Kathleen Monroe Design

Name: Kathleen Monroe Design
Address: Durham / New Bern, NC, ., United States
Telephone: +1 415-652-4132
Rating: 5

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Eco-friendly

Published nationally

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Full-Service Interior Designer // Winner Best of Houzz

Kathleen Monroe Design is a multi-disciplinary studio specializing in high-end residential & commercial interior design, along with custom furniture & textile design. We love to design, we love to layer, we love color, we love to collaborate with our clients, and with our project partners!! We live to create spaces that are visually stunning, comfortable, and that fit our client’s lifestyles. We strive to do so with materials that are beautiful, non-toxic, and that respect the health of our environment.

Services Provided

3D Rendering, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), Art Selection, Attic Conversion, Bathroom Design, Bedroom Design, Closet Design, Color Consulting, Custom Bathroom Vanities, Custom Blinds & Shades, Custom Built-ins, Custom Cabinets, Custom Entertainment Centers, Custom Furniture, Custom Kitchen Cabinets, Custom Pantries, Custom Rugs, Custom Storage, Custom Walk-in Closets, Design Consultation, Dining Room Design, Downsizing, Drafting, Energy-Efficient Homes, Entry Design, Feng Shui Design, Floor Plans, Furniture Selection, Green Building, Guesthouse Design & Construction, Handicap-Accessible Design, Holiday Decorating, Home Staging, House Plans, Interior Design, Kids Bedroom Design, Kitchen Design, Laundry Room Design, Lighting Design, Living Room Design, Mudroom Design, Nursery Design, Outdoor Kitchen Design, Playroom Design, Project Management, Space Planning, Sunroom Design & Construction, Sustainable Design, Kitchen Remodeling, Bathroom Remodeling

Areas Served

Arapahoe, Brices Creek, Bridgeton, Ernul, Fairfield Harbour, Grantsboro, James City, New Bern, River Bend, Trent Woods, Bahama, Butner, Chapel Hill, Creedmoor, Durham, Gorman, Research Triangle Park, Bahama Durham Research Triangl, Raleigh, Morrisville, Umstead, Millbrook, Neuse, Falls, Apex, Auburn, Bonsal, Cary, Duncan, Feltonville, Friendship, Fuquay Varina, Garner, Holland, Holly Springs, Kennebec, New Hill

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Business Details

Business Name

Kathleen Monroe Design

Phone Number

+1 415-652-4132

Website

kathleenmonroedesign.com

Address

Durham / New Bern, NC .

Typical Job Cost

USD 50,000 - USD 40,00,000

Our studio handles projects as small as powder room remodels, up to total home remodeling, and top to bottom interior design. Please contact us to discuss your project!!

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20 Reviews for Kathleen Monroe Design

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Work Quality

5.0

Communication

5.0

Value

5.0

dragwinn

She is am amazing decorator Reinvented many old family pieces giving them life and her use of color is outstanding

24 February 2024

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thank you for the review Virginia & Lenny!! Loved working with you and Sam and Katie!

Jane Moore

Kathleen worked miracles with our house. She helped us with renovations but the most important thing she did was creating, through her use of color and our art collection, a warm and inviting home. We were strictly white wall people but Kathleen showed us a better way. Then, when we moved to an apartment, she helped us fit our house furniture into the smaller space and again by her wonderful use of colors made it just as warm and inviting as our house was. We still get compliments about how welcoming and hospitable it is. People seem at ease and sometimes they don’t want to leave. She was professional and on time, meeting deadlines. I highly recommend her.

13 September 2017

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Jane & Howard — you were so amazingly delightful to work with!! And thank you so much for all of the referrals you've sent my way!

Kathryn MacDonald Photography

Kathleen has a wonderful talent for working with color, esp. rich colors that elevate a room. She also is able to take existing elements and reimagine them in clever and creative ways. She is down to earth and fun to work with. Check out her website to see what a talented designer she is. I can highly recommend working with her.

29 August 2017

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thanks Kathryn! And Kathryn is an amazing photographer, so if you need photography, particularly of interiors and architecture she's the person to call.

jnejaime

Kathleen is the bomb. As the homeowner there are times when we don't know what we want. Kathleen is very intuitive and can read between the lines. She understands her clients, is creative to the degree the client wants to be and is always conscious of my budget. I'm a realtor and work with many designers and am confident when I refer my clients to Kathleen!

30 January 2017

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thank you so much Jackie! You've always been a delight to work with, and I very much appreciate the clients you've sent my way.

Joe Siedel

We've used Kathleen for 3 different projects across 2 different homes and have been extremely happy with the outcome each time. In our first home she helped us design our living room and also some coloring designs and light fixtures in other areas and we ended up with fantastic results that were the perfect balance of meeting our style preferences and priorities and also pushing us outside of where we would have gone on our own, but with a great outcome. In our current home she helped us with 2 different bathroom redesigns. The first one for our children's bathroom, where she helped develop a design that was playful enough for children but that was stylish enough that it would mature as they grow. The second was our master bathroom where she helped transform a 1940s style to a contemporary, clean look that met our exact objectives. She was very patient with us both times and came with many options both creative and functional. Very happy!

24 January 2017

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thank you for the review Joe! You and Cynthia were really wonderful to work with in all of our projects together!

kiddcreek87

Kathleen was a tremendous help to us during our major remodel. She was instrumental in helping us choose colors, cabinets and other materials. Worked closely with the contractors to ensure the materials and work was done correctly. She was always available to us and took a lot of the stress and anxiety that goes with a remodel.

12 January 2017

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Carl — You and your family were a total delight to work with. Was such a fun project!

Craig Burke

I have worked as the general contractor on numerous projects that Kathleen Monroe has designed. These have included bathroom remodels, kitchen remodels, and general condo updates. My most recent collaboration with her involved the remodel of a condominium in a historic building in downtown San Francisco. We installed a new kitchen, powder room, and hardwood floors in addition to updating the dining room, bathroom, and master bedroom. Kathleen assisted the owner in the selection of the cabinets, flooring, furniture, lighting, and paint colors. She provided all drawings including everything required for pulling permits with the building department. She supervised the ordering of all materials in order to assure that everything was delivered in a timely manner. I have always been impressed with Kathleen’s excellent design sense and attention to detail. She is attentive to the owner's ideas and builds off of them by not only incorporating their thoughts but also providing fresh and creative alternative solutions for them to consider. She has an excellent grasp of color that often leads the owners to select palettes they would not originally have even considered. I highly recommend working with Kathleen Monroe Design.

31 December 2016

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thank you so much for the kind words and testimonial. I equally recommend Craig Burke / Burke Construction. Incredible attention to detail and a fantastic collaborator with an excellent team.

padmakshi

Kathleen Monroe is exemplary at understanding the clients design aesthetic. She has an innate ability to weave environmental, design and budgetary needs together. She is warm, intuitive, and an amazing listener. I feel like she understands my design aesthetic better than I do myself. She has a knack for attention to details and brings to light endless potential design mistakes that most people miss. Her awareness and keen observation skills make her an exceptional designer. She has an endless grasp of different design sensibilities. She will keep you laughing and can lighten up any stressful situation. Truly a pleasure to work with.

28 December 2016

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Padme — your project and team were a delight to work with!! I was honored to be a part of the the whole creative process!

Lara Loveman

We had the best experience with Kathleen! We remodeled our bathrooms and curtains. Kathleen was great at helping us past major roadblocks (color indecision, patterns, tiles, and more). She really cared about our project and gave us the time we needed. Highly recommend!

16 December 2016Last modified:23 December 2016

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Lara — Thanks for the review. You and Brett were fantastic to work with. Rio looks so big on FB pics. Hope to see you all in the summer when I am back in SF this summer. And can maybe finally get you some candles!

Anita Hoy

Kathleen is a consummate professional and a gifted artist. We have a very small condo in San Francisco, but she designed plans and suggested furniture that made the place seem much larger, accommodated all our needs, and had a beautiful outcome. She had inventive ideas, worked within our budget, and gave us much more than we anticipated. Her service was over and above. She even assembled furniture from Crate and Barrel and supervised the installation of window treatments, so all was set up when we arrived at our new condo. I would hire her in a heartbeat for any project—large or small.

14 December 2016

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thanks Anita!!! You and Wayne were fantastic to work with, and I love seeing you both when you're in town!!

frazierdarrins

Kathleen designed my mother’s home in Seattle, top to bottom, and did a gorgeous job. My mother raves about her, and since she is based in San Francisco, my partner and I hired her to help us design our new penthouse apartment. She works really collaboratively, she came in with amazing ideas, and she helped us transform our space into our dream home. She’s amazing at what she does, she’s hilarious, she’s really balanced in terms of creativity, and she understands how to define and follow a budget. She’s fantastic!!!

2 August 2016

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thanks so much for the review Darrin! Loved working with your mom, and with you two! ;)

Mark Porter

Kathleen has done very good work with our clients. I have seen several "before and afters". Really quality work, even with lousy contractors. Would recommend her anytime.

28 June 2016

Comment from Kathleen Monroe Design:

Thanks Mark!! Would love to work with your clients anytime!!! (And just to note here: the contractor was referred to the clients by others. They were not a contractor I referred.)

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61 Comments

Commented: where did you get that purple tile?"Purple Rain" may be the same color renamed.

27 March 2019

Commented: What paint color/manufacturer did you use on the walls in dining room?Narragansett Green by Benjamin Moore

16 March 2018

Commented: Love this rug. Do you have a source? Thank you!!Hi — This rug is from William Sonoma Home, but I don't think this pattern is available anymore.

4 February 2018

Commented: Love this rug. Do you have a source? Thank you!!Hi . . . The rug is Williams Sonoma Home, but I don't think it's available anymore. :(

4 February 2018

Commented: Beautiful paint color on the walls/ What is the name of it?Hi Lisa — It's Pittsburgh Paints "Whiskers" 513-4

26 November 2017

Commented: paint color?Hi Valerie — This paint color is Benjamin Moore "Collingwood" OC-28. It looks more grey in these photos than it does on the paint chip. If it's a color you want to use in your project, I sug...

14 April 2017

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