Testimonials

"Kathie is a wonderful designer!  We had absolutely no idea before we met her what kind of design we wanted for our bathrooms. After meeting and talking with her for about an hour, she went home and sketched her ideas down.  When we saw them we loved them immediately!  She even helped pick out what materials to use and where to find them.  We couldn’t be happier with the design she made. Even our contractor was impressed!"
Sally Walter, Austin

"I had the privilege of meeting with Kathie from Wellness by Design over this past spring. I wanted/needed some help with some landscaping ideas, and Kathie was so helpful on everything from what plants to plant and placement, deck and hard scaping ideas and even researched what types of grasses would do well in a difficult area in our yard. Kathie will provide you with a complete design in a timely manner that is easy to do, especially if you know nothing about plants as I did. I now love walking around my yard looking at all of the ideas she provided. If you are looking for help in this area call Kathie from Wellness by Design. -- Geneva Dupnik, Austin

"Interior Design / Renovation Advice. I'd like to give a shout out and special thank you to Kathie del Hierro, an interior designer who helped me tremendously!  I've been trying to plan a light renovation and basically pulling my hair out over designs, colors, flooring etc.  If you need advice with renovation design, colors, products and even vendors, don't spend a month fretting over it like I did.  Call Kathie!  She has fabulous advice and is very reasonably priced."

 Jackie Trojanowsky, Austin

"My wife and I are considering building a screened in patio, attached to our home. We hired Kathie del Hierro, with Wellness by Design, to listen to our ideas and come up with schematic drawings to fit our needs. Kathie went beyond our expectations and provided us with information on what the city needs in permitting, the costs, and introduced us to her top patio builder. She also let us know, with her drawings, which are beautiful works of art in themselves, we could submit the elevation plans and schematic to the city. She did all of this in a timely manner and met with us at our convenience, after working hours and on weekends. She let us know that the schematics, both drawn and provided virtually, could also be used to obtain bids from any builder of choice. She was easy to work with, and highly creative. We feel she truly listened to our needs. She's a top-grade designer. I strongly recommend Kathie as a designer, she can put it together, no matter what's needed. She helped us see what it would look like before being built...that's worth a lot, as it helped us make decisions."

Shaun Roark, Austin

We had the pleasure of working with Kathie del Hierro from Wellness by Design on our kitchen remodel. Kathie helped us get through the process from assisting us in cabinet design, paint selections, countertops and tilework. Kathie is an excellent designer, really listening to the our needs and took the time to understand our sense of style. She made sure that the kitchen design and color selections would work with the rest of our home. She is a master at color and knows how things work together and has an excellent eye for detail. Our kitchen would not be what it is today without her expertise. Her knowledge, creativity and communication style worked perfectly for us. She has a way of helping you keep calm through what can be a stressful process. I would highly recommend Kathy and we look forward to working with her on our next project.   

Alicia Gonzales 

"Kathie saved our kitchen remodel!!

I highly recommend engaging Kathie’s services. Kathie is the reason that we have the kitchen that we have been searching for. Early in the build out of our new kitchen, it became apparent that the contractor we had selected was not capable of understanding our vision or providing the quality workmanship and attention to detail that we expected and was promised by the contractor during the sales cycle.

We recognized that we were heading down a bad path. Luckily we discovered Kathie and she worked with us on our tile, counter top, lighting and color selection. She was amazing during the process and was always attentive and provided the guidance and oversight to help us hold our contractor accountable.

Initially we reached out to Kathie for her help with design, finishes and material selection. Kathie transitioned from designer to owners agent providing project oversight, contract management and ensuring quality. As the project began to go off the rails, Kathie was able to provide us with the guidance to get control and complete the project on time and under budget. She provided references to resources she has worked with in the past that allowed us to pull portions of the work from our contractor to true craftsman for the counter tops and tile work.

Everything Kathie touched turned to gold and most importantly gave us the tools necessary to hold our contractor accountable ensuring that we got the kitchen we dreamed of. We could not be happier with our new kitchen that Kathie made possible."

Mike Lynch, Austin

"Kathie del Hierro is a remarkably intuitive designer. She brought her skills to my bland, screened-in patio and brought it to life with color and placement of objects in ways I would have never imagined. This is a patio that I use everyday to relax on now. Her approach to color theory is unusual in that she doesn't follow trends. She listened to me, got to know me as a person and moved forward from there. She remarkably created a space that is unique to who I am in a very short amount of time. The design Kathie created for me takes the Texas Hill Country I live in into consideration. She pulled on color and elements in nature to bring the outside of my land in Wimberly, onto the patio. The screened in patio flows naturally to the land. She also considered the wine country I live in and brought in whimsey."

Louis Fridel, Wimberley