Urban Getaways Design & Style

Working with Emily and Urban Getaways was a joy. Emily spent time to listen to how we spend time in our home and used her design sense to make recommendations and give us options. She took the stress and overwhelm out of the process and created spaces our family loves to be in. I highly recommend working with Urban Getaways!

Urban Getaways Design is professional and talented in transforming our spaces. Emily and Gina are personable, insightful, and accommodating. They creatively translate our visions into realistic choices that both maintain personal pieces and make improvements. When questions arise, Emily and Gina address them quickly and thoroughly. They stay connected to monitor budget and satisfaction as the project progresses. We recommend UGD without hesitation.

We asked Emily to help us with designs for the main areas of our vacation home. She was super helpful in helping us visualize the space with specific furniture and fixture recommendations. She was very responsive and professional, listened attentively to our plans and preferences, and overall very pleasant to work with. It was great working with her!

The owner/designer understood our vision for our basement (TV room & kid play area), our kitchen, and an entry foyer. Fantastic ideas that helped us be a bit more adventurous. She has kids so definitely understood our needs (current and future - we have a 3 yr old and we’re expecting a new baby) but helped us make all of the spaces beautiful and comfortable. She was very respectful of our budget limitations and thought of creative ways for us to add our own creative DIY touches.

Emily designed a “spruce up” for our powder bathroom. While I had ideas in mind, I was unsure about the exact style and type of upgrades. Using my Pinterest board, Emily was able to nail my taste and curate a list of products. I love every change we made, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the countertop extension Emily designed that adds both visual interest and function. Throughout the process, Emily was quick to respond to my communications, kept me informed of product orders, and completed everything according to the timeline. For someone who always has a vague sense of what I like but needs help crystalizing it, Emily was my person. I knew I could explain what I wanted and have that translate to a beautiful design come to life.

I was skeptical of hiring a designer to re-vamp our kids bedroom and our master. After all it was my wife’s idea. I thought i had an idea of how a kids room should look with some stuffed animals. Although Emily from Urban getaways was respectful with our taste she took it and ran with it. She painted a mural in the boys room, rearranged furniture with some kid but adult friendly styling and designed a breathtaking headboard and mural with twin light fixtures in our master. After our design project ended, Emily still continued to be available and discuss my other home decor projects. I told her in loose conversation about my plans of adding a loft upstairs and to my surprise she ended up drawing plans for it. Emily provides creative solutions and really listens to my concerns and needs for my project. She is well organized (coming from a type A personality) and is knowledgeable about the steps I needed to take for my project After Emily explained she doesn't usually do the labor portion of the design work but she provided her DIY expertise experience and tips to finish my home project. I went from skeptic to believer after job was done. Thanks Emily

I’ve worked with emily several times and cannot say enough about her. She was involved with my hemp boutique, a start up that felt overwhelming to say the least, and she was such a great support and inspiration throughout the whole process. I’m so happy with my logo and branding, I couldn’t have done it without her. She has creative solutions and really listens to my concerns and needs for my projects. She also helped me with styling a vacation rental for my client. I’m not a structured person and Emily was so organized and knowledgeable about the steps I needed to take for this project. She provided her design expertise and her opinion and it sent me in the right direction! She goes above and beyond every time. I’m actually excited to work with her on my next project. She’s so good, I told you I can’t say enough.

Emily is fantastic! She helped change my cramped, boring office into a warm and inviting space for meeting with clients. Emily worked with me from the ground up and started with a design layout. She was able to take my design preferences and choose decor pieces that I loved. Clients and colleagues have commented on how wonderful my office looks now! If you are looking to spruce up your office, I would highly recommend Emily at Urban Getaways Design & Style for your interior design needs.

We sought Emily's design services when we were in the process of getting our Ballard townhouse Airbnb/rental ready. We knew that our house needed to have style and functionality to make our listing stand out and attract guests. We had a tight timeline - 10 days to design, furnish, stage and photograph a 3 bedroom, 3 bath townhouse - while we were still living in it! From the first time we spoke with her, she was confident that the task at hand was do-able. We put our trust in her and she delivered above and beyond our expectations. Emily strikes the right balance between being flexible, easy to work with yet knowing when to push for her ideas. She has a great design sense and it shows - we received our first Airbnb booking just 24 hours after our listing went live. We've received nothing but positive feedback on the interior design of the house. We've enjoyed working with Emily so much and value her design advice that we've hired her again to design our new home. We highly recommend Emily to anyone looking for interior design services!

Emily has great design instincts. She helped us with the interior design of our new travel trailer, and we are thrilled with the results. I was able to explain the space and my concerns to Emily, and she asked me questions to understand my style. Emily took all that into consideration and made lots of great suggestions that could work in the trailer. She guided me in creating a color palette, and we had a Pinterest board where we could both generate visual ideas. For the ideas I liked, we developed them further until we came up with our final plan. I could talk to her about big concepts or small details (e.g. I’m ordering this bedding, which color do you think is best?). One of the most helpful things that Emily did was provide digital mock ups of our potential ideas, so we could see what the ideas would look like in an actual photo of our trailer – she did this for the kitchen backsplash options, wallpaper patterns, ceiling designs, chalkboard fridge, and a pegboard. Some of the patterns or designs I liked best by themselves ended up not looking as good in the trailer itself. These digital renderings impacted our decision making. Some of the design ideas were entirely Emily’s (e.g. pegboard for a functional accent wall, chalkboard fridge), some were entirely mine and Emily encouraged them (e.g. a ceiling decal around the light), and many were a collaborative effort. For example, I wanted to do something to the ceiling, so Emily suggested several options, and we had a lot of back of forth brainstorming. Eventually, I was leaning most towards wallpaper, but upon thinking through the installation, Emily thought wallpapering the ceiling curves would be too tricky and instead suggested that I wallpaper the bathroom to help break up all the cabinetry color (one of my original concerns). I had not thought at all about using the wallpaper idea on the cabinetry, but that was great advice, and we love the result! Emily was wonderful to work with. She cheered us on as we completed projects. She even created chalkboard art for our fridge. We are very grateful to her for helping make our new home away from home feel so bright, modern, and fun.

Emily is a unicorn. She has a razor-sharp eye for style and design and balances it with her clients' parameters. In my case, I recently bought a small modern home and had to start from scratch in furnishing it. I have two young kids and didn't want to spend a ton on items that would likely become "well-loved". Emily was able to navigate which pieces to splurge on and which pieces we could get "brand used" (a term she likes to use!). Using a combination of big box stores, lesser known retailers, and even Craigslist, she was able to pull everything together beautifully. She also designed amazing custom built-ins with a combo of Ikea/custom woodwork to maximize the storage space in our very small living room. I get compliments on our living room every time people come over. Thank you, Emily!

We did a basement renovation in a space that has low ceilings and limited light. Emily’s paint consultation helped us design a space that lifted the look of the ceiling, brightened, and warmed the space. She helped complete the look with consulting design ideas for an open concept stairwell and sliding barn doors that added to the modern open feel. Five years later we just did a touch up of paint and we are still so happy with the color and the over all look.