We totally love our home! We had an old ranch home. Aparna designed an update to the front of our home and it looks like new construction. People are always driving by and taking pictures or telling us how beautiful our home looks. We also added a new kitchen/family room and gutted our master bathroom. Aparna truly listened to what we were trying to create for our family. She thoughtfully chose materials that are easy to clean and maintain. Her vision and use of space, down to the smallest detail, really transformed our house into a beautiful home. Thank you Aparna!
Aparna was wonderful to work with. We are so happy with our new kitchen, dining room, and living spaces. From the start, Aparna took the time to ask questions about our likes and needs and actively listened to us. We have a very unique home in a wooded setting. Aparna was very thoughtful and intentional with her design. Additionally, it was not only aesthecically pleasing but also extremely functional, which is so appreciated. Her selection of color, design, materials and finishes makes our kitchen, dining room, and living spaces beautiful and unique. They are spaces we enjoy using every day! Aparna was professional, punctual, and made herself available throughout the whole project, including during construction. She was responsive to our questions, providing thoughtful insight, as well as help and support when questions and issues arose. She has a strong rapport with vendors, and you see how respected she is by all she engages with. We had major issues with countertop materials and backsplash tiles, and Aparna was integral to getting these issues resolved to our satisfaction. Overall, Aparna was so easy to work with. Her attention to detail is beyond compare. We are so thankful for all she has done, and we appreciate all of the compliments we have received from family and friends upon seeing our new spaces. If you want a beautiful space unique to your needs, we highly recommend Aparna and her services.
Aparna is one of a kind! Professionally, she is very intuitive regarding her craft and in touch with the customer. She is prompt (always) and has great interpersonal skills when interacting with trades people which is so important on big projects. I can attest to one custom cabinet maker who commented to me that Aparna knows exactly what she is doing which made his job easier when working with her. During the lengthy project we worked on, I was impressed with her ability to work with everyone from the builder to the cabinet maker to the tile guy and everyone in between. When Aparna came to my private residence, she did not want me to pull out photos from magazines, she wanted to get my "vibe", what my home was like and what makes me feel comfortable. We talked. We walked. Aparna listened and keenly observed. After, the tour of my home, Aparna commented on one photo in the home she wanted to use as inspiration. The photo had nothing to do with home design, but everything to do with my attachment to the natural world. It became her inspiration and because I had taken the photo, it was a reflection of me and so too would become the home renovation. Using the grays and earthiness from the photo, Aparna envisioned and designed a master bathroom and bedroom which reflects the natural world, "I want to have the home be an extension of nature outside" she said ...and we were off to a great start. The master bedroom and bath have become my refuge. The tile in the bathroom is reminiscent of the bark on a birch tree. Aparna's ability to mix texture and color have created a serenity I am drawn to daily. That was just the beginning...we continued working together on a kitchen remodel with genius use of space (a seating area under a focal window which was a brilliant means to cover a baseboard heating with artistic grated front to allow warmth to the kitchen), (cabinet design which was featured everything on my list: open shelving, places for cookbooks, pull out spice racks, places to hide small appliances)...I could go on. Lest I omit the countertop materials which is a representation of the frozen pond in the wetland out the window. Yes, nature has found itself indoors. I wanted the kitchen to be a gathering place and it has become the most lived-in area of our home. Over the many months we worked together, I eagerly anticipated her arrival at the doorstep. With new ideas in hand, Aparna would arrive on the doorstep with 3-D computer renderings and an inspiration board of paint, tile, wood. Preparedness at every step of the project left nothing to question. Additionally, Aparna solved the "choppiness" of the home which when presented to her had different molding, different stain, different materials in every room. Aparna's ability to see the home in its entirety resulted in a cohesive approach in use of materials and a result of a home that flows from room to room. I have never been disappointed by Aparna and to the contrary, continue to be surprised by her ingenuity. If you are looking for guidance on a small or large project, I highly recommend Aparna. I do not write reviews frequently but when you find a talented designer, she should be promoted. Five star, class act for sure!
Few months ago, I was going into one of the treatment rooms in my office to see an 8-year-old child for the first time, his first reaction when he saw me was: wow Dr. O this is my favorite office ever! This is an everyday comment in my office from my little patients and their parents, and it is absolutely true. Everyone loved the design of my office. Aparna did great job designing the office. From first meeting I knew I will have a fabulous office. First, she wanted to know what kind of an office I want to have, for that alone we had several meetings just to understand my vision and needs, and she did a great job accomplishing that. She was amazing with every stage of the work and her design is absolutely great; she presents you with different options and explains good and better things about each design, and most importantly why she chooses this design, material, size or color. Everything has a meaning and reason with her choices. What I also liked about her is paying attention to details with every aspect of the work, big or small, and her communication and follow up with everyone, me, builder, architect, and workers. Many times, I stop by the office to see progress and I see her there giving instructions and she says I am not going to charge you for the visit, I came to make sure they install things the way I want, this is the kind of people you want to work with. I absolutely recommend Aparna for everyone who is looking to have a great and fun project, I actually hired her to design my new house after she finished my office, that’s how much I liked her work.
Aparna Bonda of Finished Spaces, LLC has the ability to envision phenomenal concepts for particular spaces within, and even entire, commercial buildings, and then flesh out the design concepts into actual plans to bring them to reality. She first completed an interior office design for us at our facility in Lansing, MI and has gone on to design several upgrades for our other commercial properties throughout Southeastern Michigan. I highly recommend Finished Spaces to anyone wanting a cool, sharp, modern and artistic design for their home or place of business.
Aparna captured the idea we envisioned and and created a design that meet our highest expectations. She is professional, punctual, creative and very easy to work with. We highly recommend her services.
Aparna Bond is amazing! I always get compliments on the tile and backsplash in the kitchen, and on the colors on the on the outside of our house.
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