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"As part of our remodeling project, we asked Wendy to assist us in selecting paint colors for 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a hallway. Wendy was responsive to our inquiry and arranged to visit our house. Wendy arrived right on time and offered her recommendations for paint colors based on our decor (bedding, furniture, faucets, tile). Wendy's recommendations included positives and negatives associated with various choices--we found her insights to be very helpful in identifying the right color choices for us. Wendy was very easy to work with and we'd use her again when we need interior decorating assistance."

"Jane was great to work with. We were doing a major remodeling of our first floor, as well as updating furniture and appliances, powder room, and updating our den, and needed both architectural design and interior design. Jane was supportive and patient in walking us through from our general ideas to specifics, and we are very happy with the results. Would highly recommend working with her and have recommended her to friends."

"We worked with Paul and Threshold on a redesign of our primary bedroom. Paul is incredibly talented in design and perfectly combines cutting edge and classic design that will last. He was able to integrate pieces we already had as well as elevate the design of our space. He’s responsive, a good communicator, and we felt lucky to be able to get to work with him when we did. Book him while you can, he’s only going to get more expensive. I cannot recommend him highly enough!"

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Overall, Norma did a very good job during the 7 plus months from start to finish of my renovation.  She listened to my requirements and gave options to meet those requirements during the design phase.  As I was not in town during the renovation, she coordinated with my contractor and coordinated the installation of shades and carpeting.  The final cost for her services was 90% higher than her "high" estimate at the time I contracted with her, which I attribute primarily to the fact that it appears that Norma more often does individual rooms, rather than an entire gut renovation, and she underestimated the time that would be needed.  In addition, I insisted on ordering from Build.com when possible, which limited her ability to get paid by some of the vendors.  Her usual mode, I believe, is to order from local stores, charging you the retail price and paying the store the trade price.  However, I was not amenable to this overall, so I think I paid more on an hourly basis.  If I had known how this would go, I probably would have negotiated a flat price for her services.

That said, Norma's design skills are excellent. I love the layout of my place, and I love the red marmoleum floor in the kitchen, which I never would have known to do without her! She was good humored about all my involvement, as I picked the paint colors, carpet and furniture. She had a good working relationship with my contractor, and I love how my place turned out!

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"We started working with IDEA back in the fall of 2010 for designs for a remodel/addition to our 1950's Cape Cod.  The designs were done by one of the original partners of the firm and we could not have been more pleased.  He really took into account our desire to maintain the overall feel of the house and the charm as well as creative ways to re-purpose existing space.
Construction on the house started in April of 2011 and was originally supposed to take 6 months.  We ended up being out of our house for 7 months but most of the delays were due to weather issues at the very beginning of the project.  Also, mid-way through the project, Peter (the architect who did our drawings) left the company to move out of the country.  Marty and Angela did scramble at first trying to pick up the pieces in Peter's absence but eventually, things sorted themselves out and we honestly have nothing but good things to say about them!  They were incredibly responsive to our requests and concerns, Angela provided excellent guidance with design, color, style etc. on decisions that we easily could have been overwhelmed with.  She has a wonderful taste level!  Any time we had issues with how construction was progressing, Marty quickly responded, met with us and made sure things were fixed to our satisfaction.  He is also one of the genuinely nicest people we have ever met!  
It's been several months now since the project has been completed and we could not be more pleased.  Any kind of construction/remodeling on your house is stressful but in retrospect, Marty and Angela were great to work with and we would definitely recommend them, and IDEA to anyone considering a remodel or addition.  They were great!"

"Emily Norris and her team have been very professional, easy to work with and always available. Great design ideas. A good fit for our needs"

"They did a good job. She had to submit like a photo but my daughter had them work on the central are of the loft. The deal was for one room. She got a lot of good ideal from her and it was worth it for her. They were professional and I did not hear anything negative."

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"I received my Dining Table Protection Pad with Magnetic Locking System in the mail. it is absolutely perfect. They followed the design i wanted to the T. Great company"

"David gave me what I thought was a fair price for the work to be done. He asked for 1/2 up front. As a previous small business owner I did not feel this was unreasonable so I paid him 500.00. He estimated the work would take 3 to four days and I thought the same. After several no shows the "mason" showed up. The first clue was he came in a car. According to my wife he was here 2 hours and left, came back for another 2 hours the next day and left again. He said nothing to my wife about leaving or when he would be back. David called a day later to ask about coming out to look over the job and get the rest of the other 500.00. I said he isn't finished and he's only been here 4 hours. So then I looked up the prevailing wage in IL for a mason and found out it is 28.50 an hour. The next day the guy comes back for another 3 hours. David came to look at the work and I walked him around and showed him all of the places that had not been done. So the guy comes back again for about an hour. All told it was 8 hours work, nothing to write home about but it was agreed up front that I wasn't looking for an exposed brick look. I need it tuck pointed well enough so that I could drylock and paint the exposed brick. I will say this was done in the end. The worker left a mess that I and my wife had to clean up, I pointed this out to David as well. I told him I felt he was overly paid for the amount of work preformed and that was the end of it. It's really to bad. It's difficult to get contractors to do small jobs and I had plenty for him to do. I'm not unhappy, just would not hire again"