EdenLA Interiors — Local services in Hermosa Beach

Your first decision is do you want or need a designer. Since we were designing and building our house from scratch, we decided we did. And, at the end, we were very glad we did.

In hindsight, the thousands of decisions big and small are made better when there is an experienced eye involved.

We found that experienced eye in Jamie Roddy of Eden LA, located in Manhattan Beach, CA.

When you hire an interior designer, what are your expectations? Do you want to give them some guidelines, get them to know you and then have them come up with some recommendations? Or, do you want to work alongside them in a collaborative manner?

Jamie is equally good at the either approach.

In our case, we liked to collaborate with her in real time. My wife and I would sit with her in her studio in front of a big screen monitor. Together we would search the web pulling together the furniture, materials, colors and accents that we all agreed upon.

In some cases, she gently “guided“ us to consider things on our own that we might not have done if we were by ourselves. Now that we have seen those decisions in place, we’re glad we were gently pushed to expand our thinking about what we wanted.

You may not have the time to spend like we did, but we did and we loved the outcome of...

If you have worked with Jamie in the past or intend to, take extra care in reviewing invoices. We found dozens of billing errors with certain items marked up 2-4x vs. the contracted 25%. They originally denied the issue and it wasn't until we researched and provided proof that they acknowledged it. They did ultimately reimburse a portion of the amount but the experience was terrible. Unfortunately as well, she would not share details on items purchased where we could not locate the item online for proof of pricing issues, so it's hard to know if the errors went beyond the 20ish items we found.

The design experience was not great either. We found Jamie unwilling to accept feedback and / or acknowledge real issues. The products she sourced have not held up through time either. Nothing is holding up. The tables she sourced looked nice to begin with but are all just particle board wrapped in veneer that is chipping. Somehow we were made to feel like design issues were our fault during the process. It was extremely stressful for us. We have since moved on to another interior designer and could not be happier. We will be replacing almost everything Jamie selected.

Also note that of the other two reviews listed, one is from Jamie who...

We just completed a considerable renovation of our entire home. Jamie and her team were creative, thoughtful and responsive to all of our needs. She worked with us on every aspect of our interior design including furniture selection, custom furniture, custom cabinetry, wallpaper, tile, window treatments, light fixtures...and I'm sure I'm leaving things out.

Jamie took the time to understand and clarify our vision for the space. She helped us design the interior we wanted--far beyond what we could have created for ourselves. (We know what we like...but how do we pull it all together? Jamie knows.) Our kitchen and bathrooms are so special and the family rooms are pure joy to be in. We've lived in our house for ten years, but now we're able to really enjoy all the spaces in our home on totally different level.

Jamie also takes the time to listen to clients' particular needs, whether it's for children with special needs, accessibility issues, even pets. We had many unique and specific requirements that required careful consideration throughout our house. Jamie came up with creative design elements that worked as beautiful, but subtle and effective solutions for our accessibility and...