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JoAnne is amazing and so easy to work with. She has helped me so much with pulling together the design for our Monte Rio vacation home. I will be hiring for more rooms in the future. I will add photos after project is complete.

JoAnne redesigned our living room for us. She quickly drew up some various options and then presented us with her design board. It was a pleasure to work with her in so many ways. She has the creative vision, a positive can-do attitude, open ears, flexibility and a clear love of interior design! I foresee using her again in the near future!!

I can’t say enough about my experience working with Home Decorating Within Reach. My husband and I agree on many things. We weren't sure the design of our bedroom would be one of them. He wanted a dark room, the darker the better, a soothing cave where he could easily fall asleep. I was looking for an inviting retreat that went beyond a room where we slept. JoAnne listened to our often mad ramblings. If there’s such a thing as a design therapist, she’s it. We found her to be talented, professional and dedicated. She created an elegant, tranquil room for us that we can’t wait to get to every night. We adore our new bedroom.

JoAnne is extremely talented. She worked with me to completely transform my bathroom, within my budget. I had recently gone through a divorce and the bathroom had been used by my ex-husband. I needed something that was completely new, not just a fresh coat of paint or a design update. In our initial consult JoAnne listened and asked questions. I let her know I loved wainscoting and that I needed a bathroom that was entirely opposite from what I had. She immediately understood. Not only did she work with some of my suggestions but she offered solutions that fit my budget (wainscoating was too expensive, so we went with white subway tiles halfway up the wall—which are fun and beautiful). She took the bland off-white walls to a beautiful rich gray, removed the medicine cabinet/mirror and replaced it with a huge mirror, painting the thick trim white, then added a sparkly light fixture above the mirror. She even sourced the perfect floor tiles from Overstock ($36 total!) in a driftwood gray. I absolutely love the transformation; it truly is my own and reflects my sensibility and aesthetic. Yes, JoAnne worked to make the elements and design beautiful, but what she did also brought an internal shift allowing me to move forward in my life. Thank you, JoAnne!

JoAnne did several projects for us. They were all terrific. I am a big picture guy. I wanted a nice patio. She found the furniture, the plants the lights and put it all together so that it is comfortable, attractive and functional. She gave us choices for all, but recommended the ones that she thought would work best. She was right every time. More importantly, my wife and I had different visions. She negotiated the tightrope perfectly. As they say, “Happy wife, happy life.” My wife is ecstatic.