Elevated Interiors, Made Simple

My Story

I grew up in Ecuador, surrounded by a culture where color, texture, and craftsmanship are part of everyday life. My earliest memories of design come from helping my grandmother rearrange her living room before every family gathering. She believed a space should change with the season, the mood, or the story you wanted to tell, and that simple idea stayed with me. I became fascinated by how small adjustments, thoughtful choices, and an eye for detail could completely transform the feeling of a room.

Ecuador shaped my design instincts in a very personal way. The architecture, the markets, the natural materials, and the hospitality of the culture all influenced how I see space today. Homes were places to welcome people, to feed them, to sit with them, and to create experiences, not just aesthetics. That sense of warmth and functionality became the foundation of my design philosophy long before I ever knew it would become part of my career.

In 2014, I moved to New Jersey to begin a new chapter. Like most transitions, it came with change, growth, and the chance to reinvent myself. I found myself gravitating back to interiors almost immediately. I spent years studying different styles, materials, and layouts, often redesigning my own spaces just to understand how a room could work differently. I started helping friends and family with color palettes, furniture choices, and renovations, not realizing that I was building the early framework for a design business.

Everything shifted in 2020 when I launched my first Airbnb. I poured myself into every detail, from layout to furniture selection to the guest experience. It wasn’t just a rental, it was a blend of hospitality and design, shaped by how travelers actually use a space. That project opened the door to working with more than a dozen other hosts across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I redesigned lake houses, city apartments, cabins, suites, and multi-unit properties, helping owners create places that felt warm, practical, and ready for guests. Through those projects, I learned how to balance beauty with durability, comfort with scalability, and style with the fast paced reality of short term rentals.

Along the way, my career took an unexpected but very complementary turn. I became a licensed mortgage originator, which put me in front of new home buyers every day. Many of them needed help long after the closing table, especially when it came to turning their house into a home. I started offering advice on layouts, materials, paint selections, and renovations, and before long, clients were asking me to fully design their spaces. That connection between home finance and home design gave me a unique perspective: I understood both the emotional and practical sides of creating a beautiful living environment.

As my portfolio grew, I expanded beyond residential and hospitality design into commercial projects. I’ve had the chance to design a convenience store from the ground up, optimizing a tight 550-square-foot layout to include a kitchen, coffee counter, tobacco display, coolers, and customer flow patterns. I created a full concept for a health and wellness shop, blending natural textures with clean, modern branding. I also redesigned a plumbing company office to create a welcoming, professional environment for both customers and employees. Each project sharpened my skills in problem solving, planning, and environmental design.

Today, I take everything I’ve learned: hospitality, residential design, commercial workflows, color theory, customer psychology, lifestyle needs; and bring it together into a design approach that is warm, intentional, and highly personalized. I believe that good design is not about trends. It is about understanding how people move, live, gather, and feel in their space. It is about harmony, clarity, flow, and creating a sense of comfort the moment you walk through the door.Whether it is a single room or an entire home, a vacation rental or a commercial space, my goal is always the same: create an environment that feels beautiful, functional, and true to the people who use it, every single day.

-Bianca Alvarez