martine was incredibly knowledgeable, patient, kind, and helpful in redecorating and arranging my home. She has a unique attention to detail and knows how to simplify the process in order to make so easy to do and not intimidating. She's great about using what you already have instead of suggesting you change or buy a bunch of stuff, which is helpful if you're on a budget. Will absolutely work with her again!”

“Interior designer Margaret Presti of Margeaux Interiors is not only very talented, but she is also very professional and knowledgeable. She works for her client, striving to achieve a sophisticated and elegant look I highly recommend her. ”

“Cheryl Nestro was involved in the building of our Oakland County home from start to finish. I couldn't have picked a better professional for the job. She is so very talented, and an artist at heart, which I believe gives her the amazing gift of making color and texture work in a creative way. She listens to her client, and then builds on the foundation for your decorating dreams to come true. She also serves as a great referee between husband and wife in finding a middle ground. I would recommend her to anyone looking for the highest quality interior designer that takes pride in every project she works on. She is involved throughout the entire project- going through the mud up to our new construction home… although with stylish rain boots... and feeling the excitement of helping her clients dreams come true. We were truly blessed to have found her! Sincerely, Eric and Sheila Werner Rochester Hills, MI”

“I absolutely love the colors Lisa recommended for our basement design! Her ideas tied together the options we had for flooring and cabinets perfectly with the wall color, accents and carpeting. She was very open to hearing our feedback on the direction we wanted to go and really helped make the decisions between all our options very easy. The space looks better than we could have imagined. I would highly recommend her services and use her again for another project.”

“Hiring Valia Design for our new construction home was HANDS DOWN the best decision we made through the whole building process. With all the overwhelming decisions and extensive details needed to accomplish our dream home, Dana’s personable approach and natural gift for design made it exciting and a truly enjoyable experience. Working with Valia gave us the confidence to step outside the box and the reward of our beautiful home with the distinct designer’s touch we have always wanted. We can’t thank Valia enough for helping to make our dream come true and so much look forward to working again with them in the future!”

“Heather Duggan is my interior designer. I couldn't be happier with the outcome of my home design! She is very talented and I'm so grateful to have met her!”

“Armina is very professional and knows her business, we were not 100% how to approach our kitchen. Her knowledge and perseverance won and we were able to agree on the direction. Her ability to see space for its potential wa the key for us. Living in house for 20 years we were used to things and very resistive to new ideas. Project went well, we stayed in budget which was very important to us. What can I say more we will highly recommend her and wish you good luck. One last thing for all deciding on remodeling and so on, please go to her website http://www.akdesignandaccents.com/ was very helpful John”

“Ms. Schumacher is an extraordinary designer. She has fresh, innovative ideas, and is wonderful to work with. I know of no more pleasant person. She has worked on four of the rooms in my house, and we have plans for her to continue until all the rooms are finished!”

“My husband and I bought a new home in December 2012, and are tackling it one room at a time with Stephanie's help. We actually started talking to her before we moved in about our 2 anticipated large projects in the kitchen and master bath. The first room we started; however, was the living room (a huge cathedral ceiling in the center of everything....she picked the paint for us. Admittedly, we did not like it at first, we thought it was too much color (we had picked a warm white on our own). After a month, we realized it was absolutely the right choice; and went with our vision of how we wanted to live and entertain (our choice would have made the home feel like a cold museum). Thats when we started running everything past her........Is our carpet choice the right one? Is our wood color (refinished floors) the right one? She was the tie breaker in many of our design dilemmas during this time. Then, I described the feeling we wanted when walking into our bedroom and asked Stephanie to find bedding. She chose bedding that was an inviting cocoon, serene, beautiful and easily dressed up. She helped with the furniture choices as well as decor choices and finally had window panels made for us that made a dramatic difference in the room. It was clear that she really understood us and what we wanted in our home. Then we retained Stephanie to put together our kitchen remodel design. This was a huge undertaking, as we had a small kitchen that opened to a dining/sitting room combination. It all needed to feel unified in design while allowing for separate space use; and we needed a LOT more storage space. During the first few weeks of design, our vision evolved from one that was simple to more details (and our budget had to expand with it). Steph rolled with us, moving from very nice wood cabinets with custom trim to a completely custom kitchen. She drew up the final design and specified the materials for our custom woodworking company, et al to begin their work and for us to do our product sourcing. Stephanie picked items we would never have chosen (or even known about); and once it was put together, our kitchen looked even more beautiful than the inspiration kitchen photos I had torn out of House Beautiful. We encountered unforeseen issues during construction; and Stephanie was able to work with the woodworkers to work through those issues. She also had the window treatments and window cushions made for this area; again unifying the space while catering to functionality. Finally, Stephanie did a punch list for us...again, finding items that we would not have found on our own. :) Stephanie also helped with my holiday decorating this year. My budget was limited, and she was still able to help me purchase some great items ... you know those things that only a designer has access to! We've just retained Stephanie again. This time she will help us with our master bath and laundry. The half bath is up next; and there are several more rooms to come! One of our favorite things about Stephanie (particularly for our large projects), is that she has no problem with me sourcing items separately. This has not been true with my prior designers as part of their income is markup on those items. Finally, I feel like Stephanie always has me in the back of her mind, because when I tell her I have a budget for the next room, she seems to already have items and ideas in mind. I LOVE THAT!...and it keeps us rolling on to the next room together.”

“Loved how they used methods to discover my STYLE; they improved/upgraded my style yet gave me fantastic new creative space!! I’m not even sure how this happened on my very tight budget. LOVE my new, improved place! It’s “me” but sooo much better than I could have thought of myself!”