Refined By Design

Heather is a talented and terrific design professional. I highly recommend her. My lovely old home was a hodge-podge of decorating styles and colours. I hired Heather and she helped me transform all the main floor, as well as the upstairs hall and master bedroom. We did everything - furniture, carpets, paint, built-ins, lighting. Throughout it all Heather was patient, flexible, creative, and helped stay within the budget we had set. She even had everything set up and delivered. When other contractors are needed (ie electrician), she has great folks to call on. I will use her again.

I retained Heather of Refined by Design to remodel the living and dining area of my condominium apartment.
Heather was very great in helping me to decide what I wanted and what atmosphere I wanted to create. She provided alternative drawings and illustrative samples of furnishings and accessories to make it easier for me to make choices. She searched out suppliers and had everything delivered to my home where she supervised the assembly and placement of furnishings.
Heather's invoices came in right on my budget.
I will happily employ Refined by Design to help me with my den and bedroom, and I would not hesitate to recommend Heather's services.

Heather Hodgson helped us transform our original 60's kitchen into a warm and contemporary space which fits in with the rest of our home.
She listened to what we wanted and asked the right questions. We have a kitchen that suits us. The cupboard space is amazing. There is a place for everything. We were renovation and decorating neophytes and could not have done this project without her help.

My husband and I moved into our "new to us" home when I was 8.5 months pregnant. After our son arrived, we knew we needed help to pull our house together and make it feel like a home, so we enlisted the help of Refined by Design after interviewing several Interior Designers. Heather worked closely with us to understand our tastes, and present several options of how our space could look, while incorporating some existing furniture.

Heather was professional, timely, and on top of everything for us, taking the worry and stress out of having to furnish and decorate our home. While we went over budget a bit, we're pleased with the end results and happy we did. We're now looking at renovating our second floor and Heather has been and will be a part of this process for us.

Heather was so integral in helping me start and complete my bathroom project. She was patient, resourceful and her suggestions always considered my needs and budget. Her suppliers and contractors were top notch and she always made sure that things progressed on schedule. I would highly recommend her and look forward to working with her on my next project.

Refined by Design made our home a place where we are excited to come home every day & show it off! Heather was a pleasure to work with. She understood exactly what we were looking for even though we were unsure ourselves. She worked with us to incorporate all our ideas to truly personalize our space. Heather really made the process far less overwhelming than we thought it was going to be. She was very respectful of our budget and the trades that she recommended did an equally great job. Heather’s designs and selections were simple, unique and elegant. Refined by Design provided us with an exceptional service that we would highly recommend.

Heather listened to our ideas and worked with us to come to a totally positive result, in design,functionality,and cost. She monitored the work of her tradesmen,diligently and continued to discuss the ongoing work with us.....keeping us "in the loop". We love our new bathroom!

We also replaced/enlarged our outdoor deck. Her ideas were amazing.

Heather from Refined by Design was upfront,very focused, knowledgebable and the design options she came up with were exactly what we were looking for. I would highly recommend her design services.

I hired Heather to design 2 bathrooms for one of the partner's houses from scratch. It was a challenging job, as we were constrained with the size of the bathrooms and an older suburban house. Our contractor commented that her specification & blueprint sheets were amongst the best he had seen in his 35 years of building experience. She was easy to reach and a pleasure to work with at all stages of the job and would unreservedly recommend her services to anyone needing a designer.