Client Love
“We hired Aspire Design Group just as Christine Da Costa and Maria Perketa were joining forces and beginning their design firm together in September 2021.
My husband and I were ready to renovate our kitchen and laundry room and chose the Luxury Full Service Interior Design Plan that Aspire offered. Christine and Maria listened to our ideas, came up with an extensive design plan including detailed drawings and a vision board. They pushed me out of my comfort zone…in a good way! We chose a black and white kitchen with warm accents (hello walnut shelving!) and a soft wash of pink in our new laundry room. The kitchen now looks twice the size and functions seamlessly and the new laundry room has mega-storage including a dog wash bath for our sweet Golden Retriever. Their Full Service Plan also included ordering all materials, hiring and working with the construction team, multiple home visits, follow-up calls and emails and even personal shopping with us. Although the job took longer than anticipated due to some issues during Covid, Christine and Maria persevered to ensure we got the kitchen of our dreams! Our space went from 1990s drab to 2022 fab! Most importantly, we love our new kitchen and enjoy it every day!
— Iris & Peter
“Christine was a pleasure to work with for our home transformation. We do not use that word lightly for what was created in our new living space. Christine made everything possible from our initial meeting, explaining her extensive services, to the beautifully finished work of art. In order for her to make this a successful renovation, she had us create a vision board right at the beginning of the project.
Christine’s specialty for the smallest of accents in a room to the colour palettes she chose is what brought our home to life. We are so thrilled to live in a new beautifully designed home where we are excited to entertain our family and friends. We called our project “80’s Be Gone” and that couldn’t be more accurate!
Christine is more than a designer and decorator she is a curator of change.”
— Paul and Maureen
We used Christine’s ‘Designer for A Day Package’ to help us transform our dining room and convert our formal living room into a main floor office. We had a concept of what we wanted and with Christine’s consultation, together we developed a great plan for a fantastic space.
She was able to quickly understand our needs and her expertise helped enhance our ideas in ways we never would have considered. She showed us creative solutions to problems we didn’t even realize we were going to have.
Christine’s creativity transformed our basic plan into a true vision and her professional support and imagination helped us find the right colours, fixtures, and furnishings. Christine put us on the right track - we love the layout, the wall colours, drapery, and our favourite thing is the beautiful chandelier that looks stunning over our new dining table. We finished our rooms off with some lovely accent pieces that we purchased at her ‘Décor by Christine Online Shop’.
We love our new space, and we are so happy with the support we got with the ‘Designer for A Day Package’!
— Chuck and Fiona
“Christine is an exceptional designer. Her sense of flare, attention to detail and collaboration is fantastic. Christine helped me with my entire main floor design project - from choosing paint colours to helping with ceiling design and hardwood floor design and of course layout and furniture choices. Her expertise and creativeness really helped to design a space that my family and I absolutely love. I would highly recommend Christine to anyone looking to refresh their home. Thank you, Christine, for all that you did to create a fabulous space for me!”
— Sharene
“I had the pleasure of working with Christine on my home office project. She provided me with several innovative designs and furniture options for the various options. Her customer service was great and I’d recommend her for your future design needs.”
— Mike
“We contacted Christine immediately once we decided on renovating our powder room, kids bathroom and mudroom flooring. She already had a strong grasp on our style and risk tolerance (for finishes and decor) from our work together in 2017 when she helped with a major main floor renovation. She listened to our ideas, presented some great "mood boards" and off we went - she sourced all components quickly and was very responsive whenever we had a question or concern. The bathrooms and mudroom floor look amazing and we're so happy with how it turned out. I would not hesitate to hire her again for our next phase of home renovations.”
— Navneet
“I’ve worked with designers before where I felt they didn’t listen to what I liked, Christine seemed to understand what we liked just by talking with us. She came to present our basement renovation with the most amazing fabrics. She knew we owned a home in Arizona and decided she’d bring a little southwest to Oakville. The color and pattern she put together was amazing I could never put together all these pieces and make it look so complete. She helped me see the vision and walked us through each step in the process. I never felt like I wasn’t involved even though I was hundreds of miles away while everything was in progress. Doing a renovation is difficult enough but doing it from afar can be stressful, Christine was there to make sure everything was done correctly checking in and correcting any problems immediately. Once when traveling my husband and we saw something we liked the look of for our fireplace. I texted Christine a picture unsure she could make it work. She quickly responded then sourced materials we could use to make our vision not only work but look fabulous. I looked forward to her picture updates they always kept me in the loop on the progress and it was exciting to see our empty basement transforming into a beautiful living space. The only problem with working with Christine is when you see your completed space you want to do the rest of the house. Thank you Christine for all your help turning our space into this fantastic family hangout, and OMG what a great bathroom!!
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— Kathleen
“My husband Mark and I hired Christine Da Costa just over 3 years ago to do a major re-decorating on our main floor. To quote Christine; "we were taking our home from drab to fab"! Mark and I had moved into our home from Chicago and had no idea where to source furniture etc. We had two young kids and full schedules. Christine took the time to meet with both of us, uncovering our needs and making the renovation as seamless as possible. We replaced carpet with hard wood in our family room, added new custom built in's in the family, foyer and a window seat in the living room. She was a master at fabric selection and helping me see beyond plain colours without pattern
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— Cindy
“Christine has been wonderful to work with! She knew exactly what we wanted and executed it effortlessly. Our basement renovation seemed daunting but with Christine's experience, meticulousness and attention to detail the project came together beautifully. Christine captured our sense of style to "T". I would not hesitate to use Christine again and have recommended her to family and friends. You know she has a great sense of style and passion when your basement gets front cover of Canadian Home Trends Magazine and an article- thanks Christine!
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- Michelle and Kris