Perla Lichi Design specializes in residential and commercial interior design work, remodeling and model merchandising. We aim to maximize form, function and aesthetics to breathe new life into your interior spaces.

If you’re wondering where to begin … remember: “It’s the early bird who gets the worm!” Our professional interior design services begin as soon as you decide and wherever you happen to be right now with your design project.

Color! It’s that magical jumping off point that begins the design process. Our years of experience will help us guide you to the right choices. Your individual palette is the underlying premise for color selection of all products and materials specified for your project.

It’s important to lay the right foundation. We specify floor covering that meets requirements of beauty, practicality, budget and function. Hard flooring of marble, travertine, slate or tile, wood flooring or resilient floor coverings of cork, laminate or vinyl are among your many choices. Special custom details such as mosaic or water jet cut inserts may be recommended. Carpeting and area rugs, custom designed and colored, are carefully styled as part of your own unique design statement.

If walls could talk, what would they tell us? This vertical element sets the decorating scheme of your new spaces. Walls can be surfaced with paint, faux-painted effects, wood, masonry, mirrors, ceramic, metals and plastics, etc. Walls are further enhanced and defined with decorative and functional moldings.

We offer an unlimited array of custom faux and special painted effects. A framed, hand-painted mural or trompe l’oeil image becomes the headboard in your master bedroom. An intricate custom ceiling design enhances faux painted custom effects used throughout the space. Bronze, silver or gold leafing adds the unsurpassed aura of luxury. Our designers will prepare sample boards of each faux effect for your approval.

For those areas where flexible wall coverings are appropriate, Perla Lichi Design has a reference library of custom and stock wall paper and wall covering special order catalogs from around the world.

Renovation and even new construction projects often lack the luster of architectural detail work. Coming to the rescue of these architectural “blahs” are drywall feature elevations. They not only augment interior architecture but also add decorative and functional architectural features to individual rooms, improving the aesthetic flow of the entire space. Recommendations will be presented in both flat and three-dimensional drawings.

We begin by analyzing window shapes and sizes and locations. Treatments are designed that are appropriate to the function of each room and to complement windows, overall architecture, style preferences and budget. Function often demands special touches: black-out qualities are important for bedrooms and media rooms, motorization for ease and safety. Window treatments can also be designed to help correct deficiencies in room scale and proportion.

From color, pattern and texture selection of blinds, curtains, draperies, valances, cornices and lambrequins, swags and scarves, window shades, blinds and shutters to fringes, tassels and all hardware, count on Perla Lichi Design to present the ultimate solution for your windows.

Don’t forget to look up when planning your new home. We can create unique ceiling treatments that properly enhance the style of your home or building. The ideal situation is a team approach where builder, architect and designer work hand-in-hand from the earliest stages.

The ceiling is really your “fifth wall” that adds a wonderful new dimension. Ceilings can bring additional character to your project, highlight different areas or rooms, and create continuity throughout the interior space. Here are some different types of ceilings:

• Cathedral ceilings
• Tray ceilings (not confined to a common shape)
• Vaulted and domed ceilings
• Coffered ceilings
• Dropped ceilings
• Custom ceiling design

Our 15,000-sq.-ft. showroom features a constantly changing array of samples. Our extensive library includes catalogs from the finest sources in every type of furniture imaginable and we are constantly discovering new trade sources. Selecting the appropriate furniture for your residential or commercial project is one of our major responsibilities.

Custom built-ins are the ideal design solution for many situations. A custom built-in will definitely result in a more finished, custom look for your home. Well designed built-ins also provide the most efficient use of space — regardless of the shape or complexity of the space or ceiling height.

A built-in becomes part of the house and adds to the overall value. Your built-in unit can be designed specifically to store audio and video equipment or to store and display specific collections or accessories or a combination of both. Maximum utilization is achieved by extending built-ins to the ceiling, returning the unit into another wall or even extending it around the room. In fact, custom built-ins are not necessarily attached to a wall. Perla Lichi Design also creates built-ins that serve as room dividers or free-standing furniture. We provide three-dimensional drawings and finished samples so you can visualize the final result.

A custom stairway design makes an architectural and design statement that transforms a great home into a grand home. We will guide you in making the best overall design and balustrade choices based on the style of architecture, the scale of the space, and your overall decor. Still, there is much flexibility within this scope of decisions. Perhaps you want a personalized motif that is significant to you and your family, such as a monogrammed crest. If the project is a restoration perhaps you will want design reference to some of the great design movements of the past - Art Nouveau, Art Deco or Early American, for example.

Whether working in the medium of wrought iron, wood or concrete, or incorporating several mediums into your magnificent stairway, Perla Lichi Design will help you envision and create the most appropriate stairway for your home or commercial structure. The stairway is another area of design where early cooperation between builder, designer and architect is extremely important.

Decorative accessories in the home provide pure pleasure in the form of visual interest. We recommend a variety of accessories by selecting them and then actually placing them in your home so that you can see the final result. In the comfort of your new environment, you can be sure to make just the right selections.