Reviews

Jennifer is fabulous. Not only is she a talented designer with a good eye, but she is very easy to work with. My husband and I have different tastes and finding furniture and accessories we can both agree on can be a challenge. Jennifer was very insightful at determining where our tastes intersected and provided us with options we could both love. She was adept at working with us on a tight budget and helped us get the most bang for our buck. I have found that in the long run working with a designer can save you time, money and regret so hiring Jennifer was money well spent. We are so pleased with the work she did in our living room and dining room that we are hiring her again to help us redesign our guest room into a nursery.

Carrie & Andy S.
Oakland
2.13.10

We are so grateful to have found Jennifer Jones and Niche Interiors. Jennifer has been such a pleasure to work with. We have a small house with a challenging floor plan and we did not get the “gene” for home decorating. We are senior citizens who were living with a lot of clutter and rooms that didn’t work well for us.

Jennifer has designed beautiful rooms in keeping with our taste, values and budget. She is so professional, works efficiently, shows up on time. She gave us an image book to learn about our tastes, gave us nice options (for each item we needed) in three price ranges, and came in under budget. Jennifer also designed a beautiful built-in cabinet/ window seating area and found a skilled craftsman to build it. The built-in fits well with the original architectural details of the house, and looks as if it is original.

Jennifer was very sensitive to my husband’s needs as a disabled person; she was always considerate of feelings. I was afraid to work with a designer for fear of being looked down upon, but Jennifer is totally down to earth and never made us feel "taste challenged".

Linda & George W.
San Francisco
2.8.10

I found Jennifer's ad on craigslist and decided to contact her from there. I had just purchased a condo in San Carlos and being a single male, I hadn't the slightest clue how to decorate or pick things that would match well.

Jennifer and I met up and she asked questions about my tastes and budget. We then mapped out the costs and time line for the project.

Throughout the next few weeks she emailed me options for all the different rooms including center pieces, curtains, art pieces, accents etc.. She was spot on on what I was looking for. She made this process very easy and everything she picked out looks great! I highly recommend her!!!

Jovi P.
San Carlos
6.28.09

My husband and I recently moved to San Francisco from Cleveland. We had to downsize from a house to a condo in the city. I needed help. We moved into a new condo and we had a blank slate. We still had a mixture of furniture - some old, some new, some borrowed, some cheap! I am at that age where I wanted HELP and do it RIGHT.

I met Jen and we exchanged information. I decided to interview her (and 2 others). I was SO impressed with Jen. She is extremely professional, organized, showed up to our first 'consultation' on time and with her business information. She has a great website so I was able to look at some of her work on-line. Jen was not offended at all when I asked for references. Plus, she was extremely reasonable (compared to the other designers I interviewed). Jen is very easy to get along with and is open to many different ideas. She gave us a homework assignment - she needed to know what we both liked and wanted to get to know our own styles. We gave her a budget and a priority list. We hit our design full speed.

After 5 months, my husband and I are so happy with our home. We aren't done yet and we will be calling Jen again soon to finish up the rest of the rooms. She has a great list of contractors she works with; she has a great sense of paint color; she is willing to listen to us and liked a few of our items we decided to go with. She doesn't get offended if we ask her to 'keep looking'. I can't say enough.

Kimberly & John L.
San Francisco
1.28.09

Long story short, I became a proud homeowner last July and wanted to leave behind my Ikea roots along with my disintegrating Mission apartment. But I'm fundamentally clueless when it comes to all things aesthetic and hadn't the faintest idea where to start. I "borrowed" Jennifer from a friend of mine who knows a lot more about these things than I do and had rave reviews of Jennifer's work…and, sure enough, working with Jennifer was absolutely the BEST decision I could have made. She 100% professional and will take as heavy or as light a hand in the design process as is wanted/needed (a pretty heavy hand for me since swatches make me crazy). She even designed a couple pieces of furniture herself (not to mention my fireplace) and found, interviewed, and hired some expert contractors to take care of the custom building.

Another very, very important thing: Jennifer is phenomenally insightful about personal preferences and what it takes to make each individual comfortable in his or her own space. Very nerve wracking, the idea of having someone else take the lead in picking out your stuff, and I was terrified of a home that would feel disturbingly like someone else's house. Nope--she knows me better than I do.

Nikka R.
San Francisco
1.13.09

WE LOVE JENNIFER! We found Niche Interiors on Craigslist and when we met Jennifer, she was so put together that my first thought was "I want her to be my personal shopper." Happily, she's also very down to earth. This is our first time working with a designer and she never makes us feel incompetent or intimidated. She's listened to us from day one on what we like/don't like, our (low) budget, etc. She comes up with 3-4 choices in various price ranges for each item, and she always includes one that's exactly what we'd have chosen ourselves and one that makes us think. She's opened our eyes to the world of color and texture, and we now sit in our living room every night because we love it so much — it’s very us but way better. She's also good with scale and figuring out how big/tall/small something should be in relation to the room. She doesn't mind when we ask her for more choices or find something that's different from what she recommended, and encourages us to get out and look at things to see what we like.

We're almost finished with the living room and dining room and now she's working on the master bedroom. It'll take a while but we'd like her to help us with our whole house. I recommended her to two of my friends who have different taste than we do and she did a great job for them as well. Seriously can't say enough positive things about our experience with her!

Kristine W. & Will E.
San Francisco
11.16.08