The Decorating Therapist

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32 years in business

Howard County's Luxury Interior Designer
4X Best of Houzz Winner!

Our passion, knowledge and enthusiasm are combined to create luxurious home environments that nurture and support our clients. We are honored by being voted with Honorable Mention as Howard County's Best Interior Designer every year since 2015 by Howard Magazine, and Best of Houzz for Design and Service since 2015. Our goal is to make your heart sing every time you walk into your home! Celebrating 32 years of design experience and project management we offer versatility to discerning homeowners with tiers of comprehensive interior design services and products. Unsure about what type of services would be perfect for you? Try one of our design packages, or contact us at Carol@TheDecoratingTherapist.com for details on how we can work together.

Services Provided

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), Basement Design, Bathroom Design, Bedroom Design, Design Consultation, Dining Room Design, Downsizing, Entry Design, Floor Plans, Handicap-Accessible Design, Home Theater Design, Interior Design, Kids Bedroom Design, Kitchen Design, Laundry Room Design, Lighting Design, Living Room Design, Mudroom Design, Nursery Design, Outdoor Kitchen Design, Playroom Design, Project Management, Space Planning, Sustainable Design, Universal Design, Wine Cellar Design, Home Office Design, Kitchen Remodeling, Custom Drapery, Lighting Plans, Color consultations, Bathroom Remodeling

Areas Served

Ashton-Sandy Spring, Baltimore, Burtonsville, Catonsville, Clarksville, Columbia, Cooksville, Dayton, Elkridge, Ellicott City, Gambrills, Glenwood, Highland, Ilchester, Laurel, Millersville, North Laurel, Savage, Severn, Simpsonville, Spencerville, West Elkridge, West Friendship, West Laurel, Woodstock, Ashton, Fulton, Marriottsville, Annapolis, Riviera Beach, Sykesville

Awards

Best of Houzz for Service and Design; Nominated for Best Interior Designer in Howard County 2023 by Howard Magazine

28 Projects

Photo of a mid-sized contemporary master bathroom in Baltimore with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, a freestanding tub, a corner shower, a bidet, white tile, porcelain tile, beige walls, porcelain floors, an undermount sink, engineered quartz benchtops, white floor, a hinged shower door, white benchtops, a niche, a single vanity, a floating vanity and vaulted.

All White Primary Bath Remodel

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional master bedroom in Baltimore with beige walls, medium hardwood floors and no fireplace.

Business Details

Business Name

The Decorating Therapist

Phone Number

+1 410-216-5553

Website

TheDecoratingTherapist.com

Address

8775 Centre Park Drive Suite 610
Columbia, MD 21045

Typical Job Cost

$50,000 - 2 million

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22 Reviews for The Decorating Therapist

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Barbara Sanchez

They are so amazing! The designs were just gorgeous! I was looking for something that was more than "okay". I wanted beautiful, and they delivered.

March 5, 2024

Cossentino & Sons Remodeling & Design Inc.

The Decorating Therapist is the real deal! Put your mind at ease and let Carol take on your decorating dilemmas. Not only has Carol designed and decorated two houses for us personally, she also takes on many of our clients who have nothing but rave reviews for her abilities.. Carol understands building and remodeling and has extensive design experience in the industry. Hiring Carol for your project will be the best thing you have done for yourself in a long time!

January 21, 2019

Kathi Beerbohm

Carol is a listener. In hearing that we were most inclined toward earth tones, she transformed our master bedroom into a luxurious as well as natural enhanced space that met both our highest expectations and our budget. She is practical, fun-loving and keeps her word. She was always just a phone call or text away if we had any questions. We continue to look forward to escaping at the end of each day to our beautifully designed haven!

December 27, 2018

Comment from The Decorating Therapist:

It was such a pleasure working with you both to create the new design for your master bedroom and to incorporate your love of organic details with beautiful, elegant finishes.

Boulmetis

Carol and I had great fun selecting colors for the makeover of my living room, dining room, kitchen, and master bed and bath. I would definitely recommend her for her expert advice on what would work best for you.

December 22, 2018

Comment from The Decorating Therapist:

Thank you! It was wonderful helping you select colors that you enjoy!

Gayle Miller

We bought this empty shell of a house. Carol helped us make it a home. She made suggestions based on our style of living, but never pushed. We did all the decision making, and we cheered together as the home took shape. She is creative ans sent us to places we had never heard before; all of it was not even new! We continue to use her on an ongoing basis. She is thoughtful, very professional and understands how to work with people. We love her! We highly rrecommend her to anyone looking to decorate a small area or entire house.

December 21, 2018

jbusacct

Furniture, paint colors, window treatment selection and advisement. Lighting advisement, bathroom design, furniture layout in family room and dining room. Carol stuck to our budget, time schedule, and was very open minded to my ideas and questions. She was a pleasure to work with, informed, connected, and well prepared each meeting. I HIGHLY recommend her.

December 21, 2018

Comment from The Decorating Therapist:

It was fun to use some of your treasured items as a launching point to create a whole new look and feel for your home! Thank you!

Joan Marshall

Carol was wonderful to work with! I had never hired a designer before and was afraid that I would get someone else's vision of what our space should look like rather than my own. She dispelled all of my fears. She LISTENED carefully to my husband and me. She thoroughly included both of our preferences in her work - and our preferences often differed. Her recommendations and designs gave us exactly what we would have wanted had we been able to design it for ourselves. I'm very grateful to Carol and look forward to working with her on future projects.

December 19, 2018

Comment from The Decorating Therapist:

Thank you so much! I look forward to working with you and Terry again soon!

Day or Night Home and Hearth Services

Carol has great attention to detail while staying within budget to achieve her client's overall vision for their fireplace wall. I have seen on many projects where the fireplace wall is tied into other remodeling projects for a seamless beautiful design of the entire home.

February 10, 2018Last modified:February 10, 2018

Comment from The Decorating Therapist:

Thank you! I could not have achieved such beautiful results without the great products and excellent installers from Day or Night Home & Hearth!

Bobbi Mace

Carol was instrumental in helping us with the complete renovation of our master bathroom. After consulting with us to fully understand our goals, she started by creating several different floorplans for us to review. She assisted us with selection of tile, a new tub as well as provided excellent recommendations for fixtures, lighting, shower glass, mirrors etc... She was available to answer questions no matter how silly they may have been. She met with our contractors to be sure that everyone was on the same page with the project. She frequently stopped by to make sure that the project was on track. She worked within our budget and through her vast contacts, was able to find a remnant piece of quartz that was the PERFECT color that we needed for our countertops. We have worked with Carol for almost 15 years in our current and previous homes and consider her a friend as well as our professional decorator!

October 28, 2017

Janet

Carol helped us ascertain our preferences for décor and then presented many choices for items that would best fit our home and our style. She has easy to work with, very reliable, and went above and beyond what she "needed" to do for us. We spruced up five rooms with paint, lighting, drapes, artwork and some new pieces of furniture. I highly recommend Carol -- she made decorating easy and fun.

June 14, 2017

Comment from The Decorating Therapist:

I am delighted to help you with the decisions that have transformed those rooms in your home, and look forward to working with again!

lisa766

My husband and I worked with Carol Weill, The Decorating Therapist, over the course of about 6-8 months. During that time, we gutted our kitchen, bathroom, entryway, living room and dining room on the first floor, and re-carpeted the stairs and sun room. Carol has an outstanding aptitude for colors and proportion, and a real gift for mixing patterns harmoniously. She worked within our budget, and explained carefully when it was worthwhile to make an exception to get the result we wanted. She made a real effort to work with our contractors and help them to do their job well. I especially enjoyed working with her to choose paint colors and finishes, and to hang artwork. She took a very diverse art collection, and by choosing the right frames and mats and hanging them carefully, made all the items look as if they belonged together. She took the time to explain how she did it, so I learned from her as well. Carol was always cheerful, energetic and professional. I enjoyed my time with her and found her to be a great resource.

November 12, 2015

Comment from The Decorating Therapist:

It was such a pleasure to work with you to create a home that incorporates all of your treasures from your travels and life abroad.

mcmegamom

We hired Carol Weil to help us downsize from our large, historic family home of 20 years to our town home which is 1/3 the size. We agreed to transition slowly and work on one area at a time. The job is complicated since we had just placed our home for sale and couldn't remove our furniture to our new residence to see how it works. In the midst of this, our real estate agents brought in a "stager" to "update" our decor and I was an absolute wreck with her suggestions and cost estimates. Carol, wearing her "therapist hat" bravely stepped in to support me and in 2 hours we had a workable and surprisingly affordable plan to stage my entire residence which I loved. Even better, my real estate agents asked me for Carol's number as they were very pleased with the quality and timeliness of her work. Relocating and/or decorating can be extremely stressful and Carol's always-positive-and-soothing personality is even more important to me than her wonderful talent and eye for getting it right the first time.

November 11, 2015

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Commented: Paint colorThe wall paint is from Benjamin Moore, 2062-40 Blue Daisy.

February 27, 2019

Commented: can you tell me the size of the dinning room table? Thank you so much!The magnificent round table pictured here starts at 66" and expands out to 78" with unique pie-shaped leaves that are built into the table.

October 16, 2017

Commented: Sectional help needed!An eclectic combination of furnishings with pared down simplicity... interesting, but they are sending mixed messages. Is this truly a more formal living room which is used primarily for entertaining?...

January 5, 2017 in Polls

Commented: My most updates - need help on our color sectionalsMy suggestion for clients starting from scratch is to start with the floor and work up. In this case, you need to find a rug that you love that will frame and determine the seating arrangement of the ...

May 19, 2016 in Design Dilemma

Commented: Floor lamp - Could you please tell me where it is from?This is a fantastic, adjustable reading lamp from Robert Abbey. In the Maryland /Virginia area you can purchase this through Dominion Electric.

March 19, 2016

Commented: How was the picture wall created?Thank you!

January 24, 2016

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