Affordable Interior Design by Uploft - New York, New York

Kirsten A.

I had such an amazing experience working with Uploft! The design firm was highly recommended by a friend and work colleague who is very particular about interior design. After taking a questionnaire and speaking with Emily, I was quickly matched with Paulina for my consultation. Paulina was extremely detail oriented, thoughtful, attentive, and she kept my interests and budget in mind. We even had a few giggles about my very monochromatic color-scheme for the apartment. My reveal call was amazing. Again, Paulina kept my interests and budget in mind to help me find affordable ways to create a warm environment for my living space.

The real work began during the furniture delivery stage. I was incredibly anxious about my deliveries, and was in CONSTANT contact with the design team. Royhana - gosh bless her - was the point person for my account. Royhana was such a saint. She was patient, considerate, and provided immediate responses regarding my inquiries.

I am now in the "let's just put everything in the apartment together" phase, and Uploft couldn't be more amazing. I reached out to the design team with many woes, and Sarah - gosh bless her too! - immediately sent a form for me to have handymen help me with the assembly process.

Long story short? This interior design firm is AMAZING. As you can see from the number of stars I gave in my review, I am happy with my choice to work with Uploft. I would work with them again in the future.

Shan J.

Affordable Interior Design was great in our needs. We were upgrading to a new apartment with a much larger foot print. Between renovations, work, kids, we knew we did not have time to deal with design and furnishings on our own. After an initial meeting with Megan we opted for the 3 room in person design service.

Our assigned designer Stephanie met us at our new apartment and spent a great amount of time going over every little detail with us. From measuring the rooms and going over what our renovations will be, to listening to the concepts in our heads, she showcased her expertise and laid out a plan for how the space should look. Stephanie brought to the table things that we did not even consider and knew by heart how furnishing would fit in the space simply by knowing by heart how big/small some things were.

At the end of the session, she went back and helped us put a beautiful mood board with the sourcing list of all of the things we had talked about together. During the reveal call, Stephanie walked through each individual item and gave the purpose and listened to our concerns. Since we live close to the stores that some of the items were sourced from, we visited in person to get a better idea of the different pieces. It makes much more difference seeing certain items in person and this is where we truly understood the intention our designer Stephanie had.

I would recommend Affordable Interior Design as well as Stephanie to others. It is a great way that is affordable to plan out your space.

Janely P.

Allison was my designer and she is AMAZING! She really knows what she is doing. She pays attention to details, she listens and really is able to understand the vision that the client has in mind. Her turn around time for everything was excellent! If you emailed her, she responded right away. I asked her for several options and she always delivered with no hesitation. My apartment is cozy, warm and just amazing... now we are always hosting friends because we are so excited to share our lovely space with others. Affordable Interior Design is definitely a most! We are planning to buy a house in a year and I plan on reaching out to Allison & Betsy again.

Yoel

I am very happy with my decision to use Affordable Interior Design and with Stephanie, the designer I worked with.

First, the design questionnaire was excellent - especially for someone like me who doesn't know much about interior design. It was able to identify my design preferences by showing different living rooms and asking which ones were to my liking. In addition, its questions served as a great preparation for the home visit, so Stephanie came well prepared for our meeting.

Stephanie was very creative, professional, and helpful throughout the process. When she visited my place, we decided on a design together, in an efficient process, where she was able to translate my needs and preferences to interior design decisions and furniture choices. After two weeks, she assembled a furniture shopping list, within the budget I requested. I purchased all items she suggested.

The furniture items were sourced from many furniture stores and I felt she did an excellent job finding items that were beautiful, fit the overall design, and reasonably priced. I get nothing but compliments about my place (even from my Architect friend who is quite stingy with design related complements...). Well done Stephanie!

As to the cost-effectiveness of the service - had I done this process myself (even with friends help), I would have surely spent more time, more money, getting worse results. Finally, the service was well structured and transparent. Good stuff overall.

Mayank S.

So amazing. Paulina created a beautiful design that matched our aesthetic, and then Betsy's team executed to perfection. It is shockingly affordable and provides unbelievable value, especially in NYC, where a well-done apartment often sells for 100k+ more. When accounting for their discounts, we saved money and got a professional design and implementation team. I thought designing a place myself was fiscally responsible but now i'm understanding this is the most optimal route

Christie B.

We had a great experience working with Allison and Affordable Interior Design. We needed help with space planning in anticipation of expecting our first baby in September. She spent 2 hours at our apartment looking at our space and came up with some great storage solutions and potential floor plans that would maximize our space. We went through our design taste and she came up with beautiful mood boards and a source list that perfectly suits us. We have already purchased several of the items she recommended and love the way our home looks!

Greg B.

We moved into a new apartment, were overwhelmed by all the choices involved with filling it with furniture and furnishings. To save time and decision fatigue, we engaged Affordable Interior Design, and worked with Paulina. We had a kickoff meeting with Paulina to discuss three rooms. To prepare for that meeting, my wife and I both created pinterest boards with examples of styles we liked. My wife prepared for the two rooms she cared most about, I prepared for my office. As you can imagine, our styles were quite different. Now, a few weeks later, after the goods that Paulina picked out for us have started to arrive, we can say that Paulina gets us! We've been so happy with everything Paulina chose, and with the process. She did such great work that we've asked her to work on two more rooms in our house too. It's been a pleasure working with her.

Kathy Y.

We moved from a 2 bedroom apartment in Brooklyn to a home in suburban New Jersey. I was extremely overwhelmed by how to design it. No Problem! Affordable Interior Design saved the day. Allison was fantastic to work with. She really took the time to look at my space, understand my style and sourced some amazing pieces for our family room and living room. Allison was always available to answer questions and even offer additional suggestions on pieces. I now can't wait to order all our furniture and finally be excited to call our house a home. Thank you AID, Allison and Betsy!