Interior Design for Renovations & Remodels

A renovation is your chance to fall back in love with the house you already have. The layout, finishes, and all the little details can be reworked around how you actually live now.

We help you walk through your wishlist with a designer’s eye for flow, function, and proportion, so the new blends with the old and nothing feels bolted on. From the existing floor plan to the last finishing touch, it’s your opportunity to turn the house you have into the home you want.

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Our Process

Designed Around the Home You Already Have

ID.ology Interiors + Design is an award-winning, full-service interior design firm, and our home remodeling and renovation services go beyond surface updates.

Since 2012, our team has guided homeowners through renovations from single rooms to whole homes, blending style, function, and comfort so your space works beautifully for the way you live. Every step in the process comes with clear communication and thoughtful planning.

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Renovation Projects We Design

Kitchen Remodel

From a kitchen refresh to a full remodel, we help you modernize dated designs, improve layout and flow, design cabinetry that works for you, and create a place for everything from mixing bowls to small appliances.

Bathroom Remodel

For primary bathrooms and guest baths, we design spaces that are easier to use and to keep tidy, with better layouts, double sinks, and smart storage for towels, toiletries, toothbrushes, and everything else you want off the counter.

Whole-Home Renovations

For whole-home renovations, we look at how every room works together, improving layouts, flow, storage, finishes, and furnishings while finding opportunities to add extra bedrooms, offices, mudrooms, or other spaces your home may be missing.

Renovation or Remodel: What's the Difference?

A renovation refreshes what already exists. New finishes, fixtures, cabinetry, and surfaces bring a space up to date without changing its footprint. A remodel goes further and changes the structure itself, moving walls, reworking layouts, or giving a room an entirely new purpose.

Most home renovation projects blend the two. Whether your home needs a considered refresh or a reimagined floor plan, the design thinking comes first, and the difference in cost, timeline, and permitting becomes clear before any work begins.

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OUR PROCESS

Full-Service Interior Design for Your Renovation

From the first walkthrough to the final furnishings, our team brings the many decisions involved in renovating a home together, combining architectural insight with interior expertise.

1. Discovery + Planning

We begin by understanding your goals, how you live in your home today, and how you want to live in it going forward. We consider your priorities, budget, timeline, and the realities of the existing structure.

From there, we develop the space plan and revised floor plans. Drawings, elevations, modeling, and 3D visualization bring the design to life, so you can see what your renovated home will look like before demolition begins.

2. Design + Selections

Once the layout is established, we get to work designing your space room by room. Kitchens, bathrooms, custom cabinetry, closets, lighting, flooring, tile, countertops, plumbing fixtures, hardware, colours, and finishes are selected together so the renovated areas feel connected to the rest of your home.

3. Construction + Completion

We collaborate with your contractor to answer design questions, clarify details, and help carry the design through construction. When furnishings are part of the project, we add in the final layer that makes the house feel like home again, selecting furniture, lighting, rugs, textiles, art, and accessories that fit the space and complement the overall design.

One Design Vision, From Existing Space to Finished Home

We coordinate every detail so the renovation process feels seamless. Your space plan, selections, cabinetry, and furnishings are considered together from the beginning, and we work alongside your contractor and trades from concept through to completion.

One coordinated team. One point of accountability. You get a finished home that carries the original design vision all the way through.

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The People + Principles Behind Your Home

Laura K. Sullivan

Owner / Principal Interior Designer

Melissa Moore

Design Assistant

Kirsten Redmond

Lead Interior Designer II

Doug Sharkey

Cabinetry Designer

Alissa Wyckoff

Design Assistant

Rachel Montgomery

Architectural Designer

Ashley Elcan

Cabinetry Designer

Your Design Team

You’ll be paired with a collaborative team of interior, architectural, and cabinetry designers who work alongside your contractor.

Our Design Standards

A renovation is your chance to make the home you have healthier than the day it was built. Our healthy-home principles guide every choice about what comes out and what goes in.

Biophilic Design

Indoor Air Quality

Aging-in-Place

Renovations are the moment to reconnect a home with the outdoors. Through biophilic design, bringing elements of nature into the home, we may enlarge windows, add glass doors, open sightlines to the landscape, and introduce natural materials like stone and wood to change how the space feels.

Choosing low-VOC finishes, healthier cabinetry, and responsibly sourced materials as older ones come out means your home’s air quality improves with its style. We help you weigh every option so each replacement is an informed decision.

The whole point of a renovation is staying in the home you love, and Aging-in-Place design makes sure you can. Certified Aging-in-Place principles guide updates that make your home safer, more accessible, and easier to navigate for years to come.

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Ready to transform your home? Book a call with ID.ology to talk through your renovation, your priorities, and what’s possible.

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Furnished for Your Wellbeing

The materials, finishes, and furnishings a renovation brings into your home influence more than how it looks. They shape its comfort, its air, and the way it feels to live in every day after the dust settles.

That’s why wellness guides every phase of our work, including the final layer of your home. Through our furnishings partner, Atelier Maison & Co., we source luxury pieces selected for beauty, comfort, quality, and your wellbeing.

Stories From the Clients We’ve Designed For

Feedback from Mark Achtemeier about Laura K. Sullivan

We had a great experience working with Laura and her team at IDology. We were doing extensive renovations on a house from 800 miles away, which meant we couldn’t be quite as hands on with the project as we would be with one done locally. The IDology team was flexible and wonderful in accommodating our special situation and working in tandem with our contractor. Their communication was excellent, their ideas and suggestions were fabulous, and we couldn’t be more happy with the results. Highly recommended!

Feedback from Christine Dowd about Laura K. Sullivan

“This house is absolutely amazing. It is everything I ever wanted in a home.”
“Everything is done to perfection. Everything from the door moldings to the painting to the flooring.”

Feedback from H. Wells about Laura K. Sullivan and ID.ology

“ID.ology has been great at meeting our needs and staying on the budget. We appreciate that. It makes it easier for us to splurge on some things, when we know others will be good choices at budget. Can’t tell you how pleased we are about the closets and mud room. Also with cabinets. This allowed us to spurge on kitchen appliances which will be so worth it for us!”

Feedback from D. Whalen about Laura K. Sullivan and ID.ology

“Thank you for your time and design guidance today. I always feel that I’m in good hands with all of you at ID.ology. I had fun at Cisco and you’ve exceeded my already high expectations.”

Feedback about cooperation with Laura K. Sullivan

“I know I tell you this but I just need to say again how incredibly BLESSED we feel to have you all on our team. You really DO make this process a true pleasure. We count you all as friends, very dear, and so much appreciate the dedication, efficiency, humor, and warmth that you bring to us.

Thank you!”

Feedback about cooperation with Ms. Laura K. Sullivan

David Borr so excited ✨ to work with with Ms. Laura K. Sullivan and ID.ology ✅ Laura and her team were in control project ⭐ and be in touch

Feedback from Willow Creek Homes about Laura K. Sullivan

I am a custom home builder located in Western NC and contacted Laura to work with several of our custom home clients to assist them with their selections. Laura and her team have exceeded my expectations and have provided a high level of service to my clients. This has streamlined the process for me and my customers. I will continue to use ID.ology on all of my customer home projects.

Feedback from Val H. about Laura K. Sullivan and ID.ology

Val H. ✨ to work with Ms. Laura K. Sullivan ✅ Laura and her team helped make the tough process feel smooth ⭐ manageable and truly appreciated

Feedback from Paula Bruder about Laura K. Sullivan

Laura Kirkpatrick who helped with the design process, so much fun to work with. And actually to the point where I am going to be calling her again for just some design things that are going on in other parts of the house.

Feedback from Dr. and Mrs. Levine about Laura K. Sullivan

Laura is very focused and organized and she and her staff made it all happen. The house speaks for itself, it’s really, really beautiful.

Award-Winning Interior Design for Renovations

Our work has been recognized by the Best in American Living Awards, NCHBA STARS Awards, ASID, Best of Houzz, and other industry organizations.

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Renovation & Remodel Design Across the Carolinas + Tennessee

From our Asheville studio, ID.ology provides remodel and renovation design services throughout Western North Carolina, the Charlotte area, Upstate South Carolina, and East Tennessee, with virtual nationwide design services available for select projects.

North Carolina

Asheville
Cashiers & Highlands
Charlotte
Lake Norman

Upstate South Carolina

Greenville

East Tennessee

Johnson City
Bristol
Kingsport
Knoxville

Our renovation work also takes us into many of Western North Carolina’s sought-after mountain communities, including Banner Elk, Blowing Rock, The Cliffs communities.

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