Women is opening a glass wall panel system in a room with draperies with views of oaks and surrounding hills.

The home you've worked toward, without the project taking over your life.

You’ve built a life worth coming home to. But the space you’re living in has friction where there should be ease, rooms that don’t feel like yours, and too many decisions to carry alone.

You know what you want. You need someone to carry the rest.

We guide you from the first decisions through construction to the last piece installed.

You make the calls that matter to you. We handle the hundreds that don’t, and tell you when one does.

The result: rooms that finally feel like yours. Restful, easy to live in, and the place people want to be.

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A dining room with a large wooden table surrounded by chairs with colorful floral upholstery. On the table, there is a bouquet of white flowers in a silver vase. Above, multiple glass pendant lights hang from black cords. Large windows with black frames show a view of trees and mountains outside. On the right, a shelving unit holds various bottles of alcohol and glassware. The room has wooden flooring and a wooden ceiling with white walls.

The Hard Part

Most people do a project like this once or twice in a lifetime, and you want to get it right the first time.

What stalls most projects is the handoff. The designer draws it, the builder builds it, and in the gap between them, budgets slip, timelines stretch, and the vision erodes.

That's where we stay. We don't hand over drawings and wish you luck. We work alongside the builder through construction, so what gets built is what we designed together.

How We Guide You

Learn how your household lives and hosts, check what's feasible, and agree on goals before designing anything.
Present one clear decision at a time. Big choices first, details later. Refine until it's right.
Open trade-only vendors to you, manage every order, match you with the right contractor, and oversee the schedule.
See every piece through installation. You walk into a home that restores you, runs effortlessly, and draws people in.

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Behind Every Order, And Always In The Loop

Many of the furniture makers we work with are trade-only. We have that access, and we use it for you.

Custom pieces aren’t like ordering ready-to-ship items. During design, we work out every detail with the maker, including fabric, size, and finishes. Then we price your proposal room by room.

Once you approve, we place the order, coordinate shipping, and follow up until each piece ships. If something arrives damaged, runs late, or is discontinued, we take care of it.

Every week, a written update on your entire project lands in your inbox, so you always know where things stand and where your investment is going.

You see a finished room. We handle everything it takes to get there.

A Home for This Chapter

You've spent years making good decisions and investing carefully. Now you can build a home for the life you live today and the one you're growing into.

The numbers may be larger than anything you’ve spent on a home before. We show you the value behind each piece, where to invest and where to save, so every choice feels right.

"She ... had helpful advice on where we could save vs. which items to invest in." Carey Jones, Healdsburg

Our Work Featured In

“Longtime Kenwood Family Home Refreshed to Suit Generations To Come”

“1950s Sebastopol Home Gets a Modern Makeover Fit For Millennials”

“A Sonoma Home in the Woods Balances the Serene and Bold”

What Clients Are Saying

“I've been working with Stephanie on a whole-house renovation . . . She's given me basically a new house in terms of modernizing and freshening up every room while retaining its character. But the best part about working with her is that she's delightful and easy to work with.”

Ann Peters, Kenwood, CA

“I can’t say enough about what a wonderful experience we had. Stephanie immediately understood my taste and priorities. I wanted someone to oversee the project and hire the contractor and subs, and AVCO did that. I never had to worry about anything. They are great communicators, professional, and easy to work with. It couldn’t have gone more smoothly.”

PAM WILSEY, SANTA ROSA, CA

For Your Business

Tasting rooms, showrooms, and workplaces face the same challenge and share the same goal: a space where your team feels recharged and attracting business feels effortless. Our process works the same way.

Serving Sonoma County And The North Bay Area

Based in Sebastopol, we work throughout Sonoma County and take select projects in Napa, Marin, and the wider North Bay.

Sebastopol, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Sonoma, Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Petaluma, Occidental, Forestville, Napa County, Marin County

A living room with a large beige sectional sofa with throw pillows, a black coffee table with decorative items, and built-in dark gray bookshelves behind a glass railing, with a library ladder and a vaulted ceiling with dark wooden beams.

Your Home And Your Life In It

Picture the first holiday with everyone around one table. The house works, the rooms feel like you, and for once, you're not thinking about the project.

What would you want that first gathering to feel like? Tell us about your home, and we'll show you how we'd get there.

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