Jennifer Gardner Design

This is an easy review to write! We hired Jennifer as a project manager for a big kitchen remodel in our 100 year old Seattle home. There were so many decisions that needed to be made throughout the process, from deciding on a new layout, to selecting cabinets and appliances, and picking paint colors. It was overwhelming, and I can’t imagine navigating all of all of it without Jennifer’s expertise, insight, and keen eye for design. The initial kitchen design was completed by a different design firm, and Jennifer was able to fine tune its design, making it better and modernizing it while still complimenting the age of the rest of the house. From the outset, she understood how we wanted to use the spaces in the kitchen, breakfast nook and mudroom, and she helped to create a design that fit our needs and was within our budget. She is a great communicator and always responded quickly when needed. Her office support staff are all also incredibly helpful and kind. We were impressed with Jennifer's work at every stage of the process, and we are so happy with the end results! We're not the only ones - our contractor, who had never met or worked with Jennifer before this project, complimented her knowledge and skills. Based on my positive experience throughout the kitchen remodel, I also used Jennifer’s services for a series of smaller renovations to a short-term rental home we own and manage in Oregon. Jennifer prepared beautiful drawings and collaborated with us via ZOOM meetings to help us select and install french doors, replace some kitchen cabinets, and remodel a bathroom. It was another positive experience and, again, we love the end results. The contractor on this project was also impressed with Jennifer's knowledge of materials, and design. In addition to it all, Jennifer is fun, efficient, and a pleasure to be around. I cannot recommend Jennifer Gardner Design Services enough for any design or construction project you might be considering.

We worked with Jennifer Gardner to update and beautify three spaces in our home: living room, sunroom, and home office. Jennifer was amazing to work with, re-designing layouts to maximize functionality, and selecting the paint, wall treatments, furniture, floor rugs, wall art, drapery, and lighting elements to complete the look. She has completely transformed the spaces and we get so much added value, functionality, and joy out of using them. Her designs and picks are thoughtful and curated and tailored to fit our lifestyle with young kids. While our project was smaller in comparison to other large scale work she has done, we really appreciated how she always brought so much positive energy and excitement despite its smaller nature. It's been a few months since we finished working with Jennifer, and over time, we've grown to appreciate her picks more and more - a testament to good design!

Above and beyond. Those are the words that sum up my experience working with Jennifer on projects ranging from a complete kitchen renovation, two bathroom renovations, and work in just about every other room in my house. Yes, she has an amazing aesthetic, is a top notch project manager, and really listens. While she knows all of the rules and principles of good design, she knows when it's important to break a rule or two to arrive at a bold or innovative solution. But when I change my mind at the last minute or a contractor I hired makes a mistake, Jennifer is there--she's always there!--going above and beyond to make everything work out. I've worked with a lot of designers, and Jennifer is truly the most skilled and committed designer I've worked with. She does whatever it takes to make sure you love the result. And that's rare.

We highly recommend Jennifer. Jennifer is a fantastic partner to work with. Her attention to detail, collaboration efforts, and excellent communication skills made our remodel project smooth. She is professional and very knowledgeable in her field with access to many resources. She helped guide us in making decisions to pick our paint colors, lighting, counters, cabinet hardware and fixtures for our kitchen and bath remodel. We loved all her ideas. Our project turned out to be gorgeous, everyone who has seen our remodel have loved it. We have referred her to our friends, who are looking for help with their remodel.

Jennifer was the shining light in our home remodel. She helped us with everything including cabinet pulls, lighting, tile selection, paint colors and more. She really listened to both my husband and my ideas and delivered beautiful choices that both of us loved, while keeping our budget and our request for durable products in mind (we have a young child). If there was ever an issue Jennifer went above and beyond to remedy it, she was extremely professional, on-time with deliverables, and a great communicator not only with us, but with our builder and architect. I could not be more pleased with the final result or with our experience working with Jennifer.

Jennifer is organized, thoughtful and has excellent resources. She also is a pleasure to work with as she is very collaborative in nature. I also loved that once she got to know our style through surveying and great questions, she could hone in on great options and really help us choose more quickly. She anticipated needs we didn’t even know we had. We have already recommended her to several friends and would use her again in a heartbeat. I was sad when we finished the project! She’s terrific. Highly recommend.

We just finished our second project with Jennifer, are about to start a third, and will definitely be using her for the fourth once we are ready for some serious renovation. This time around we actually hired someone else (who was significantly more expensive) initially because they were available immediately and Jennifer wasn't, but as soon as we got their proposal--which was over budget, impractical, and included elements we had specifically said we didn't want--we called Jennifer and said we would wait as long as necessary to work with her. What I love about Jennifer's work is that she designs beautiful spaces that you can actually live in--even if you have small kids or dogs. She also has an uncanny ability to zero in on the spirit of what a client wants to achieve and make their ideas a million times better while still being true to the original idea. After our last fiasco I said I would never work with a different design again and I hope you won't either!

Jenn designed our basement apartment. First, she was delightful to work with. My wife and I can never agree on anything regarding design, and we both completely loved her ideas. Her designs were perfect, and we really appreciated that she was willing to work within our budget. We also really appreciated her frequent check-ins throughout the project; she was quick to reach out to us just to make sure everything was going OK. Also, several times during the construction project, she visited the site and gave our contractor great ideas as the project moved forward. We are not experienced at major home projects, and she was very patient; we never got the feeling any question we had was dumb, including when I asked if the house was going to fall down. We could never have imagined our basement could look this good.

MOST AMAZING CLIENT EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!! The only difficult thing in writing this review is trying to express how wonderful, in every conceivable regard, that Jennifer Gardner was to work with. Moreover, we had particularly difficult circumstances. We approached Jennifer, while we still lived in Seattle, with a project to design our new bathroom in our new home that was all the way across the country, in Virginia. We got her the measurements, some photographs, and she dove right in. She listened to our wants carefully and attentively, provided innovative and creative design suggestions, helped us pick all of the materials and fixtures we wanted, designed a detailed and meticulous plan, and communicated it with our builder. She even helped us sort through cabinet vendors and located a top notch manufacturer in VA who provided amazing cabinets for our new bathroom. To complicate things, our initial builder was, well to be gentle---an unmitigated disaster. His inability to communicate was only matched by the absolute incompetency of himself and his crew. Jennifer was patient and helpful (as always) but was also willing to tell us we had a problem, and boy was she correct. We had 6 new contractors inspect the site (to give us bids) and each of them was horrified with the work that had been done. However, we chose a new contractor (who has been wonderful) and Jennifer then worked carefully with them as well. The redid the work and finished the project without any problems and with a wonderful outcome that we adore. Long story short, but for Jennifer’s help, the whole thing would have been a disaster. Because of Jennifer’s help, we have an AMAZINGLY BEATUTIFUL bathroom that is exactly what we wanted. We recommend Jennifer Gardner with the very highest possible enthusiasm – she is amazing.

After being referred by a dear friend and seeing the incredible work completed on her house, I’ve worked with Jennifer on remodeling two homes. In both instances, she exceeded my expectations. While transforming my current townhouse into a peaceful sanctuary that I could return to after traveling for work throughout the week, I could not wait to arrive home every Friday to see all the design changes that had been incorporated. Working with her has been such a pleasure as she is kind, intelligent, and always has creative recommendations to make her designs both unique and unparalleled. Jennifer effectively captured my desire to have a tranquil home that feels both stylish and casual while also creating an environment where my dog could be happy and comfortable. Jennifer provided countless options to accommodate helping him love our home as much as I do. In addition to Jennifer, I enjoyed working with her assistant, Mary Hatch, as well as all the contractors she introduced into my design process, especially Kelly Early at Fixit Sisters. Working with this entire team was a wonderful experience. I’d recommend Jennifer Gardner Designs to anyone looking to partner with someone that will listen and ultimately deliver designs beyond what you could ever imagine.

You cannot go wrong with Jennifer Gardner Design. Jennifer is amazing. She is customer focused and provides the highest quality service. Her design process is insightful. She listens to what you want to accomplish and efficiently provides options for your selection to meet your needs and desires. She provided options we did not even know available. Our entire remodel ended up with no regrets. We love every aspect of the design. We have had so many complements on the project. Even our contractor said he sees lots of kitchen remodels but ours was one of the best due to Jennifer’s design elements. We loved working with Jennifer. She is pleasant, efficient and has a professional service based support system of suppliers that she utilizes. She was highly referred to us by someone we know. We could not be happier for that referral. We highly recommend the use of Jennifer Gardner Design for your next project!

Jenn is a pleasure to work with. She did a materials review consultation on our whole house remodel and has continued to assist decor selections including furniture, rugs, wallpaper, and even a family photo gallery wall. We love everything she has done! The best part about working with Jenn is that she listens to what you want and works with you to create the kind of space you will love to live in.