“Francine has remodeled 3 apartments and 2 beach houses for our family, from small starter homes on a tight budget to large and more luxurious properties. Francine led architectural work (including floor plans, materials, lighting and plumbing fixtures) on 3 of the projects, and did complete design work on all five including furniture, window treatments, and accessories. The end result was always a beautiful, elegant yet relaxed home, modern yet eclectic, and always deeply personal. Francine has a great talent and unique ability to see beauty in objects and translate it into a lifestyle. She is not beholden to any particular era or style in design which so many decorators are. As a result her homes are always interesting and unique, and always driven by her client’s needs.”

“Francine Gardner is the best thing to happen to me since I started my renovation project almost two years ago. If I’d hired her from the start, she would have saved me a lot of money and stress. … Fortunately, Francine’s skill and resourcefulness are getting me out of a big mess. And—although this was not our original goal when we started working together—her compassion and honesty are helping me recover from a traumatic process. Despite the complexity of the problem I threw at her, she has also been cost-conscious! I couldn’t ask for a better combination. .. I feel I have a partner in the process who truly understands what I’m trying to achieve—AND has the skill to implement it.”