Client Testimonials
“My husband and I are eager to recommend Molly and her services. We had what we considered an extremely challenging living room to remodel with limited wall space, two distinct traffic patterns, and multi-use issues. Add to that our little dog and her many visiting friends.
“Molly was respectful of our retirement budget restraints and yet managed to
deliver a beautiful, colorful room that not only works for us but is doggie
friendly to boot! Her knowledge and instinct with color choices gave us the courage to decorate the room as we would never have done ourselves. To say
that we are delighted with the result is an understatement.”
Ruth and Clark Benson, Anacortes, WA
“Working with Molly was a delightful experience. She is efficient, knowledgable, and has an expertise in her field of Interior Design. We don’t know how we could have done nearly as good a job as she did. She listens to her clients and then spends time and energy finding just the right furniture, fabrics, wall colors, and accessories to create a dream home. My husband and I would highly recommend her.”
Wendy & Mike Schaefer • Sammamish, WA
“Gracious Living is a most appropriate name for Molly McIntosh’s services.
“It seemed my wife and I were far apart on decorating and furnishing our newly purchased retirement home. Molly went to great lengths asking about lifestyle, expectations, family, colors, taste, style, and budget. She exposed us to many ideas and easily brought things together with her swatches, paint chips, catalogues, and showroom tours.
“If we had not engaged Molly in this project we would have ended up with a mish mash of furniture, pictures, floor coverings, white walls, and frustrated owners. This would not have been a good start for retirement years.
“The pride we have when others comment about ‘our taste’ makes us understand the true meaning of ‘Gracious Living.’ Thank you.”
Frank Lambert • La Conner, WA
“Molly shared in our dream for a warm, comfortable, relaxing retreat where we could casually entertain our family and friends on Whidbey Island. The floor plan, furnishings, fabrics, and accessories she selected were perfect for our setting and exactly what we had envisioned. Molly was an absolute delight to have on our team.”
Sally Worman • Sammamish & Langley, WA
“Molly, thank you so much for helping me in so many ways. The model home you decorated for us at Fir Crest turned out great. It was very warm and inviting. Everyone that walked through just loved it! However, my favorite space has got to be our own nursery! It was such a small space, but you made it feel cozy and intimate. The colors and fabrics are exactly what I wanted.”
Lisa Strandberg, Strandberg Construction • Anacortes, WA
“I have had the pleasure of working with Molly on several occasions. My decorating skills are lacking. I supplied the vision, Molly supplied the ideas—those skills to fulfill that vision. She helped me select interior and exterior color and furnishings to complement my home and lifestyle. When we moved, I called upon Molly again. She transformed a dark and dreary indoors into a bright and cheery living space. Kudos to Molly.”
P. Miller • Camano Island & Medina, WA
“Molly McIntosh helped us to change several rooms in our house over the course of approximately two+ years, and we continue to consult her with our ongoing projects. We need assistance primarily with furniture, rugs, lamps, color schemes and the best use of our space.
“Molly did not try to interject her personal taste but worked to elicit our own, despite the fact that we did not really have that nailed down initially. She helped to refine our thoughts and clarify our needs in order to more efficiently use our collective time. Molly spent time with us “up front,” discussing the use of the rooms, lifestyle of our family, and long-term plans for the changes, so they would not be for trendy, short-term use but satisfying over the long term. She was sensitive to cost, style, and patient with our occasionally contradictory desires, without pressure. She arranged Design Center trips to view furnishings, provided us with samples and pictures when needed, and supervised the ordering and delivery of any items. It was quite apparent that our satisfaction was just as important to her as it was to us. As a business and as an individual, we felt Molly was honest, reliable, and very responsive to us. As they are subjected to high use on a daily basis, we continue to be quite satisfied with the quality and function of the furnishings obtained.
“As a testament to her skills, we feel very comfortable and cozy in the rooms we changed with Molly’s assistance, and receive many positive comments on their beauty and functionality. We are delighted to recommend Gracious Living and Molly’s design services to her future clients.”
Marijo & Steve Ratcliffe • Bellevue, WA
“When we bought our new home in La Conner, we were apprehensive about how we would decorate it, as our previous homes were a completely different style. We definitely needed help!
“Molly visited our new home and within two weeks gave us ideas and options to choose from for paint colors, furniture, artwork, and area rugs. Molly showed a unique ability to interpret our wants and needs to achieve the look and feel we wanted.
“Molly is very easy to work with, and we never felt pressured to choose something we weren’t 100% in favor of. She gave us options and suggestions, and we took her advice and are so happy with the results.”
Cynthia Rowe • La Conner, WA
“Molly is a fantastic Interior Designer. She helped me in almost every aspect of decorating our new house, from choosing flooring, cabinets, and paint color to helping me select furniture, drapes, fabrics, and so much more. She’s so easy to work with and made this whole experience run ‘ever so’ smoothly. She’s fabulous—love her!”
Rosalee Friedl • Anacortes, WA
“In building our new custom home, I was looking for a designer to help me through the process of design decisions to create a comfortable home with an elegant ‘pulled together’ look. I also needed help in navigating through the complicated task of coordinating paint colors, lighting, upholstery, window treatments, etc. Molly exceeded my expectations in ALL areas! She listened well and understood my goals, she was well organized and responsive to requests, and was respectful of my budget. She was helpful in utilizing my existing furniture and had good ideas/suggestions for some lovely new pieces. Molly’s access to a wide selection of beautiful furnishings and fabrics saved me a lot of time.
“THE RESULTS ARE BEAUTIFUL!! Visitors comment on how warm and inviting my home is while being classically elegant. One person even said, ‘In your home, no matter where I look, I’m looking at something lovely!’
“My experience working with Molly and Gracious Living has been extremely positive beginning to end!”
Gretchen & Mike Monti • Anacortes, WA
“We had known Molly a long time before we asked her advice, as we knew her personal style wasn’t the same as ours, but she has a great ability to see the situation through her client’s eyes and come up with the right match.
“After looking at endless fabric samples ourselves, we upholstered our living room in the original swatch that Molly sent us!”
Mary & Bill Tharrington • Sammamish, WA
“We started working with Molly when we purchased our vacation home on Whidbey Island. Although at the time she had had little experience working with beach homes, she was able to take our desire for a casual, East Coast beach look and come up with an incredible room within our limited budget. Since then she has designed an old-fashioned bathroom from the ground up and has enhanced several rooms in our mainland home to make them truly comfortable and inviting places to be. Molly is easy to work with and has a real flair for design, space, and color.”
K.F. • Woodinville & Langley (Whidbey Island), WA
“Molly has worked with us on two homes and has used her knack of understanding our needs and sometimes challenging issues to create unique, yet functional living spaces on both occasions.”
Jennifer & Don Furlong • Woodinville, WA
“We purchased a great house but Molly helped transform it to an elegant home. Her vision made the difference.”
Drs. Jo-Ellen Watson & Frank Spina • Kirkland, WA
“When we moved into a new home, I was at a loss as to what furniture and decorating we needed. Since we were out of state, I sent Molly a floor plan and measurements of each of our rooms and samples of wallpaper, paint, and carpet. Knowing what colors and styles we liked, Molly mailed us pictures of furniture and samples of fabric so we could choose what we wanted. With Molly’s suggestions, we furnished our home. She did this sight unseen, without ever being in our house. She listens to what we want and like and knows just what to suggest. Everything we ordered arrived when Molly said it would and it was in excellent condition. Our home is beautifully furnished and a showcase. We are asked often to host an event because our home ‘is so pleasant to be in and is so pretty.’
Molly is very helpful in giving me guidance. I wouldn’t use any other designer.”
Marilyn and John Walters • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
“Molly assisted us several years ago with decorating the main floor of our house, which included designs for the use of space and selection of paint colors, rugs, window treatments, and furniture. Also, she helped select the paint color for the outside of our house and suggested the addition of shutters to our windows.
“We were extremely pleased with the help we received from Molly as well as the end product. Molly was very professional and prompt. We didn’t have much experience with decorating and so we didn’t really know what we wanted. Molly listened to us, asked questions, and was able to discern what types of designs would best fit our individual needs and style. She is very capable of working with many styles and designs, from formal to informal and contemporary to traditional.
“We have kept the same paint color and shutters for the outside of our house and throughout the years we have received and continue to receive compliments from neighbors and queries as to the color of paint we used.”
Jan West • Bellevue, WA
“Molly successfully designed our living room to meet individual requests from both husband and wife—a challenge that worked well for us. When entering our home, our guests are drawn to the comfortable surroundings that Molly has selected for our lifestyle. We appreciate her ability to listen to our diverse ideas and to develop a design plan that ended up being more than we expected.”
Dick & Terry Morris • Bellevue, WA
