As a small boutique firm, we specialize in creating custom and timeless spaces. We strive to make every design relevant to the surroundings, and architectural details of the home. It is also important for us to build relationships with our clients, and by staying true to these principles, we have the opportunity to create beautiful and meaningful spaces.
Our projects range from historic renovations to new construction. Let us guide you through the design process, handle the project management, and provide vetted trades to get the job done. We take every detail into consideration to create a home that combines function, style, and high-quality products that withstand the test of time.
Donna approaches each project with a goal of incorporating luxury and practicality that tells the story of each unique space. By paring the client's personality to the interiors, she is able to give each home a soul. With a design history that started over twenty years ago in Beverly Hills, Donna now lives and designs out of Portland, Oregon.
Our projects range from historic renovations to new construction. Let us guide you through the design process, handle the project management, and provide vetted trades to get the job done. We take every detail into consideration to create a home that combines function, style, and high-quality products that withstand the test of time.
Donna approaches each project with a goal of incorporating luxury and practicality that tells the story of each unique space. By paring the client's personality to the interiors, she is able to give each home a soul. With a design history that started over twenty years ago in Beverly Hills, Donna now lives and designs out of Portland, Oregon.
Reviews (11)
Philip Brotherton
Aug 03, 2021
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Donna was a great collaborator on nearly every aspect of remodelling for our 1903 NW Portland colonial, including our unfinished attic, master bed and bath remodel, kitchen and sunroom remodel, interior and exterior paint treatments, and much more. Her team helped us create floorplans, design beautiful built-ins, and source fixtures, appliances, fabrics, and paints. Donna is a patient listener with a stylish eye, who knows how to tie all the elements together to create a fresh cohesive space that feels both classic and modern. We will be forever grateful for her professionalism and her friendship
Joan Spiller
Jan 22, 2021
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Donna DuFresne and her team did a design for our master bathroom remodel. The space had some challenges and they came up with two awesome options. They were very professional, very responsive, with great ideas. We worked on many of the follow up details and questions with Megan and she was great. Would certainly use Donna. & team again!
Kbs
Dec 06, 2020
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On several occasions, Donna has transformed the living space in my home of nearly 40 years. I recently moved to a retirement community, and Donna is helping me make necessary renovations, select furnishings, window coverings and more. I appreciate that she recognizes who I am and works with my taste. At the same time, she often takes me in directions I would never have considered (and often initially resist), and I end up loving the outcome. She is mindful of my relatively limited budget. Donna and her assistant, Megan, are a joy to work with!
Phillip Pirages
Aug 03, 2020
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Donna DuFresne and her able subcontractors remade the interior of our house, downstairs and up. Before, it was a pleasant custom-built house that was vaguely in keeping with the fashion of 30 years ago; now it's a dynamite up-to-date showplace with creative features that make our home a pleasure to look at and to live in. We were provided with expert and cordial counseling, enjoyed the collaboration involved with the makeover, and received complete satisfaction. We feel as if Donna is present everywhere, and we are very grateful for her insightful and tasteful ideas as well as her unfailing good
Ben Turney
Jul 22, 2020
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Donna is absolutely incredible to work with. She’s helped us through two major renovations, as well smaller projects. She is incredibly fair and always over delivers on her commitments. Furthermore, Donna is an excellent communicator with a relentless attention to detail. She’s a trusted partner and we couldn’t have been able to build our dream home without her! Thank you Donna!
Ellen Summerfield
Jun 18, 2020
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If you saw our home before Donna and now afterwards, you’d hardly believe it's the same place. A gifted, experienced designer with impeccable taste, Donna knows how to give you the look you love but maybe didn't even know existed. She works within your budget; she understands and respects your personal needs and preferences; she’s the consummate professional; and she listens. We’ve worked with her for six years now, one room at a time; she, her assistants Britney and Megan, and all her terrific sub-contractors have made the process a joy and an adventure. We’ve recommended her to quite
Trish Ciliberti
Sep 27, 2019
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Donna assisted me with several large projects--four homes, a commercial office building, and a residential multi-plex. She is highly organized, professional, and makes astute and on-point recommendations for her clients. Although we did not always see eye-to-eye on pricing or design direction, she was ready to problem-solve and to incorporate my… input. She is particularly skilled at blending antiques, and quirky items such as taxidermy, with contemporary design. Donna's communication is sometimes opaque and as a person who likes clarity upfront I found this difficult. We did establish a
Alexa LexiHope L.
Jul 10, 2019
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Steven Arnold
Feb 03, 2019
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Donna is the epitome of professionalism and creativity. She goes above and beyond for her clients. I have had the privilege of working with her on multiple projects and I could not think of anyone more suited to make house a home. She’s blends the talents of aesthetic principles while listening to the client making a space that represents them. I can honestly say that my home and my life would not be the same without the work that she has done.
Ke Wang
Feb 23, 2017
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Devon Rose Davis
Nov 30, 2015
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Donna is a gifted visionary in the world of design; her spaces are old and new and brilliant. She treats her staff and colleagues very well, and leads the team to complete work on time- often better than initially imagined. I highly recommend reaching out to her for design and renovation work- as she does everything, from construction contracting to textiles!
