Featured Designer: North Suburban Home Makeover and The Glen Makeover
In the Design Industry Since: 1986
Accreditations: IFDA; President Circle Award Recipient 75+ times, 25+ years Design Industry Experience, new construction, rehabs, and one room at a time design, focusing mainly on residential design projects and small office design projects in Chicago and across the country.
Inspiration to pursue a design career: My career inspiration is to create a haven for my clients based on the things they love the most in their homes.
Favorite Design Tip: A well designed space is timeless. When creating a new space, it is important to find a style that you are comfortable with that is not just based on current trends.
Best advice to clients: Let’s have an honest discussion about your expectations for the project we are working on. When the space is completed, it is important that it is a reflection of what my clients want to achieve in the space.
Your personal design style: I want to inspire my clients to make creative selections for space planning and design solutions. Each project that I work on is created for that particular space, and showcases each particular home.
3 Words that Describe you: Graceful, Honest, Sophisticated
Testimonials...
"My wife and I, after living 33 years in our home, decided to embark on a project and dream which entailed building a prairie style home. We interviewed several interior designers only to find that most were more interested in their own ideas rather than ours. But Cheryl works with us in a very professional way. She is always listening to our ideas and trying to incorporate them with hers to come up with the correct balance. Our goal was to have a home that said “welcome, come in and be comfortable” rather then “look but don’t touch”. Cheryl accomplished that by pulling from her vast and ever expanding knowledge of materials, colors, furnishing and sources to succeed. On the professional side, as a business man who comes in contact with people of all types, one would be hard pressed to find a nicer, more professional, knowledgeable, and talented or better person to work with. We not only found someone to bring our home together, but more importantly we found a friend." - Steve and Karen
"Cheryl, Just wanted to let you know how happy we are with the Drexel table and chairs for our kitchen. It was a long wait (due to the unavailability of our material) but certainly worth it. It definitely completes the eating area! Thank you for your assistance and keeping us well informed. Our experience has been very positive. We look forward to working with you again in the future." - Robert & Rita
"Cheryl, Our new area rug arrived today. Although I was a bit skeptical about the plum color in it, I have to tell you it is gorgeous in my room. I couldn't be happier!! Thanks for your help!!!" -Candace
"Hi Cheryl, Painting is done on the first floor. We love it! Thanks for recommendation. Would love to have you over for glass of wine. Furniture delivered last night. We love it!" -Rose Mary
"You work magic, Cheryl. Thanks for the hard work." -Walter E. Smithe III
"Hi Cheryl, I know I haven’t met you, but I needed to send this e-mail to you regarding the custom console from Valley View. Thank you for doing this, I now know where to go for anything special. It’s just gorgeous Your clients will be yours always…" -Roz