Jill Cordner Interior Design

Jill stepped in to help me with my tee-​tiny 400 sq foot apartment, which has a lot of logistical challenges. Furniture needed to fit together just right, and available storage was very limited. I also wanted to refresh my interior style and replace all my IKEA pieces with better-​made ones, but was also working on a budget. After getting a total brain cramp from trying to figure it out on my own, I reached out to Jill after reading her great Unilocal reviews.
Jill’s thoughtful design of my limited space (literally, down to the inch) allowed me to fit in all the seating and storage space I need and still keep the space airy and open. Her knowledge of the best stores, manufacturers and styles for my vision and budget ended up saving me a lot of money and headaches in the long run. We’ve had a lot of fun working together with Pinterest boards, sharing ideas and looking at colors. Not only has Jill helped with this project enormously, but she taught me so much about decorating and design in the process. And her price is certainly fair for a professional service.
I’ve been recommending Jill to every friend who moves in to a new place. If you’re considering getting help with your home, definitely call her for a consultation!

Jill is wonderful! She is so incredibly talented and such a pleasure to work with. She turned my totally empty condo into such an awesome space – I love coming home to it every day. She helped with everything – deliveries, picking out paint and wallpaper, plants, furniture, rugs, lamps, art, etc. She worked with me on my budget and very quickly learned my style. I can’t recommend Jill enough!

Thanks to Jill, we are thrilled with the outcome of our bathroom projects. Jill was always responsive and was fully engaged, working most effectively with the construction team, StonePeak Remodeling. Patience, timeliness and simply joy to work with are just a few of the words to describe our experience.

Jill helped us with the hardest thing in the world: picking out paint colors. She was able to come on quick notice and within half an hour had selected the perfect color for our exterior (one that I would never have thought of). She also picked a full complement of colors for our interior which all look gorgeous. I would highly recommend her for a color consult. She listens to the needs, hopes, dreams of the client and balances them with her own strong opinions about design and color.

Jill helped us with the design and furniture layout for our living room. She is easy to work with, responsive and creative. She kept our budget top of mind, and incorporated some of our existing pieces into the design. We’re definitely calling Jill for our next design project!

We did not have a good experience with Jill.
Reading over the previously posted reviews, I’m surprised to see adjectives like «fast» and «responsive.» This does not describe how Jill handled our project — among other issues.
We contacted Jill about redoing a room in our house in early June, and were impressed with the creative direction she put forth at the beginning of the project. It unfortunately went downhill from there. Jill was consistently late to appointments, even showing up hungover (which she admitted) to one of them, and was often unresponsive over email for days. Not great when you’re trying to make some quick decisions about furniture pieces. And certainly not professional.
The last straw came after she recommended a painter (her husband) to us. He did a terrible job — we’ll literally have to repaint it all. We question why she would have recommended him to clients.
We ultimately had to let Jill go and will finish the project ourselves. Very frustrating considering we’ve been working on the project for three months (not something I’d call «fast» by any means), and it’s still unfinished.

If you’re looking for a talented, organized, down-​to-​earth, nice and all-​around terrific designer, look no further.
Jill helped us with a few small projects in our home a few years ago. She immediately understood our style and was able to come up with great options, while remaining completely sensitive to our budget.
This past spring we moved to a new place when I was 8 months pregnant. I wanted to make the house into a home, fast, and there was a lot of work to be done. So we called Jill.
In short, Jill was amazing. She designed, organized and project-​managed absolutely everything. She was fast, organized, and responsive. And when our little boy arrived last month, we brought him home to a place that felt warm, comfortable, and totally ours. Could not be happier with her work!

I have a commuter apartment that was filled with rental furniture and I could not stand it any more.
I called Jill and said, I need a complete makeover. She and her assistant came, measured and in three days she came up with several stylish options to choose from that aligned to the budget I wanted to spend.
Several weeks later, my place was transformed from boring place to sleep to a stylish place I enjoy spending time in.
Great service.

I have been working with Jill for the past three years on all sorts of projects big and small. As a General Contractor I find Jill is easy to work with. Her designs are well thought out and she is orginized in all aspects of the projects. For me the hard part of the job is figuring out the scope and Jill always has the scope and materials worked out before calling me. I have done around 15 Jobs with Jill and every one has turned out excellent.

Jill was so great to work with and did a fantastic job with our living room. We are renters, so we wanted to keep everything on the very reasonable side of costs since we may eventually move and have a different layout. Recognizing and respecting our constraints, Jill presented us with several options at different price points and was so nonjudgmental when we chose to go with the less expensive options. She suggested where we would want to spend more money (specific pieces) and also suggested where we could save (keeping same paint colors). Did I mention she presented the options with Pinterest? Super convenient and creative. We shopped a bit together, installed a bit together… the entire experience with Jill was really relaxed and fun. So I not only loved the process, I love our living room and my happiness and pride are helping me do a great job of keeping it neat!

Jill Cordner helped me with decorating 3 different types of design projects. With her help, I redecorated my living room as well as updated 2 different buildings with our vacation rental business. I would easily rehire her. Jill listened to what I wanted and helped me get exactly what I was looking for. She’s very creative and even came up with a furniture configuration for a space I’d been struggling with for years. Her color sense is wonderful and she’s as good at the details as she is with the big picture. She knows where to go to get great prices for all sorts of needs I had. We’ve now worked together for a year and she remains extremely easy to work with. She’s pleasant, conscientious, and a doer. I never felt ‘stuck’ because Jill knows how to make things happen. She even knows how to give style opinions so that I get the truth about what she thinks but never feel judged or pushed into ‘someone else’s vision’. She’s a great collaborator and loves to brainstorm. I feel lucky I found her through Unilocal last year.

I’m finishing my second project with her and couldn’t be more delighted.
I found Jill via Unilocal a couple years ago. I had a deplorable bathroom in a Victorian I’d bought in Noe. I’d never worked with a designer before, and had no idea how the process worked. I also had no idea what I wanted the new bathroom to look like. She was very patient as we rolled through magazines to determine what I liked and did not. After an initial meeting she very quickly developed a couple plan options and presented finishes. She made it all so easy. During the actual work (which protracted, as those things do) she did a tremendous job pushing the contractor for me. The end result was exactly the bathroom I never knew I wanted. What I enjoyed most in that process was how Jill would guide me, but in the end, make certain that the design and finishes were what I wanted… and not necessarily what is popular or in vogue. I came out of the experience with a much greater understanding of my own tastes in finishes.
I sold that house a few months later and moved into a modern highrise in South Beach which, with Jill’s assistance, I’ve completely refurnished. For this job Jill introduced me to Pinterest. It is a godsend for this sort of work. Rather than describe, I’ll give you a link to the Kitchen/​Living Room board we used for selecting finishes:
. The ability to correspond in this manner allowed us to quickly and efficiently discuss a myriad of furniture and finishes. I’m coming out of boxes now and can say that it is easily the finest and most thought out house I’ve ever lived in.
Apologies for going on and on. In short, Jill is creative, has a great eye, makes herself super available, knows how to run contractors and furniture vendors, and is not afraid to roll up her seleves and help you assemble a book shelf or roll out a rug. After the two jobs she has a good understanding of my taste, and rarely misses with her finish suggestions. I wouldn’t dream of doing an interiors project without her.

We really lucked out in finding Jill when we moved to the city a few months ago. We arrived with basically nothing and had no idea what to do with our new apartment. For weeks we lived on an air mattress and plastic folding chairs, then one day we found Jill’s awesome website and gave her a call. She came over, saw our sad state of affairs and got to work immediately. From the beginning, Jill really got what we liked and didn’t like, helped us organize and clarify our sometimes vague and scattered ideas, and was very accurate in estimating our costs and timeline. She was hands-​on and responsive, and she took a lot of pressure off us by arranging painters, handymen and furniture orders.
Jill is so great at what she does. In a short period of time, she transformed our ho-​hum empty apartment into an awesome space that’s totally comfortable yet always ready for a fancy party. We love having people over now! Thanks, Jill!

Interior design can be tricky — no matter how much you think you’re on the same page with someone about aesthetic choices, ambiguous terms sneak in to describe an overall style that may differ from what you originally thought. This can be really great if you trust and enjoy the choices made by your designer, but could also go really sour if you were expecting something totally different than what you got.
What I enjoyed most about Jill throughout the whole process was her willingness to make sure we wanted the same thing. She helped me design my bedroom by picking out a color palette, how to apply the palette across the room, textiles, and some major layout choices. She did a good job identifying a stylistic choice she thought would be good for the room, and then negotiating with me about specific application or addressing any concerns I had. Once I felt like she knew what I wanted, then she could use that as a starting point for describing why each choice would meet our collective aesthetic desires. Eventually, I realized that she knows more about the overall impact of these choices.
And now, I love being in my bedroom, thanks to Jill!

Ok, so my husband and I moved into a new town home in Emeryville because we were preparing to have our first child. We had more space than ever before so my husband decided that the downstairs room would be his man room. His man room had many requirements; it needed to have space for his computer and DJ equipment, as well as a place for his drafting table, and a hangout area with a couch. Keep in mind that the room is not very large, probably 15×20 feet or so, yet Jill managed to design the space to fit all of my husbands demands. She was innovative in how she used the space and also offered many suggestions about what furniture would be most functional as well as aesthetically pleasing.
I was completely impressed by her design sense, her professionalism, attention to detail, and her follow through. I would absolutely use Jill again for any of my interior decorating needs.

When I started to rent my current home in the mission, it had green carpet that looked like a swamp puke cold and unflattering bathroom design, a garbage heap of a back yard and white paint on every wall. Apparently it was co-​op before I took the lease over. This place was my dream home as far as location, size and price. I was disappointed that even though I got everything I wanted, the place was so horrible looking, it really wasn’t comfortable for my guests.
I know many people in my position, thinking a home redesign is most affordable when done alone. Lucky for me, I was convinced otherwise. Jill navigated the dark hallways of the post Ikea landscape of modern design and found things for my home I couldn’t have imagine existed before laying eyes on them. She found many affordable solutions that still to this day draw compliments. Her color schemes are impeccable and her manner is pleasant. I like the fact that she finds what works for a home and doesn’t just follow brand fads or catalog suggestions. My home is a better place because of Jill.