Adesso Interior Design

Mary Jane did an excellent job for us. She was able to recommend furniture for a couple of smaller spaces (bedroom and living area) that really fit in well from a functional standpoint and was attractive. She really expanded the usability of our spaces. She handled all aspects of ordering the furniture, getting it delivered, selling our old furniture, installing it in our house, etc. It was pleasant to work with her - very professional, responsive and capable. We would absolutely use her again in the future and would unequivocally recommend her to others.

Mary Jane Grigsby is the heart and soul of Adesso Interior Design.  She is attentive, supportive, and able to find just the perfect provider of services.  We began a large renovation of our kitchen, baths, and office.  Initially, we hired a construction manager we thought we would be working with to oversee the project.  Within two weeks we knew we needed someone who was better equipped to manage this $65,000 project.
          We had decided to work with Mary Jane on the design of the project, but in talking with her about what all needed to be done, we quickly discovered that she was used to being the General Contractor. She had a full complement of subcontractors.  She found the kitchen design and construction crew; she had the electrician, plumber, painters, and demolition folks (Habitat for Humanity).  She had multiple useful suggestions on how to better use the space that we had, and she helped us negotiate all of the decisions that have to be made when reconstructed space.
        We are thrilled that we found Adesso Interior Design to work with us.  We highly recommend Adesso and Mary Jane to anyone starting a new project or renovating a current space.  She was attentive and a week never passed that we didn't touch base on what was happening and what still needed to be done.  When it comes time to redesign the lower level (basement) of our home, Mary Jane will be the first person that we call to discuss it.  She is a JOY to work with.

Mary Jane has helped us from Day 1 in selecting paint color, tile, wood floors, lighting, granite, furnishings and other finishes for our Weaverville, NC property.   She was great to work with every step of the way and she saved us from many costly mistakes.    She made herself available whenever we needed her.    I highly recommend her services to anyone that needs a great home designer.   

My wife and I could not be happier. Mary Jane was amazing at developing an up front a keen sense for what we were looking for, then with her artistic vision brought us a game plan that was way above and beyond what we expected. Once we had a vision she took us through the process of determining what materials we would use, located multiple contractors to submit bids and helped us choose the one that did the work. Throughout the construction process she stayed on top of the contractors assuring that everything was done well and fit the vision that was developed. 
She has a vast knowledge of furniture manufacturers that she was able to help narrow down to exactly the type of furniture that best fit for us. Whether it was building materials lighting furniture etc she always talked to us up front about what we wanted, then did her research and brought back several alternatives to consider, in each case allowing us to get exactly what wanted.
She is very well organized, outstanding at merging and blending her vision and experience with the style needs and desires of the customer. It was a joy working with her and seamless in every way.
It is rare that you find someone who is at once artistic and visionary yet very organized, you usually get one or the other. Without question Mary Jane is both. She not only delivered an awesome design and plan but was very organized and kept us on top of all the many variables decisions and actual building to get there.
I could not recommend Mary Jane and Adesso more highly. She is deeply experienced, passionate about her work, extremely dependable and very reasonable in terms of her fees.
With her guidance and expertise we now have the house of our dreams, are very happy with everything, and in the process have made a good friend.
I have zero doubt anyone utilizing her services would be happy.

We are building a 3000 square foot house and we had no clue where to start with colors in our very customized house.  We have old wood, barn siding, custom cabinets, rock and a slew of other features and thought that the standard 3 colors for an entire house wouldn't do us justice.  We called Adesso Designs and Mary Jane was always professional and always on time.  The color scheme she picked out perfect and our house is looking amazing.

Prior to moving to NC from St Simons Island, GA, I worked in the real estate industry since 1979. Architectural design of industrial, medical, commercial and both single and multifamily residential spaces in FL, GA, SC, NC, IA and AZ was my favorite responsibilities. For four years I worked for the interior designer for the only 5-star; 5-diamond resort in GA and learned my need for a professional interior designer's involvement in a project to obtain the best end result.
We purchased a home in Laurel Park, NC in a neighborhood that met all my minimal architectural standards for a good place to live the rest of my life. I could design the items needed to make the make our new home perfectly comfortable, but I needed help from an interior designer to coordinate the interior finishes and materials and bring quality craftsmanship to the work. I asked Mary Jane Grigsby, owner of Adesso Interior Design in Hendersonville, NC, for help.
From our first meeting in last May through present, she has brought high quality material and workmanship within our budget thus producing the highest possible value to the work we have had done. Maintaining the original architectural integrity, Mary Jane laid the foundation of our move with beautiful hickory plank flooring prior to so we could move our furnishings in and set up the stone fireplace facing with timber mantel. She coordinated mechanics and material men to complete fundamental aspects the project while we were still at the beach making our move as simple as possible.
Her continuing input, sources and direction has made the porch enclosure, master bath renovation and complete kitchen remodel far better than I ever could have hoped.  Aspects completed by Mary Jane prior to our arrival:gas fireplace with mantle, hearth and stone facing;distressed hickory plank flooring;installation of new washer & dryer.
After we moved we continued working with Mary Jane to accomplish the following:enclose the screen porch making it part of our great room;refurbished the master bath including new tile, shower with seat and water closet;up dated the kitchen including new cabinets, new counter tops, new pantry and a bay window box seat for storage.
Because of Mary Jane's knowledge of finishes, materials and tradesmen we are living in a home that exceeds our expectations within the budgets we established.

From our initial visit thru the final product, we were amazed at how she seemed to read our minds on the choices she recommended.  We have worked with other designers and so many times they suggest  things that seemed to be what they liked rather than what we liked.  Ms. Grigsby was always right on point with our tastes, and was able to keep us ON BUDGET while providing a finished product that looks like us.   We would recommend Adesso design and Ms. Grigsby  to anyone looking for help in bring about a beautiful design in a new home or in bring an existing home a feeling of new excitement.  We look forward to her help in providing the finishing touches as time goes on.
We left out cost since the project is not complete, buy our experience as compared with other designers is the Adesso design is very reasonable.

As a former architectural designer and home builder in coastal Georgia and Atlanta, I hired Mary Jane Grigsby of Adesso Interior Design to assist us in preparing our newly purchased home in North Carolina.  She has been dead on target with great design and pricing.  What more could we ask for.

Everything went well although there are still two pieces of furniture we are waiting on.  I feel that I made a friend with Mary Jane.  I will continue to call her for help in the future.