INTERIOR DESIGN
Tailored Interior Design Solutions for Discerning Homeowners throughout California and Beyond.
MENLO PARK - LOS GATOS - MORGAN HILL
JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
For nearly 25 years, Design Matters has partnered with clients in the pursuit of great spaces. Our award-winning results are direct reflections of our clients and homeowners. Together we create spaces and interiors that enhance family, home, lifestyle, and the complementary relationship of architecture, design, and the natural environment—we call it Livable Luxury.
Every space tells a story. We tailor our designs to your needs, and always have the natural and regional aesthetic in view. We are seasoned experts at the coast, in the hills, and in the valleys. From stunning Northern California estates, to the unbridled landscapes of Jackson Hole, Park City, Yellowstone, and surrounding mountain towns; Your next great space awaits.
Our local studio professionals are ready to dream alongside you. Let’s tell the story of great spaces together. Design Matters.
RESIDENTIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT DOCUMENTATION
INTERIOR DESIGN
SPACE PLANNING
KITCHEN + BATH DESIGN
CUSTOM CABINETRY
MATERIAL SELECTIONS
FURNITURE + FABRIC SELECTIONS
LIGHTING
COLOR PALETTE DEVELOPMENT
FLOOR + WALL COVERINGS
CREATING THE ART OF STYLISH LIVING
This beautiful home with a Valley View was restored from the bones up using the best integrated systems and luxurious materials, featuring Rutt HandCrafted Cabinetry throughout! The linear fireplace with Armani Marble warms the space and allows the view to take center stage. The home was redesigned with new spatial configurations allowing for a large master bath suite, wet room, new ladies wardrobe room, at-home office, wine cellar, and the most gorgeous kitchen!
At Design Matters, we follow a three-step process as we tailor beautiful, timeless, functional spaces. Our workflow provides a direct, clear path to interiors that are long-lasting in quality and breathtaking in appearance. We pride ourselves in providing the highest level of customer service, technical knowledge, and design expertise.
We begin by offering a complimentary consultation to discuss your design needs, view the space, and better understand your budget and overall project goals. This consultation also serves as your opportunity to get to know our team, our process, and determine if we are a good fit for your project.
We then provide you with a proposal based on the scope of work discussed, along with a questionnaire to help us understand your family life, personal style and preferences, and design aesthetics. Upon completion of our design agreement, signed proposal, and retainer, we schedule site measurements, photographs, and begin the development of design solutions for your project.
We work as a team to address all of your design challenges as we create beautiful, functional solutions, and orchestrate detailed designs tailored to your specific needs and the rhythms of your daily life.
We utilize cutting-edge and time-tested practices as we develop our floor plans, elevations, and permit sets. We work in CAD, 20/20, and use hand-drafted and digital elements. We specialize in a variety of design styles and preferences while creating innovative and functional spaces, incorporating style and value to create Livable Luxury for all of our clients.
Design Matters is also a dealer of semi-custom and custom cabinetry, affording our clients endless styles, wood species, finishes, and organizational accessories. We also offer a large selection of countertops and hardware to compliment your cabinetry.
Our professional network and relationships allow us to procure a wide array of the best materials from the most respected vendors—from flooring, tile, plumbing fixtures, lighting, furniture, and fabrics—to wallpaper, window coverings, and more. Visit any of our showrooms to browse our displays and explore our resource library and wealth of material samples; The possibilities are endless.
We collaborate closely with our clients and also work in tandem with the architect, engineers, and contractors to execute seamless, comprehensive designs.
Upon final design plan and material selections, we provide quotes for all cabinetry, products, and required materials. Once contracts and necessary documents are signed and payment is received, we secure and execute the orders. We regularly communicate reality-based lead times and delivery dates for cabinetry and materials to coordinate proper scheduling and installation. By planning the details of all materials selections very early in the process, Design Matters assures lead times are coordinated and in tune with the overall building schedule.
We provide specification packages, installation documents, and other key information to the building team. During construction, or as the space is being prepared, we work closely with contractors, fabricators, and installers to review and discuss pertinent details and schedules. We devote ourselves to design, our clients’ needs, and easing the process of transformation for homeowners. Our services start at the dream stage and end when you move into your dream home.
Let’s create great spaces together.
Our client’s hilltop home in Los Gatos was in need of a kitchen renovation fitting of it’s beautiful surroundings. Our design team created a transitional kitchen along with modern farmhouse elements with notable features including Signature Custom Cabinetry, The Galley Workstation, and eye catching backsplash by Artistic Tile with All Natural Stone, Estrella Grande White Mixed Finish. The rich island slab is by Grothouse, edge grain walnut with sapwood with Belmont Hardware, Manor Walnut Knob. The Perimeter Slab is Apex Caesarstone, Georgian Bluffswarmth. The heart of this home is now not only a functional workspace for the homeowners, but also the perfect family gathering place to take in the gorgeous hilltop views.
BRINGING GREAT DESIGN HOME
Our client’s new build in Jackson, Wyoming boasts a Modern Rustic sensibility with Transitional furnishings and finishes. Gorgeous wood beamed ceilings in the kitchen set the stage with an expansive island for ample seating in the heart of this home. The warm wood floors throughout complete this sophisticated home renovation. The home exterior stuns with textures and materials, mixing modern siding and traditional stacked stone. The backyard offers a comfortable and welcoming seating area with warmth of the fire, to take in the gorgeous Teton views.
The inviting library nook was designed with a moody, sexy aesthetic. with built-in bookcases providing ample storage for both books and beloved objects. This space features warm rustic wood celing beams bringing in gorgeous architectural detail.
Our team creates true to life production renderings that bring each space to life, allowing clients to visualize layout, materials, color, and texture. Design Matters provides a nose to tail experience for each client; there are no surprises. We communicate the process at every step along the way.
The client and homeowner sought to blur the definition of work and home life by imagining a property that could support the intricacies of both business and family at a singular address. The task at hand was to design a home interior that didn’t feel schizophrenic—to create an environment that redefined work and home, and still achieved balance and harmony within the space.
For this Mediterranean Villa in Los Altos Hills, a shift in design perspective and philosophy necessitated the achievement of a particularly grand result—an estate befitting the Age of Redefinition.
Our designers created a luxurious environment for work at home ease. To the left of the entry is an open, inviting lounge (study) on one end and the dining room on the other. The guests immediately feel that they are being welcomed into someone’s home, which conveys the opportunity for enjoyment but also contemplative and quiet areas for business. Featured is a personal library with hidden door office space, affording the much needed privacy within the home. The stunning dining room full tile walls elevate the design with material selections that push the envelope, giving a hierarchy to a space.
“What families are really looking for in an articulation of interior design is accessibility. And that accessibility is for the owners, their parents, their children, their guests, and those they welcome into their house.”
- Julie CavanaughThis 15,000 square ft. estate captures that accessibility. The textures and surfaces chosen create a palette of flexibility, with various spaces flowing into one another, yet unified, and poised for mixed use. For a home with a formal entertaining space for a hundred people, a bar and wine tasting area, private library and executive space, and a home cinema complete with snack bar, it all works together, and tells a story of relaxed livability.
In that sense, this might just be the new definition of the grand estate.
Welcome to the Age of Redefinition.
Design Matters’ foundation is built on long standing relationships with innovative and industry leading luxury suppliers. As a dealer of semi-custom and custom cabinetry, we have access to endless styles, wood species, finishes, and organizational accessories. In addition, we offer a large selection of countertops and hardware to compliment your cabinetry. Our professional relationships allow us to specify a wide array of the best materials from the most respected vendors including flooring, tile, plumbing fixtures, lighting, furniture, fabrics, wallpaper, window coverings, and more. Visit any of our showrooms to browse displays, glimpse into our resource library, or view the plethora of material samples to help you understand the endless possibilities.
The Galley Workstation is transforming the industry with an innovative approach to cooking; making life in the kitchen much easier, efficient, and enjoyable.
PREPARE TO BE INSPIRED
A complete culinary system where one can PREPARE, COOK, SERVE, ENTERTAIN and CLEAN all in one central place.
BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED
The Galley workstations are highly functional, state of the art systems designed with the highest quality materials and craftsmanship.
By allowing clients to receive professional guidance and design services, paired with a vast array of the best materials from the most respected vendors, DESIGN MATTERS is a one-stop design firm and showroom that eases the process of transformation as homeowners embark upon creating their beautifully tailored environments.
Our services start at the very beginning, and don’t end until you move into your new homecomplete with stunning interiors, exquisite finishes, and unique furniture.
We are PASSIONATE about DESIGN!
We provide comprehensive, detailed, thoughtful, and beautiful designs for all types of interior projects! We are inspired by architecture, nature, and textures that surround our every day lives!
Our goal is to provide an anxiety-free, hassle-free experience with samples and materials to see, touch, and feel right in our showrooms. Clients cannot always visualize how something will work or look. Our showrooms provide us with the ability to sit with a client and walk through options, pointing out examples so they can visualize and understand how this product or material will look in their own space.
The renovation process can often be intimidating. We take pride in our ability to provide clients with undivided attention, easy accessibility, responsiveness, integrity, and personalized, detail-oriented performance that consistently meet time and budget requirements. We build a dream team around our clients that will bring them to the finish line through direct communication and coordination with the Architect and Contractor to ensure prompt and timely decision making.
Our years of experience and knowledge within the industry fosters a wealth of creative solutions. Design Matters is at the forefront of new designs as they come to market. We can show you styles and options that you have never seen before. The well of creativity is infinite and our level of experience provides a level of comfort that is priceless.
We provide expertly crafted design solutions from start to finish, in one comprehensive location, maintaining continuity throughout the process. With client-focused solutions tailored to unique needs, we guide and educate our clients, providing understanding in order to make design decisions with confidence.
Born in the Midwest and raised on the East Coast, Julie’s exposure to multiple regional environments created an early passion for homes, architecture, and design at a young age, leading to a long and storied career in interior design.
With an eye for spatial relationships and creative problem solving, Julie’s interiors bring functional sensibility and flow into harmony with beautifully balanced proportions. Unafraid of mixing color, texture and scale, Julie’s homes and spaces reflect a unique and unparalleled design sensibility, combining form, function, and beauty. She coined the term “Livable Luxury” to describe her style and approach.
Julie completed her education in Interior Design in 1998 and achieved CID licensure and ASID membership in 2002. Shortly thereafter she moved from a tiny office and sole proprietorship and launched her first showroom venue— Design Matters.
By serving clients with end-to-end professional design services and an arsenal of the best materials from hand-picked vendors, Design Matters became a one-stop design firm and showroom transforming homes and interiors into spectacular spaces—Livable Luxury was born.
Julie likens her interior design craft to that of a novelist. The cover of the book is the beginning of the story—the approach to the house, the visual tone and tenor—the first impression. The book opens and the foreward is revealed. The entryway of the home is the epigraph, the concise poem or thought that reveals the theme. As the chapters of rooms unfold, Julie intertwines threads of continuity that bring function, harmony, and unity to each space, creating an overall depth of tone and feel that ties the entire space together from beginning to end—a story of design.
As a featured speaker on radio and television, and contributor to online forums, print media, and college and university faculties, Julie has become a thought leader and trusted guide in the interior design community. Her dedication to the pursuit of great design remains as passionate and contagious as ever.
“Livable Luxury” is Julie’s thumbprint!
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: ASID Kitchen Award of Excellence, ASID Designer Showcase Home Award, ASID Special Recognition Award, ASID Silver Honor Award, BEST OF HOUZZ Professional Member, Certified Interior Designer #5922 since 2002, ASID Professional Member since 2001
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