Cristina Dos Santos

After working along many top furniture brands and their in-house designers we hired Christina as an independent design consultant to provide independent design advice for several areas in our house. She charged us $1,000 on Day 1 promising to transform most areas of our home with a limited budget we had. However, her inputs were average at best, and persistently pushed us to buy items from her at overall costs which were significantly higher than the market for the exact same items- there were unnecessary white glove handling, shipping/ freight charges on top of the higher than market prices for the exact same items. The overall experience we had was actually worse than an in-home furniture designer as she starting becoming very derogatory as we did not start buying from her after the 2nd week. The overall engagement lasted a mere 3 weeks- this included 3 sub-average mood boards (really just slides with pictures of wall arts and chairs which we got from the furniture stores too), 2 in-home consults (2nd of which was totally uncalled for, and was actually a sales pitch for her products at our expense), and some emails. We did not like any items in the 2nd mood board she sent and requested a revision for more options, and she declined to refresh/revise it until we bought anything from her 1st mood board. She became very derogatory in her communications and actually hung up on us over the phone- unheard of! We were badly burned working with her- would not recommend her to anyone else on a limited budget, unless if you own a penthouse in NYC and are willing to pay hundred/thousands of dollars above the market price. She lacks attention to details (small example- had to correct my email address at least 10 times as I was not receiving the mood boards, before she got it right), and suggestions on the item sizes she wanted us to buy from her were wrong many times- she suggested us to buy a 8x10 rug (with 6” threads at the back, so in reality 8x11), for a small room, and then denied recommending so after finding out it didn’t fit properly. Then suggested us a 41 inch chandelier for a small round informal dining table– in short, too big for the table. No renderings (2D or 3D) were provided despite mentioning it in the contract – the mood boards were really just pictures of wall arts and chairs dumped on ~10 slides- again, very average and couldn’t find anything striking that we loved. She even frowned upon her time used for creating a PO. We found her as a sales consultant at best, and not a designer. We have got nothing close to the $1000 we spent on her. Have now resorted to Modsy’s online design team who have provided us 10 renderings for a minimal cost, and options to actually view and test the products they’re trying to sell us via visiting the stores and trying them. With her, we could not see, try or sit on the lounge chairs/sofas we wanted to buy and had to trust on her gut feel, but by the 3rd week had lost all the trust on her.

Cristina Dos Santos is a wonderful designer and I loved working with her. She is friendly and engaging and gets along with everyone. Cristina's sense of style is chic and modern, yet very warm and inviting. Her many years of experience came through in her knowledge of styles, trends, color and how it would all work together in our home. She paid close attention to our desires so the finished project would be a reflection of us, but she also took the fear out of going in a new direction with our decor. The result is a beautiful contemporary, yet comfortable space that we could not have achieved without her guidance. Cristina was very professional, she worked within our budget, gave us realistic deadline expectations and I hope to work with her again in the future.

Cristina Dos Santos has extraordinary talent designing homes and interiors that reflect each homeowner's unique personality and style. Her interiors are warm and inviting and her creative vision, professionalism and attention to every detail are a testament to her success. Cristina stands behind everything that she does, insuring total client satisfaction. She is a team player and we enjoy collaborating with Cristina. We frequently recommend her to discerning homeowners with confidence. Ted & Kim Goodnow Co-Owners, Woodmeister Master Builders

Cristina Dossantos has extraordinary talent designing homes and interiors that reflect each homeowner's unique personality and style. Her creative vision, professionalism and attention to every detail are a testament to her success. We are very proud to collaborate with Cristina and highly recommend her to discerning homeowners.

I have had the pleasure of working with Cristina Dos Santos since 2009 on all custom soft goods for her amazing projects from the beautiful Nantucket Island, to the fashionable Soho & Tribeca to name a few. They were all customers with high standards that require the sense of style and elegance that her work represents. She has an amazing sense of color and space which results in a harmonious ensemble of paint, textiles, furniture and accessories unmatched by other designers. Each home is reflective of the individuals she is designing for but still with her signature flare for classic yet high fashion style.