Renee RedalenTranquility Designs

Description of Work: Renee does both home staging when you want to sell your home, or interior design in general. We want to sell in ~5 yrs and decided it was time to remodel the kitchen - not just move chairs and tables, but a bigger deal. We started with open minds, sensitive to costs, and wanted a sale-friendly end product. We targeted $18K on the kitchen redo (appliances extra) and just about hit that in the end for the kitchen portion. We did extend beyond the kitchen - it made sense to change the flooring in the main hallway/laundry, and to update all the hallway light fixtures (even the upstairs). So the project overall grew to a $30K total, but we accepted each of those changes and could have kept the old patio door and old window treatment. Despite the cost, we are very happy with the work done and feel Renee saved us time and money again and again, besides having a fantastic eye for color and design. The kitchen backsplash and kitchen floor are tile (different kinds) and we might have done ok picking out tiles... but I wasn't prepared for picking out grout (different colors in both areas). It's the small things she improved that make it all come together. We redid lights, flattened the ceiling (stucco) to reduce shadows, painted ceiling and walls/hallway, replaced most appliances, half the main floor (all same tile), moved up two cabinets (very dramatic look!), new granite countertop, new patio door, four new window treatments, new handles on kitchen cabinets, new faucet/sink, new backsplash w/accent design, over and under cabinet lights, repair work (carpentry on cabinets and plumbing leak), hallway rugs.