Designing home interiors

that inspire joy and enhance your well-being

Designing home interiors

that inspire joy and enhance your well-being

How can Birch Hill help you?

time for a change?

You have lived in your house for a while and are ready for a new look. I can guide you through the process of choosing fresh wall color, flooring, lighting – and everything in between. This will save you time and help you avoid costly mistakes.

turn a new house into a home

Whether you’ve purchased a pre-owned house or a brand new build, this can be both exciting and a challenge. My recommendations will help bring your vision to life, ensuring that existing furniture works with new pieces and fit seamlessly in your new space.

moving aging parents?

When families need to move loved ones into assisted living, or other arrangements, it is important to help ease the transition. I understand how, having experienced this myself. Familiar furnishings and treasured possessions will be part of the plan I create for them.

Whatever your interior design needs, let’s talk!

Good design does more than please the eye.
Research shows that our living environment can have an impact on our emotional health and productivity. A well-designed home is not only visually appealing; we also feel good there.
Good interior design reflects our unique tastes, and facilitates our life- and work styles. It can list our moods, Inspire and energize us. Transform our homes into sanctuaries where we find comfort, ease, and greater well-being.
Birch Hill Interiors is guided by this philosophy.
Every design decision we make together will aim to enhance your quality of life – whether through the calming color palette of your bedroom, the organization of your kitchen, or the ambiance of your family room.

Interior design services

Birch Hill Interiors offers three levels of services so you can choose the help you need for your project. Plus expert paint color consultations that can be added to your design plan or purchased as a standalone service.

in-home design Consultation • $300
This is a two-hour, in-home visit where we’ll talk about your design goals, preferred styles, budget, and timeline. We’ll also collaborate about potential recommendations and how to move ahead to achieve your goals. Afterward I’ll email you a written proposal for your project that includes a summary of our visit plus options for how to implement my recommendations.
Interior design plan
After we consult, I can also take your project to the next level by providing floor plans (2- and 3-D) and design boards featuring actual furniture, flooring, lighting, and decor recommendations with links to retailers. I use an “e-design” interactive process with online messaging for your feedback and collaboration as plans develop. Includes follow-up with post-design support.
Per room:
• One design option: $400
• Three design options: $800
A la carte: $100/hour
For design of smaller spaces or individual room elements not requiring a floor plan, such as an entryway refresh, bookshelf styling, wall art placement, etc.
INSTALLATION/STYLING • $100/hour

Once your furnishings have been delivered, let’s keep partnering together to place rugs, arrange furniture, hang drapes and wall art, and style decor on built-ins or bookshelves, and tabletops. Although my post-design support as part of your design plan is an added value, a phone call or email isn’t comparable to having the skill of a design professional on-site with this add-on service.

color Consultation • $300

Let’s talk about your wall color! As a certified Psychological Color Expert™ I am trained in specifying residential paint color for interior spaces. I’ll show you how your color options relate to your home’s other permanent finishes and immovable features. Afterward, large paint samples will be mailed to your house so that you can look at a few choices in different lighting conditions.

You can choose this as a standalone service, whether or not we partner on interior design, or add it to my design consultation or plan services.

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Birch Hill Interiors in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States on Houzz
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Best of Houzz Service award winner
Birch Hill Interiors is proud to be recognized by Houzz, the online home design, decorating and remodeling community, for rave-worthy customer service, according to Houzz rating and client reviews.
I’m an annual winner of the Best of Houzz Service Award.

I invite you to become one of my happy clients too!

What my clients say

“We had been struggling for months to pick out the right gray for the interior of our home that we are getting ready to sell. Everything we picked out was either way too blue or lavender. Roberta quickly picked out the perfect gray! She also assisted me with a warm white for my trim and doors. I would highly recommend her for any decorating or staging needs you may need.”

Julie
|Paint Color

“Roberta helped us with the daunting task of redecorating following a full remodel of our main living areas. She provided valuable input on paint colors, furniture, light fixtures all the way down to throw pillows. She worked around existing decor we wanted to keep and found new items that tied in with the existing. I definitely recommend working with her!”

Andrea
|Interior Design

“Working with Roberta has been a true pleasure. She listened to what I wanted and gave me some great choices. My home is so beautiful because of it! I would refer Roberta to anyone as she did an outstanding job! Thank you so much Roberta and Birch Hill Interiors!”

Kris
|Interior Design

“I have sought out and relied on Roberta’s advice on home décor for years. She has excellent taste, and I trust her to help me choose just the right paint colors, furniture and accents. She brings her trained artist’s/designer’s eye to the job as well as a practical approach that works with your budget and current furnishings. She’s organized, reliable, detail-oriented, friendly, and she really cares about and always comes through for her clients. A joy to work with!”

Kathy
|Interior Design

“In the beginning of moving from our suburban home of 20 years to a downtown Mpls condo, it was easy to get overwhelmed by how many items we needed to purchase. Roberta helped us to prioritize our furniture purchases and broke the design process down into phases. She was friendly, relaxed, and always responsive to email and texts. A true professional!”

Gayle
|Interior Design

“Roberta was tremendously helpful when I was moving into my new townhouse. She quickly evaluated each room’s function, flow, and focal point, and arranged furniture to complement each space as well as meet my needs. Not only did she incorporate my existing furniture and accessories but made recommendations for some new pieces based on the look and feel I wanted. I love my new home.”

Mari
|Interior Design

“Roberta provided her expertise as a color consultant to lead our decision on paint colors for our interior painting project. Her friendly demeanor and knowledgeable answers helped us make a confident choice of colors to increase our home value, and the colors brighten up everything about our house! Highly recommend Roberta at Birch Hill!!”

Barb
|Paint Color
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Questions?

My process starts with an in-home consultation to learn about your design goals, lifestyle and preferred design styles, budget, and timeline. From there, you can choose from services including but not limited to floor planning, design solutions, and sourcing of furniture, lighting, flooring, window treatments, and other decor items. 
You can avoid costly mistakes by working with a designer upfront rather than during a re-do that didn’t work out the way you hoped. I also pass my trade discounts on to my clients whenever possible.
Very often you will receive your initial, in-home consultation within a week or two of your first contact with Birch Hill Interiors. Design solutions will be provided within the following week. The length of the whole process is more dependent on the homeowner’s response time in providing feedback.

Yes. Birch Hill Interiors belongs to the Real Estate Staging Association which has about 40 local members who are designers as well as stagers. We often refer contractors to each other. 

A design style questionnaire is emailed to you before your initial consultation which will help you define one or more styles that you prefer. Sometimes homeowners think they like one style and along the way, they learn that their preferences have actually evolved. It’s a process.

HSR Certified Professional Home Stager
Staging Design Professional
Psychological Color Expert
Real Estate Staging Association