e engaged Tari Ensign to design a home addition on our property in Colorado. The main goal was to have an aging in place apartment for our parents and to also repurpose some areas of the existing house for better functionality. Tari took ample time to understand our style, needs, and objectives and provided multiple ideas and drafts for our consideration. She clearly explained the concepts, helped us virtually see the options, and shared recommendations in order for us to make decisions. Tari has great vision which resulted in an optimal design for our home.

We conducted a search for a general contractor/builder and Tari’s proposal was our top choice our of four. Again, we had an excellent experience in working with Tari as the designer and knew she would bring the same energy to the full build project. She worked with us through the contracting and budgeting process and was the most flexile in coming to terms that were mutually beneficial. We did not have to finance the project and self-funded the work.

Tari selected sub-contractors from her network for each trade based on a combination of her experience and our preferences. She did a good job managing the multi-party communication between all 4 of us clients and the many subcontractors involved. The few issues that arose as expected were promptly addressed and handled with grace and professionalism. Tari always had our best interests in mind when decisions were made, and quality wasn’t compromised at any point.

The project was completed and at the 12-month-post-build mark, Tari walked through the necessary maintenance items with us. The “punch list” was short and only included minor items to address.

Tari was attentive and went above and beyond in the amount of time spent on our project to ensure success and complete satisfaction. We have received many compliments from neighbors, family and friends regarding the quality of craftsmanship and recognition that the addition looks like it has always been part of the original house because of the design and build details. This achievement is purely due to Tari’s involvement from the beginning of the design through the build. We appreciate the relationship developed with Tari and will work with her again if we have the opportunity to build in the future!

– Kelli, Michael, Mary & Don

e selected Tari Ensign to design our home over other designers as she listened to what we wanted and needed, and then folded that into a fabulous custom home.  Other designers seemed to have a ‘We’ll take it from here and you will like it’ attitude that did not work well with us.  We had already looked at literally thousands of floor plans and exteriors and had a good idea of what we wanted.

Tari kept us on track and was always quick to provide her comments when we went ‘over the top’ on our desires compared to our budget.  She was flexible and creative, and her design was so complete that it sailed through the Regional Building Department and passed with no comments.  She has a great sense of style and function and is very detail oriented.  We built our home in a forest setting and Tari captured the appropriate Craftsman Style home for this setting.  We love our home and we are complemented by everyone that sees this home.

– Judy & John

y wife and I bought a new home in Lakewood in 2015. We loved nearly everything about the house, but the basement was not built out. We wanted to make finishing the basement a priority, but we only had some very rough ideas of what we wanted or could afford.

We turned to Tari Ensign for some suggestions and references. Tari came to the house, asked us lots of very apropos questions, examined the basement and took a few measurements. She promised to get back to us in a few days. Tari, at her word, returned to meet with us with a complete draft design for finishing the basement and at a very manageable cost. Her ideas matched beautifully with ours, but she had gone beyond our vague thoughts and created a downstairs that would be a completion of our home.

Once we gave her the go-ahead, Tari took on the design process with a mixture of her creativity, sensitivity, warmth and sense of humor. We love what Tari did for us, and we will be in touch with her when we have neighbors and friends who need Tari’s skills and imagination to complete and enhance their homes.

Tari Ensign really listens to you and has ideas and suggestions that make creating life places so amazing. Highly recommend her!

PS: She knows wine too!!!!!

– Vicky & Bill