Orange Tulip Design

Working with Wiranda Disco at Orange Tulip Design was a completely rewarding experience. I have worked with several designers over the years, choosing them for their design aesthetic and in many cases have had disappointing experiences. Many interior designers are very good at design, but lack either the time, interest or talent to manage their projects through the entire process. I’ve been left holding the ball to inspect work and deal with mistakes or quality issues with subcontractors who have then pointed fingers back to designers or suppliers. It is a disappointing and difficult position to be left in, not to mention expensive. Wiranda at Orange Tulip was a completely different and refreshing experience. Wiranda took my design ideas and enhanced them even further, guiding me on color, finishes and style that were even more pleasing than my own choices. She also helped guide me on choosing where to spend money and where to save money. She has a keen sense of what may be hiding inside walls and potential problems that could crop up and plans for them in a contingency budget. The greatest sense of relief I felt was that she was in control of the subcontractors, making sure they were on time, on budget and if the quality wasn’t up to her expectations, she made them redo their work. You can take a look at the before and after photo’s below to get a sense of the quality of her design and work. If you are looking for a design professional who not only is talented in design, but highly adept at managing the process, then Wiranda at Orange Tulip Design is the one!

I highly recommend Wiranda Disco and Orange Tulip Design. She is an excellent interior design professional who is superb at listening to her clients and keeping projects on budget and on schedule. She has excellent access to a wide variety of contractors. We hired her to completely refresh our home, including interior and exterior painting, three rooms of furniture, accessories and new counters and finishes for our kitchen. While we didn't move any walls, the transformation was dramatic and the results are fantastic. We couldn't be happier! I have attached before and after photos of our kitchen.

Wiranda at Orange Tulip helped us so much during our recent remodel. Our kitchen island had an undetected water leak for what was probably years, and the whole thing needed to be ripped out and replaced. We hadn’t touched our kitchen since moving in 20 years ago, and we took this as an opportunity to remodel. Wiranda walked us through what options were available with cost estimates. We really appreciated that she was able to take the style we were looking for, show us what current design trends are, and come up with something modern but still cohesive with the rest of the house. We felt so good about the process, we ended up expanding the remodel to update bathrooms too. Wiranda arranged and oversaw the demolition of our old kitchen island, building and installation of a new island, the resurfacing and painting of kitchen cabinets, replacing of tile, installation of granite countertops, replacing kitchen appliances and bath/sink/shower fixtures, electrical wiring, plumbing, and installation of a beautiful frameless shower door. She lined up all the contractors, negotiated prices down, kept contractors on schedule, even came to our house to accept deliveries when we weren’t home, and overall just made the process go as smoothly as possible. Wiranda was our project manager, design consultant, and even provided a bit of psychological support throughout the remodeling process. These can be stressful times, and Wiranda helped in making it the best it could be. We ended up with much more than we initially expected, at a price that was lower than expected. We’re super happy we went with Orange Tulip and Wiranda for our remodel!

Wiranda is an extremely talented designer with deep expertise in room layouts, color schemes, and space optimization. Our house is so much better after working with Wiranda to install new flooring, cabinets, painting, bathroom, and landscaping. The quality of life improvement is huge. She has a trusted list of high quality professionals for each aspect of a project: flooring, painting, carpentry, plumbing, and landscaping. Wiranda picks people who are very experienced, care about their work, and deliver exceptional results. Throughout our remodel project Wiranda stayed completely engaged and made sure all work was being performed with high standards. Her project management skills helped keep everything on schedule. She offered great recommendations that made the end result look amazing. For example, we replaced our carpet with tile on the first floor. Wiranda brought several tile samples and explained how everything will flow naturally through the inside and outside of the house. The tiles were spaced at 1/8 of an inch with epoxy grout instead of cement grout. Little details like this make all the difference. The epoxy grout is more expensive, but also very durable and nearly stain proof since it doesn’t absorb water. Another area where Wiranda excels is her understanding of color schemes. One of our walls was painted with a very lively accent color that ties together outdoor and indoor furnishings. She tried several small sample colors before finding the perfect feel. Once again the end result looks fantastic. The rooms all feel bigger and brighter. She helped declutter several areas which makes the whole house feel more relaxing. Wiranda has completed many projects and has a good idea on material and labor costs for a wide range of products. I thought the prices were all good, especially considering the high quality work. If you are looking for expert level design advice, I highly recommend Wiranda for your next project.

Wiranda was instrumental to us in the redesign and remodel of our home. Not only did she practically do the architect's work for him (she drew sketches that he simply copied and submitted as his "plans"), she also project managed the construction from start to finish, kept the builders on time, on budget, and doing their best work (she caught every slip up! They were terrified of her!). She is also an interior designer with brilliant vision, who listens to her clients and then makes their life easier by providing them with a shortlist of ideas/products she thinks they will like to choose from. This made us feel like we were making choices every step of the way, but not in a way that overwhelmed us. And of course, any choice she gave us was beautiful and in compliance with the rest of the design, so we couldn't go wrong, whatever we chose! She negotiated discounts for us, she found us service providers who went above and beyond, she held people to standards, she documented everything and kept the entire project organized and pristine in a binder with every product, every order, every bill, every invoice. We've never seen anything so detailed and comprehensive! Wiranda also inspired us to throw away a lot of things that we were holding on to for sentimental reasons, decluttered our lives, helped us choose things that we loved and felt comfortable with and even provided help and services moving us IN to our new home, organizing things, building and even arranging furniture. Talk about full-service! We could not be more grateful, or more proud of the beautiful home Wiranda has helped us to build. I'm not sure what it would have looked like without her, but I know it wouldn't be a quarter as nice! She's a home styling guru, and if you don't choose her to help you with your redesign or remodel project, you're missing out!

I recently had the pleasure of hiring Wiranda to redecorate my daughter's room, and I couldn't be happier with the result! Initially, Wiranda worked with me to understand what I was hoping to achieve. I gave her a list of items currently in the room that could be replaced and another list of items we had to keep because they were either meaningful to my daughter or because I had to stay within a budget. Wiranda then obtained the dimensions of the room and designed a virtual room on a website where I could view it. She provided me with several different ideas, and I confirmed with her that she was on the right track. From there, Wiranda selected furniture, and she created an itemized list that made it easy for me to order everything I liked (which was everything). Once we had the furniture, Wiranda went with me to several stores where we were able to choose many great accessories. Finally, Wiranda arranged the room with great care and obvious talent. The end result was a room that my daughter loves! Wiranda is a really great decorator! What makes her especially good is that she really goes to the effort of understanding a person's individual taste and how they want to use their space. With that information, Wiranda makes everything perfect! In closing, I wholeheartedly recommend Wiranda as a designer!