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"I am so grateful that I hired Arielle to help design our home. We bought a house and tore it down to studs. We had architectural plans when Arielle entered the picture, she immediately saw that the drawings had these little alcoves that had no reason for being there (except for my architect-like nooks) . I didn't even notice them. She also saw a very large pantry and a very small powder room. Because they shared a wall, she was able to give us the powder room of our dreams and we still have a very large walk in pantry. We also took out an unnecessary hallway that opened up the house. There were so many decisions to make during this process, I swear there were thousands of decisions to be made and that’s where Arielle changed everything! She is the kind of person who can see something before it’s there; her imagination and attention to detail always surprised me. I know what I like, but I have to see it first. Ari made me mood boards that blew my mind. It really helped us narrow down exactly what I wanted but didn’t know it yet or wasn't able to verbalize it, it is her job to look around and read between the lines, show and bring me items she knew I would love.  She also helped manage my general contractor, which is always an interesting relationship, but she did it with grace; she was very much my shield throughout this process. She designed our lighting plan, picked every fixture and finish throughout. I could find something on Pinterest, and she would source endlessly until she found it in a store for me. Regarding the lighting, she had to push me to get more ceiling mounted light and sconces. I balked because we are at the end of our budget, she said we should cut from something else, not the lighting.  She promised I would love it and she was right, I have really cool and unique lighting.. pieces she really had to push me on at first and ironically those items turned out to be my favorites things in the whole house. This process is about trusting your team and your designer, and if you want someone who you can trust and who cares for your project as deeply as you do then Arielle is your designer. For the next year, she carefully curated a beautiful home for our family from the inside and out with furnishings to follow. I think our design is clean and warm and it’s the home of my dreams, thanks to Arielle. I really could not have made it through the countless decisions that went into renovating a home without her sound advice and constant on site project management skills, we are forever grateful and can't wait to start our phase 2, a pool with her! "

- Stephanie & Monte Rettke