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Interior Design

Interior Design
Minnesotans have an eye for smart design and fine furnishings. So it’s no surprise we have an expansive menu of talented interior designers at our disposal. Whether your preference is Old World French estate—the Midwest is a stronghold of traditional style—or the sleek modernity of a downtown loft, you’ll be able to satisfy your hunger for an interior that is as much about form as it is about function.

As you make plans to update a room, designers recommend clipping out pictures of the looks, styles, and colors that you like and keeping them in a file. Bring the file to your meeting with an interior designer to give him or her a visual palette of your tastes.

TREND TALK

“Contemporary design in all product categories is becoming increasingly popular. We believe this demand relates to housing trends. Also, strong color has become an important element of today’s distinctive interior design schemes.” —Gabberts

TREND TALK

“Brighter and livelier colors are on the up-trend. Clients are not so afraid of color anymore.” —Stylebook Design


photo courtesy
of Gabberts

Gabberts

Galleria
Edina, MN

952-927-1500
www.gabberts.com

How did you get here?

For more than 60 years, Gabberts has built its reputation and brand as the best resource for exceptional design services and fine furnishings under one roof.

Our key to success…

Gabberts is known for its credentialed designers, knowledgeable sales consultants, and high-quality furniture, rugs, lighting, accessories, and art. Gabberts consistently earns awards and recognition for exceptional design and recently won seven ASID annual awards, more than any other design business in the history of the awards program.


Photo for Gabberts
by Greer & Associates

You may not know…

Gabberts offers the finest, high-quality rugs and refuses to play pricing games. Gabberts offers everyday best pricing on every product in the showroom, so you never have to wait for a sale to get the best price.


Why Gabberts?

Every Gabberts associate, from the designers and sales consultants to our delivery team with white glove service, is there to ensure our customer finds the experience of working with Gabberts to be fun, easy, and bring an outstanding result.


photo by Karen Melvin

Martha O’Hara Interiors

Hopkins, MN

952-908-3150
www.oharainteriors.com


How did you get here?

As a successful accountant, Martha O’Hara never expected to become a leading interior designer. But she was missing a creative outlet and wanted to explore her artistic depths. It has now been 18 years since O’Hara began her design firm and she is still pushing boundaries in the Midwest. Martha O’Hara Interiors designs homes across the continent, but Minneapolis remains O’Hara’s favorite place to work. Why? “I grew up in Tennessee and love to bring a hint of the South into the interiors I design,” says O’Hara.


What is your philosophy?

O’Hara recognizes that each project must reflect her clients’ personal expression while also maintaining a lasting allure. Her goal is to make every home a distinct expression of its owner.


Our key to success…

From New York City to Hawaii, Martha O’Hara Interiors completes hundreds of residential design projects across the United States each year. For O’Hara, it is critical that each project represents a seamless design process—one that may incorporate interior and architectural design, space planning and building collaboration.


You may not know…

Martha O’Hara Interiors employs a team of nine master designers. While a client may interface with only one or two of these experts, many other designers (including Martha herself) will contribute their expertise to the project. O’Hara finds that the creative interplay between designers produces an even better result for the client.


Photo by Landmark
Photography & Design

Stylebook Design

Minneapolis, MN

952-856-6183
www.stylebookdesign.com


How did you get here?

Ethel Gustafson, known for her decades of design work for Stonewood, LLC, saw that a connection was missing between new construction selections and furnishing design. Her vision was to create a design house with experts not only in the construction design process, but also in custom furnishings.

Photo by Landmark
Photography & Design

Our key to success…

Stylebook is uniquely suited to tailor our designs to individual client needs because we have experts, specifically focused on one discipline, but working collaboratively on your project. We have come to be recognized for our lake home and cottage designs and for our unique ability to create spaces that live large, yet comfortable.


Why Stylebook Design?

The majority of our business is returning clients and referrals. There is no bigger compliment than that. It is our goal to intimately understand the desires and budgets of our clients. We are upfront about the costs of hiring an interior designer and are not afraid to mix and match price points for clients. This creates an immediate trusting relationship.


photos courtesy of Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen

Four Twin Cities locations

952-926-6557
www.ethanallen.com

About us…

To give people what they want and need as they create homes today, Ethan Allen has become first and foremost an interior design company. Our fashion-forward decorating know-how builds on our well-known strengths as a designer, manufacturer, and retailer of high-quality home furnishings.


photos courtesy of Ethan Allen

Our key to success…

We provide decorating solutions through our design centers, staffed by experienced design professionals. We offer furniture, fabrics, and accessories in a wide array of styles, ranging from modern to classic. We help our clients as little or as much as they like.


You might not know…

The design service is complimentary. It includes a visit by a design consultant to a client’s home to plan, measure, and integrate existing furnishings. We offer a menu of financing options that gives clients unprecedented choice in payment plans. Our everyday pricing gives clients the confidence of knowing they are getting the best price on our entire selection of home furnishings—and our delivery is free.


TREND TALK

“Flocked wall coverings in large-scale patterns are back in a big way and an increasing number of manufacturers like Century and Baker are adding bar cabinets to their furniture lines.” —Martha O’Hara Interiors

TREND TALK

“Cleaner, more luminous colors...many shades of white, which is dazzling next to clear bright shades or butter yellows or fresh limes with coppery accents. Refined detailing such as enameled trims with semi to high gloss finishes.” —RCC Interiors


photo courtesy of RCC Interiors

RCC Interiors

International Market Square
Minneapolis, MN

612-375-7800


How it began…

Susie Ries, Joy Cacicia, and Elizabeth Cohen started RCC Interiors in 2006. Each had worked for large and small companies and had a desire to start a fresh business…we have the enthusiasm of a young company but have decades and decades of combined experience.


Why RCC Interiors?

Service. Service. Service. It is the number one tenet in the firm…if a client is expecting a call about something, we strive to make sure that we are in touch with them at least three times. Whether it’s following up on an order, working with a builder, or making sure the client loves it all, we strive to do it x3.
 

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