One Coast Design, based in Summerville, SC, serves clients throughout the Lowcountry and beyond. We offer thoughtful, full-service interior design for new builds, renovations, kitchens and baths, whole-home furnishings, and the finishing layers that make a home feel complete. We design rooms that hold your life beautifully, blending New Traditional clarity with Modern Cottage softness while prioritizing comfort, proportion, craftsmanship, and the things you already love.
For you, that means fewer disconnected decisions, fewer costly missteps, and a home that feels cohesive, personal, and considered from the very beginning, not assembled along the way. And you don’t need to have it all figured out before we begin. You bring us the way you live, the things you love, what isn’t working, and whatever ideas you already have. Our job is to turn those pieces into a clear, cohesive vision.
1. Discover
We learn how you live, listen for what you love, what you’re keeping, what isn’t working, and what you want this next version of home to feel like.
Why it matters to you:The best design begins with being heard. By understanding how you actually live before we begin designing, we create a home that feels beautiful without sacrificing comfort, function, or personality. The result feels like, not a showroom.
2. Define
We preserve what matters. We establish scope, priorities, budget, architectural needs, and the overall visual direction.
Why it matters to you: Clear priorities protect both your investment and your peace of mind. Defining the project before decisions begin helps prevent unexpected costs, misplaced spending, and the frustrating realization that something important was overlooked.
3. Design
We see the whole before selecting the parts. We create floor plans, elevations, finishes, color, lighting, furnishings, textiles, cabinetry, and the details that make the whole home speak one language.
Why it matters to you: This is how we avoid a piecemeal result. Instead of making dozens of isolated decisions, we consider how every room, material, color, and finish relates to the next so your home feels collected, cohesive, and intentional.
4. Refine
We refine with intention by presenting the design as a cohesive whole, making thoughtful adjustments, and finalizing selections before procurement or construction moves forward.
Why it matters to you: You have the opportunity to understand the design before the expensive work begins. Potential mistakes can be caught while they are still easy to change, not after the tile is installed, the cabinetry is built, or the furniture arrives. The goal is confidence before spending, not regret afterward.
5. Implement
We layer deliberately. We coordinate sourcing, ordering, trades, deliveries, fabrication, and the many moving pieces behind the scenes.
Why it matters to you: This is where a beautifully conceived project can become unexpectedly complicated. Backorders, lead times, substitutions, trades, deliveries, and installation all have to work together. We manage those details behind the scenes so you can remain involved in the decisions that matter without managing every moving part yourself.
6. Reveal
We finish beautifully through full installation, styling, art, accessories, and the final layers that turn a designed space into a home.
Why it matters to you: Many projects stop when the major pieces are in place. We stay through the final layer, the artwork, styling, objects, textiles, and details that give a home warmth and personality, so you are not left living with the final ten percent still on your to-do list.
Our work spans full-service new builds and renovations, kitchen and bath design, furnishings, and styling. We can be involved from the earliest architectural review and space planning through finishes, cabinetry, lighting, furnishings, art, heirlooms, installation, and the final details that make a home feel complete. For historic and contextual homes, we thoughtfully balance preservation with modern livability, honoring the character worth keeping while making the home work beautifully for the way you live today.
For you, that continuity means fewer gaps, fewer last-minute compromises, and fewer decisions made in isolation.
We are looking at the whole home all along, so the architecture, finishes, furnishings, and things you already love come together as one considered vision.
Whether you come to us with architectural plans, a room that isn’t working, a collection of things you love, or simply the feeling that you’re ready for a change, you don’t need to know the solution before you call. That’s where we begin.
Full Interior Design Services
NEW BUILDS AND RENOVATIONS
HISTORIC HOMES
Over the years, I’ve helped homeowners navigate thousands of design decisions with greater confidence and fewer costly missteps. That experience shapes the way we approach every project at One Coast Design, from the earliest planning and architectural decisions to the final layers that make a home feel complete.
Our goal is to give you clarity, confidence, and peace of mind throughout the process, helping you understand what matters most, avoid unnecessary second-guessing, and move forward knowing each decision supports the larger vision for your home.
Whether you are building, renovating, furnishing, or refining an existing home, you do not need to have every answer before reaching out. If you have been circling the same decisions, feeling unsure where to begin, or simply know your home is ready for something more, a conversation can often bring the clarity you have been missing.
We would be happy to hear what you are considering and help you determine the most thoughtful way forward.
Ready to begin?
Let's Have Design Coffee
Our initial design consultation* is the perfect way to get your project going! Think of it as our first date! It’s our opportunity to get to know each other, explore each other’s style and process, and get a head start on moving your unique design plan forward.
The consultation is your time to ask all the design questions of Michelle, our owner and principal designer. She will walk through the space with you (in person or virtually!), discussing your style and the livability you are wanting to achieve. It’s a great time to ask all your questions and get ideas regarding what is possible – we’ll think of things you didn’t consider!
Michelle also takes into consideration what pieces you currently have and plan to keep moving forward to create a space that reflects you in the most wonderful and authentic way possible.
** This consultation is $485* and normally takes about an hour depending on the size of the space. It also includes a proposal with suggestions based on everything that was discussed during our time together!
Design Mixology
So, we hit it off over coffee! The next step is cocktails (or mocktails), right?! Our team takes a unique approach to interior design. We offer our interior design services in hourly segments of time or, depending on your project, a flat fee for each space.
Start with one space or we create design and flow for your entire home. After we reveal your new design and outline the details, we meticulously execute the plan from beginning to end…handling every decor detail to final accessorizing.
The overall goal is to save you from costly mistakes and create a home for you that is both practical and gorgeous. Our structure and attention to detail allows you to relax and trust the process, knowing that Michelle and her team have the experience and knowledge to deliver a uniquely beautiful home. A home ready for family enjoyment and entertaining. We mix your perfect design cocktail and serve it up!
Long Distance Virtual Relationships
Do you live out-of-town and like our style? No problem! We work with out-of-area clients regularly! We conduct design meetings via video chat where we meet with you, learn your wants, needs, and style, and then create a proposal for you of what happens next!
Creating a cohesive plan for you and your spaces will keep overwhelm at bay. We work closely with you to implement your design and it will feel like we are right there with you…it’s a seamless experience making it all gorgeous that you will love!
Design Dessert: Room Layouts & Furniture Arrangement
Moving into a new home with furniture you already love? We’ll design the layout to include them!
Simply need a ‘zhush’? That means help with styling and accessorizing your home. Furniture scale and arrangement, and integrating pieces you already have and love, are the building blocks we start with.
Lighting and accessories are the jewelry of the room! An outfit is never complete without a fabulous pair of earrings, the right shoes, a necklace, or a beautiful statement pair of earrings! We carry stock on many different types of lighting, artwork, and decor items. Sometimes it only takes a few new pieces, layered in among the ones you already love, to make a space feel unmistakably yours.
A touch of coastal color, an updated core piece or two… these small additions do a lot of work. They freshen everything around them and get your home ready for its next chapter. You might say working with your cherished heirlooms, and knowing exactly what to add, is our ‘sweet spot’!
Design Hangover Help
“Uh Oh…I thought I could do it on my own, and now I’m not in love.” Don’t worry, dear; HELP IS ON THE WAY! Almost everything is fixable…or tweakable!
And it may only be a rearrangement of furniture or a new shade of color for your walls that makes your space feel better!
Let me come and diagnose!
Design Hotline
Save your sanity and give us a call on the “Design Hotline” to discuss any of these Design Services.
We are happy to answer any questions and help you find the option that is best for you! With years of design experience and color expertise, we can help take the stress out of tackling specific design dilemmas!
Give us a call – you’ll be glad you did!
