Ellen McKenna Design

50 Reviews

Interior Designers & Interior Decorators

Responds Quickly

Write a Review

About Us

17x Best of Houzz winner

Weekend consultations

References available

Washington County Interior Design
13x Best of Houzz Winner

As an architectural and interior designer, Ellen McKenna brings a unique perspective and aesthetic to each project. Whether you are building a new house or updating your existing home, her understanding of space and functionality and her artist’s eye for materials, color and style will result in a design tailored to your needs. Ellen has 18 years of experience with interiors, exteriors and all design styles. She is intelligent, caring and a good listener, who provides many options, within all price ranges. Her superb interpersonal skills make each project enjoyable for all involved. Ellen provides a seamless process from concept to completion and delivers an outstanding result within budget and on time. Ellen McKenna holds a BFA degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and completed the Harvard University intensive summer program in architecture. She studied architecture and interior design at the Boston Architectural College and won the President’s Award for the Best Portfolio. Additionally, Ellen has taken classes in interior design at RISD and interior design and lighting design at UC Berkley. She has been the owner of Ellen McKenna Design for 9 years. Prior to this, she worked for 10 years at architectural firms in Boston, San Francisco, and Jamestown, RI. Her projects have been in New England, Georgia, Utah and California. Feel free to reach out to us, we would love to hear from you.

Services Provided

Attic Conversion, Basement Design, Bathroom Design, Bedroom Design, Closet Design, Custom Built-ins, Custom Cabinets, Custom Entertainment Centers, Custom Fireplace Mantels, Custom Home Bars, Custom Kitchen Cabinets, Custom Murphy Beds, Custom Pantries, Custom Shelving, Custom Walk-in Closets, Dining Room Design, Drafting, Floor Plans, Furniture Selection, Historic Building Conservation, Home Theater Design, House Plans, Interior Design, Kids Bedroom Design, Kitchen Design, Laundry Room Design, Living Room Design, Mudroom Design, Nursery Design, Playroom Design, Project Management, Space Planning, Universal Design, Wine Cellar Design, Architectural Design, Basement Remodeling, Building Design, Custom Homes, Deck Design, Home Additions, Home Extensions, Home Remodeling, Kitchen Remodeling, Multigenerational Homes, New Home Construction, Pool House Design & Construction, Staircase Design, Remodeling, Interior design

Areas Served

Apple Valley, Rockville, Springdale, Virgin, St George, Cedar City, Hurricane, Toquerville, Kayenta, Entrada, Santa Clara

17 Projects

Business Details

Business Name

Ellen McKenna Design

Phone Number

+1 401-440-7066

Website

ellenmckennadesign.com

Address

261 Valley View Drive
Southern Utah, UT 84767

Typical Job Cost

USD 10,000 - USD 10,00,000

Cost can vary from 1 room projects to high end, complete home designs.

Followers

290 Followers

Socials

Back to Navigation

Credentials

Back to Navigation

Write a Review

50 Reviews for Ellen McKenna Design

Newest first

5.0|50 reviews

Work Quality

5.0

Communication

5.0

Value

5.0

Logan Hebner

She's got the eye! She walked into our barely framed building, the Commons for our arts and humanities residency, and saw everything, the Great Room, kitchen, bathrooms, guest room, my office. Then she hunted down the best deals possible and saved me thousands on everything from rugs to armoires to stoves and refrigerators. The place looks fantastic. We look forward to working with her in our residency units. I couldn't be more pleased. Thank you Ellen. Gratefully, Logan Hebner, Executive Director, Zion Canyon Mesa

4 January 2024

spotty1967

Easy to work with, in fact I think she can read minds! From Designing whole rooms to tile choices, paint and furniture she is always spot on!. Excellent on every level! Very professional, detailed, and responsive! Highly recommend Ellen McKenna . I trust her with any project I have now and in the future! A++,

6 December 2023

HU-413989538

Wow! Were we fortunate enough to have met Ellen! We wanted to modernize our new home in southern Utah and Ellen has been an absolute gem! From the first time we met her, we were impressed by her promptness, communication, design expertise, and overall friendliness. She has helped us design a new bathroom that we are constructing and is working on remodeling our master bathroom as well. Ellen has been crucial in picking the right colors for us to paint our entire home. She worked with our specialist in picking the proper stain color to re-do our hardwood floors. She has helped up select the exact carpet for our needs. Ellen is an expert at finding just the right furnishings and ensuring they arrive on time. She is also starting a plan to redesign our kitchen. Ellen is so very good at making sure everything in our home flows smoothly and looks like a million bucks! However, she also is price conscious, and helps us keep everything within budget. Did I mention how friendly and easy she is to work with? You will be very grateful if you include Ellen in designing virtually any project for your home!

6 December 2023

Lucille Glassman

Ellen helped me with two different houses, in two different states, two very different styles. She was amazing both times. She has great attention to detail, works incredibly hard, and listens well. I have many stories about how she managed flawed deliveries, erratic contractors and quirky clients. But mostly, you will wonder why you ever tried to work on a house without her help. She is great.

17 November 2023

Rebecca Grant

Ellen is an artist in every sense. She has a wealth of design knowledge and experience and an eye for detail that I didn’t know was possible. We worked with Ellen throughout our new-build process and furnishing our forever home. On a custom build she was crucial to our entire process and was able to catch and correct so many structural details - big and small - to save us headaches down the road and make the home look polished. I love talking to Ellen and enjoyed all of our meetings. Ellen knows how to draw out your vision and preferences even if you don’t know what you want. She has designed many stunning homes in the popular neutral tones, but bold colors were important to me. Ellen can do anything - she enthusiastically embraced my color pallet to coordinate and perfect every room. She was also great at nixing and redirecting any of my ideas that got too wild, which I really appreciated. Ellen was fair in her pricing, responsive, and just over all delightful. I can’t recommend her highly enough. I feel lucky that we found her. Stop your hunt and hire her!

10 November 2022

Sydney Wilson

Ellen is personable, talented, helpful and reasonably priced. We are so glad we chose her to help build our house..we truly would’ve been lost without her! From helping tweak our layout to picking lighting fixtures and furniture with us, she nailed it all! Thank you Ellen!

26 October 2022

Sammi De_la_Vega

Ellen is amazing!! Our project was a new build for a second home/vacation rental. She took was was a lovely design and made it stunning! It is such a light and comfortable space to be in and is always met with ohhs and ahhs. Ellen is fantastic to work with. She kept our budget in mind, worked hard to aquire great pieces, and made this such an incredible experience. I highly recommend Ellen McKenna to anyone!

22 February 2022

Kyla Topham

Ellen is the best! We have been working with Ellen for at least a year now. Our project is fairly large with new construction, an addition, and remodel. She has been able to help us with every stage of the process. She has a great eye for style, design, and function. Ellen has taken our ideas and morphed them into actual plans. She has been great about listening to our ideas and tweaking them to work for our project. she is so easy to work with; she is quick to respond to messages; and she is always on time. I would highly recommend Ellen for a project big or small.

16 December 2021

Shauna Horne

Ellen has been a DREAM to work with! She is creative, responsive, and takes initiative to get things just right as well as responsibility to get vendor mistakes corrected. She has an incredible eye for design and makes the process of "picking everything out" so easy for the client! Every time we meet, I can hardly wait to see what she's come up with. She brings to the table her own flair while understanding the client's taste and preferences in design. She understands the big picture and can envision a room before it even has walls. My only regret is that I didn't find her until after the architecture phase of designing our building was complete. We were able to make some positive changes at her suggestion but it would have been nice to have had her eye on the design of the building from the beginning. Highly recommended! I can't wait to work with her on our next project!

16 December 2020

Ginger Grimes

Ellen is FABULOUS to work with! Always, Checking in with myself, the property owner and the contractor. Available for Quick little meetings. lucky she lives in the neighborhood. Defiantly a superb problem solver, we did stumble upon a few with our basement remodel. She took the vision of the Airbnb, and ran with it! She will be designing the next stages, so there will be cohesive flow. You CAN NOT go wrong, with Ellen. ~Ginger

2 December 2020

Allison Isom

Ellen has been a wonderful person to work with. she has an excellent background in design, and a pleasing way of putting everything together. She took into account our preferences, needs, and budget as she worked with us to create comfortable and pleasing living areas. Take a look at her portfolio. I would recommend her to you.

15 November 2019

Cori Lusk

Ellen is an amazing design expert. She has an incredible eye and is also adept at measuring and coming up with the right dimensions to furnish various spaces. We bought a new home and she has transformed empty rooms by adding color, unique and functional furniture as well as art work. Ellen is incredible resourceful and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed working with Ellen and highly recommend her.

11 November 2019

Back to Navigation

102 Ideabooks

Back to Navigation

69 Comments

Commented: what color are the cupboards?The cabinets are Sherwin Williams Moody Blue.

29 October 2023

Commented: dog bench or sculptureThe bench is from 2Modern, called the Attackle Bench.

29 October 2023

Commented: what is the wood species on the cabinets are they grain matched thThe cabinets are natural cherry, I don't think they are grain matched.

26 March 2023

Commented: I love the rug! Where is it from?This handmade rug was designed by artist Rex Ray. It is one of a collection available through Samad, you can look at them on their website. They are all gorgeous. If you need assistance purchasing one...

7 June 2021

Commented: what are the dimensions on the island?This island is 4'0" X 8'0".

9 January 2021

Commented: Backsplash tileThis tile is from California Art Tile Company, color is Carrera Gray.

5 August 2018

Ellen McKenna Design