Testimonials
Great Personality and Sense of Humor
“I have known Marilyn Donzila for a number of years. She has provided our home with a wide range of interior design services from redecorating our former home, to providing furniture placement and design, window treatments, and shade selection for our new home. Her personality and sense of humor have made what could have been a horrendous and frustrating experience, a pleasurable one. I highly recommend Marilyn Interiors.”
Improves a Room at First Glance
“I have used Marilyn as a design consultant more than once and continue to be impressed by her expertise in interior design. She has the uncanny ability in knowing how to improve a room at first glance. When Marilyn shares her ideas, she sparks my imagination. She really balances listening with sound advice. I have learned a lot from her.”
Caring Designer Who Can Address Any Challenge
“I worked with Marilyn on redecorating my living room and couldn’t be happier with the result. Although I had an idea of the type of furniture I was interested in, I could not have envisioned the end design. Marilyn’s effort was end to end, encompassing alternative room layouts, furniture selection and scale, fabric and wood stain choices, accent tables, and lighting fixtures. She started the project by finding a gorgeous area rug and built the rest of the color choices around that. Once all the pieces were in place, I asked her for ideas on dressing up a very tall, blank wall in the room. She worked up several options for me, providing lovely sketches to visualize them, and we went with staggered large panels made from beautiful fabrics that coordinate perfectly with the rug and furniture. I loved that it is an unusual treatment, was cost effective, and brought great color and warmth to the room.
A year or so later, I reached out to Marilyn again to help me with options for stair and hallway runners. Again, she brought numerous options, even delivering samples to my home, and helped me see possibilities that I wouldn’t have thought of. The completed runners coordinate beautifully with the colors in the adjoining rooms, tying them all together very nicely.
Marilyn has tremendous professional contacts that I have been able to leverage. For example, she put me in touch with an electrician that installed new light fixtures (one requiring scaffolding), a mover that helped relocate furniture between my first and second floors, and a drapery installer that hung the rods for my living room wall panels. In all cases, the individuals she referred were highly professional and did excellent work.
There are many things I appreciate about Marilyn. With her artful eye, great taste, high standard of quality, and deep experience, she does a fantastic job of pulling together beautiful options. She took the time to understand my tastes and lifestyle and worked within any parameters I provided, such as keeping existing window treatments or wall colors and needing dog-friendly runner materials. She is the utmost professional, with great attention to detail, customer focus, and follow through to completion. She didn’t end her engagement with my selection of the runner material – she stayed in touch throughout the process while the runners were being made and installed. Marilyn is a caring person and a pleasure to work with, and it has been wonderful getting to know each other through our projects. No doubt I’ll call on her again in the future, and she’ll be happy to help with any request, large or small. I would recommend Marilyn without hesitation.”
Total House Renovation
I moved into my house several years ago and literally had to furnish and decorate from scratch. Marilyn did a great job learning my specific tastes and providing several suggestions for all items big and small. I highly recommend her services!
Achieving Maximum Results
“Marilyn recognizes marketing opportunities and knows how to work to achieve maximum results. Her interior designs often attract attention and create new business opportunities. It was a pleasure to recommend and work with Marilyn at a regional women’s event. She simply exceeded my expectations.”
Skilled at Long Distance/Virtual Design
“Marilyn Interiors offered a wealth of design information to assist us in making our new So Glastonbury house a home. When we moved to Arizona a few years ago and wanted to get that same level of professional service from a friendly designer, we called on Marilyn again. Marilyn and her team made long distance design consultation a breeze. We love our new bedding ensemble and credit Marilyn’s designer eye for this success.”
Brings Sophisticated Design to Home and Office
Marilyn has been indispensable to me both in my business and personal living spaces. Besides her sophisticated design sense, I love that she pushes me out of my comfort zone to stretch past “safe” design choices. The result is a refreshed more modern look that incorporates my love for romantic homey elements. She was able to do this even in my office space wherein it is important that clients feel welcome. Marilyn also never sacrifices style when I need to stay in budget. I am continually amazed that she can choose pieces that do not cost a fortune yet have panache. Marilyn was also very easy to work with and grounded in practical design, so I do not hesitate to refer her to folks that want a practical every day look although she’s always up for the Avant Garde.
Ability to Think Outside-The-Box
“Marilyn’s rates were reasonable and she was very efficient with our time together. She developed a sense for my personality and preferences and then respected them in her suggestions. Marilyn has a lovely personality and made the process fun and pleasurable. She was organized and timely. She provided unique ideas and has the ability to think out-of-the-box.”
Consistent Inspiration and Creativity
“Marilyn has been a source of inspiration and creativity in my home since her early years of home decorating. I continue to find Marilyn warm, creative, friendly and most importantly, a good listener. She is very receptive and sensitive to the needs and style preferences of her clients. Marilyn guides her clients in achieving exciting results. Your wishes and ideas are developed, enhanced, and incorporated when you work with this talented professional.”
Exceeded Our Expectations
“David and I just wanted to express our appreciation in your assistance building our home. You served a unique role as an advisor on this project and exceeded our expectations. You will never know how much you helped alleviate the stress with your selection of colors, lighting, flooring, and crown molding, in addition to helping us make other decisions.”