Customer Reviews

I worked with Laura when moving into a new home and she did a fantastic job of coordinating living room pieces, a dining room set and bar stools for the kitchen island into an open floor plan.  The color combination and style were exactly what I was wanting for a fresh look.  She has impeccable [...]

“We have been going to By Design for over 15 years and for three moves. Whenever we need some new pieces of furniture for a new home, we visit By Design and always find what we need. After our recent move to a new home, we needed a few pieces of furniture for specific areas. [...]

“Laura listens and I so appreciate her attentiveness to my special needs and wants. With all her knowledge and creative design ideas, she knows before I do what treasures that fit my home. I always have such an enjoyable experience AND find the perfect piece. Thanks Laura!”

We worked with Laura during our experience and she made it very enjoyable and stress free! She found exactly what we were looking for and that fit our space perfectly! With young kids we were worried about what furniture to get and she made sure to get something that accommodated for that as well. The [...]

“I bought a beautiful custom sectional from by Design. We love it. It is the most comfortable sofa I have ever owned and the most beautiful. The process was amazing and the owner was so helpful.I highly recommend them!”

My husband and I worked with Laura to select our furniture. As soon as we walked in, Laura greeted us. We began working with her to select the furniture for us. First, she came into our property to take measurements and talked to us about our needs, then she pre-selected from the inventory and as [...]

Laura worked with us on a small redo of our living room.  I was impressed because I am confident that I received the same level of care and attention she provided to an entire house redo.  I love my new furniture and I am excited to see the additional details Laura finds to finish off [...]

We have been so fortunate to work with Laura Beeler for over 30 years. She has helped us furnishing whole rooms and doing updates with rugs, art and accessories. She listens to our ideas and style. Laura is an amazing talent and we are always thrilled with the final look and receive many compliments.

“I had the best relationship working with the staff of By Design and specifically Interior Designer Laura Beeler. I knew from the moment I wanted to design my living room in my new home that By Design was where I would go. While growing up my mother worked with Bonita on many projects in my [...]

I really enjoyed working with Laura Beeler. She made the process of picking out a sofa and chair for my living room surprisingly easy, and enjoyable. She has a gift for listening to the person she’s working with, and quickly understanding what they like. Her design ideas are amazing, creative, and thoughtful. Because of her [...]

I have worked with Laura Beeler several times over the past 10 years in 2 different homes. She consistently gives me lots of personal attention and is great to work with. Every time I have been very happy with the work. She listens to what I like and gives me options based on that. The [...]

“Just got my new American leather reclining sofa today along with this cool funky rocker and wow, what a change to my living room. This along with a new rug that Jessica and Bonita recommended has really made a huge difference to the whole decor and mood. The mood now is warm, cozy and inviting. [...]

Laura is such a gifted person; she makes the design process fun & easy!  I have worked with her for several years on several different rooms and each time, she has brought creativity with her design choices, making each room perfect for our family. I am more than ecstatic with the outcome every time she [...]

“Great experience working with their talented designers! Highly recommend.”

My husband and I began a kitchen remodeling project that soon expanded and turned into an update of the dining and open living space as well. We know what we like when we see it, but have a tough time articulating our “style” and putting all of the pieces together. To make the update even [...]

We so enjoyed working with by Design to help us update our family room furniture. They worked hard to coordinate fabrics with a difficult existing rug. The end result is beautiful! The customer service provided by our designer Sherri and the owner Bonita was outstanding. They made sure we were extremely happy with all of [...]

What a beautiful store with so many choices. My designer, Jessica was outstanding. Her special touch on design and her customer service was top knotch!!! I will be back to buy more. Love this store!!!!

“My husband and I had a wonderful experience with By Design! We just built our dream home and wanted a local professional design team to furnish it with high quality furnishings. The staff at By Design are very friendly and accommodating! Elissa is our Interior Designer and we highly recommend her to help with your [...]

“Sherri was lots of fun to work with when choosing new furniture for my hearth room. I wanted something my husband and 6’4” son would find comfortable and she came up with swivel rockers that were stylish and functional at the same time. She had a good eye for putting fabrics together too!”

Moving halfway across the country, from a small space to a larger home, with an interior style unlike anything my husband and I had originally envisioned, seemed both exciting and daunting.  Before making the final move to Des Moines, we knew none of our current furnishings would blend with the interior style of our new [...]

“My good friend, Sherri, is a designer at by Design and encouraged me to browse their American Leather furniture line in my hunt for a new sectional for our great room. I was wanting something contemporary, comfortable, and durable and found the perfect style on the American Leather website. Sherri then had me come in [...]

We were extremely pleased working with Laura at by Design.  She listened to our wishes and came up with a great plan for our lifestyle.  She is very easy to talk to, very helpful and gave us many good ideas.  We would definitely recommend her – makes options so much easier when you have some [...]

“Thank you Laura for helping us select furniture and design the perfect spaces in our new home. You spent time with us and got to know our taste and style. Then you put together great choices for us to select and made recommendations as a talented designer should. We really appreciate your excellent taste. You [...]

We moved from out of town to West Des Moines and didn’t know where to start to find furniture for our new home. Someone recommended By Design and it was exactly what we needed. The show room is filled with couches, chairs, tables etc. The best part about By Design is that you are able [...]

Elissa: You are the Design Goddess! We love everything – Thank you so much.   (flowers from her clients!)

“This is our third build. With the other two, I was confident in my design decisions until it came down to putting everything all together.…tile, carpet, wood floor, paint, furniture, counters, blinds, etc. At this point, I would always question myself? This time, I involved By Design from the beginning. With Laura’s assistance, all of [...]

… I’m so thankful for your wonderful customer service.

Was fortunate to work with Laura Beeler during a room redesign in my home. I was at first skeptical: how will she know what I like when she doesn’t know me? I have learned everyone has a different job/trait for a reason – Laura created the room of my dreams. It is colorful, fun and functional! [...]

My husband and I are building our dream home for us and our 6-year old son.  We have spent a great deal of time to get the layout just right, but we knew that the interior finishes were equally important to make a house a home.  Building a house can feel like an additional full-time [...]

 Laura – Thank you again for helping us choose the perfect furniture for our living room.  I’m so excited about the fabrics and styles!  It usually takes me forever to make a decision, but you made it so effortless. Your expertise and design sense are amazing!  I had a fabulous time working with you.

“What a wonderfully easy and fun experience!  …When we were ready to start thinking about furniture, you added to our great experience!  While we have thoughts and opinions on what we want the outcome of our new home to look and feel like…this is far from our area of expertise and we needed help!  I [...]

…the sleeper is awesome! It fits the space perfectly and came as promised. I also have to say that the delivery crew was top notch. It is the best experience I have had in that department in a long time.  Thanks again for your help!

I have been buying all my furniture from BY DESIGN for many years. Not only do they have the best, most unique furniture in Des Moines, they have a wonderful, knowledgable, and adorable staff!! They have always treated me so special, and Bonita especially, has gone out of her way to make my purchases extra [...]

This was such fun! Bonita was a blast to work with and we could not be happier with the furniture we purchased. Great people!

“I love love love the sunroom you helped us with and everyone who sees it does as well! It’s the most gorgeous in the AM when the sun is coming up.”

We absolutely love our living room!!!!!  Thank you so much for making our living room beautiful–and completely different from what we had before.  This is just the look we were hoping for–thank you for listening to our preferences, likes and dislikes, and then finding the absolute most gorgeous pieces of furniture for us!THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

I ordered a sectional from By Design in July 2010. I appreciated the time my designer took to make sure I saw every option and feel comfortable with my decisions. She was very thorough in making sure the piece would fit in my space and match my new decor. Every time I contacted my designer [...]

I love your store and have always been extremely satisfied with your service and the professional assistance I have received. I will require additional items in the future and your store will be my first stop. As you know I’m always on “the hunt” for home furnishings. I look forward to that time.

I am happiest about the way the collection of fabrics and styles of furniture have come together to make our living room so wonderful. by Design… had it all in one place. Everything was found here and I didn’t have to run around town looking. And I love it all.

The greatest place to decorate your home no matter what your style or budget is. The designers work with you until you get things just right, the way you want your home to look and feel! The best part of having a “by Design house” is the compliments from my friends and family… (client for [...]

…We had tried others but had an uncomfortable feeling of being managed – at by Design we experienced being partners with our designer and that was just we wanted. Laura was able to combine our ideas into a coherent design “philosophy” as well as add her wonderful sense of look, texture, and function to make [...]

We had a wonderful experience. Instead of trying to show us the “best’ or the salesperson’s favorite we had the chance to find exactly what we were looking to find. Laura learned what we wanted and how to make the room exactly to our wishes.The coordination of our room was easier than any other store [...]