Interiors by Design

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Todd Schmidt

Where to start. If I could give 6 stars I would. When my wife and I decided at the beginning of 2016 to stay at our home instead of sell it, we knew it was time to "bring it up to date". When we saw IBD online and set up an appointment for Lynn Ford to come by and talk, we were sold in the first 15 minutes. Sitting at our kitchen table, she was very knowledgeable and patient with our ignorance. Never shoved anything down our throats, and from our first meeting was all about helping us save money and get the most out of our budget, ie suggesting that we dont need to replace our kitchen cabinets to get a fresh new look we will love. She had great ideas, and when she said IBD is full service and if they dont do it they know someone who will, we said sign us up. As Dave Tranel (owner) pointed out, there wasnt a room in our home they didnt do something to. New granite in kitchen and three bathrooms. New sinks and faucets. New flooring in EVERY room...a mixture of carpet, tile and resurfaced hardwood. Removed wall. New furniture. New lighting. Re-painted every room...and the ceiling. Capped our stairs with hardwood. Stained and painted our oak stairway in our entryway. Window treatments. Resurfaced cabinetry. New custom made Amish island...and the list goes on. We came up with a rough plan, which changed frequently as we went along, and Lynn got to work putting together samples for us to try out etc. She was in touch regularly over the spring and summer of 2016 as we went through this large transformation. Dave Tranel even helped move furniture on carpet install day. A sampling of people we worked with through IBD...Josh did an absolutely amazing, no, flawless, job lacing in our new hardwood and resurfacing from honey oak to walnut coloring. Casey from Imperial Stone in Dyersville helped us pick out granite in subzero temps, and her crew worked within our overall schedule to install, and its beautiful. Mark the "Do It All" guy has spent so much time with us hes almost family now...lent me tools, worked on his birthday and Fathers Day and did so much great work in our house I cant even think of it all anymore. Sheila in Peosta is working on our window treatments as I write this. And Jen in Maquoketa is working with us right now to re-do our fireplace and kitchen cabinets. And of course the "Carpet Crew" who installed new carpet in six rooms and a stairway. These are just a few of the folks that have helped us. It has been a long process and we have wanted to give up a few times but thankfully IBD was there to help us. Of all the folks, "Lynnie" has far and above lived up to everything we expected. She has a great memory, remembering details when we couldnt, and always made us feel like we were her only client when I know we werent. She made a point to swing by our house at times that were convenient to us (nights/weekends), if just to say "hi" and see how it was going. She has met contractors on site when we couldnt to let them in and supervise. Her decorating eye has been a blessing as my wife and I know what we like when we see it, but couldnt put together a theme to save our lives. She made decisions when we couldnt and of course made us paint the whole stinking house again, INCLUDING THE CEILING, but we couldnt have done it without her. Dave helped us through a couple spots of doubt and was always close by if we needed anything. I still have his cell number in my phone. We have made some new friends at IBD and I know we will be long standing customers. Their pricing is competitive and reasonable on what can only be described as quality higher end pieces. We are HUGE fans and will be cheerleaders for them and spread the word. If you are trying to find a full service company to help you with your remodel, big or small, or you just need a certain piece of furniture for a room, I would not hesitate to send you to Interiors By Design. Thanks Dave, Lynn and crew for a job well done. Even though we are not done, we love it already. Todd & Sheila

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Eldine Mead

Last year about this time of year ( April 2015) my husband and I decided it was time to update our mid 1970s home. Since my husband worked construction, he took on the role of general contractor and the work began. I stopped at Interiors… by design where I met lovely Lynn (Lynnie) Ford who graciously walked us through the remodel from beginning to end. She came to our home and we explained what we thought we wanted to see as our end result. Lynnie brought us several computerized design plans which were revised as needed during the remodel process. We were not only remodeling the kitchen but opening up our living and dining room by taking out an entire wall. We also wanted new oak kitchen cabinets and oak flooring in all three rooms and hallway. Dave Tranel assisted us in completing our flooring needs. (Lynn followed the carpenters rule of measuring twice and cutting once), so the floor to ceiling cabinets fit perfectly. I left on a Trip to visit my daughter and her new baby during the remodel process leaving everything in my husband and Lynnie’s hands. I came home my husband had the cabinets installed and oak flooring was installed. Lynn introduced me to several kitchen cabinet convenience designs which I dearly love…. a pantry with pull-out drawers, pull out spice cabinet, pull out utensil cabinet, and my favorite, a secret corner cabinet. Lynn listened to our concerns and questions as they came up. She shared her expertise every step of the way down to helping pick paint colors and cabinet hardware. I simply love our new Kitchen & living space. Thank You Interiors… by design for your help in making our home a beautiful and comfortable place to be!”

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Lisa Boedeker

My husband and I moved to Dubuque two years ago. We decided to build our first home, even after all the horror stories we heard from others that have built homes. After shopping the competition, we knew exactly who we wanted to work with for our cabinetry, tile, and flooring for our new home. Lynn was so knowledgeable, professional and just awesome to work with during what can seem overwhelming at times. She made it a pleasant, exciting and fun experience. She was always there for us. You can really tell that she cares and takes great pride in her projects and her customers. Our Amish custom cabinets for our kitchen, master bath, main bath and laundry room are beautiful! The detail and craftsmanship in their cabinets shows from the inside out. The finishes are beautiful and well made. It was more than we could have imagined. Lynns special touches throughout the project made for a gorgeous finished product. When it came to the flooring, Dave was very knowledgeable about the flooring that we picked for our home. He was a tremendous help taking some of our ideas and implementing them into our beautiful master bath with an enormous walk-in tiled shower with pebble flooring. The wood flooring, tile and carpet throughout the house are perfect. We are just happy that we walked in to Interiors By Design that day and met Lynn and Dave. It was a great experience and if we had to do it over, we would definitely use them again. Jim and Lisa Boedeker