Mason & Brass Design Studio, LLC - Glenview, Illinois

Lauren Trankina

Elizabeth has made our house a home. We started working with her in 2017, when we combined and renovated our kitchen and family room. It’s where everyone gathers, and I get to pursue my love of cooking. Every year, we focus on another room—our basement, the boys’ bedrooms, and now our living and dining rooms. Elizabeth is that rare interior designer who is creative with practical architectural experience and also a savvy businesswoman. She knows how to get the look I want and there are never any surprises. Elizabeth has taken our traditional colonial North Shore home and made it current and eclectic without losing its integrity. It’s exactly what I wanted but could never do myself.

Jancey Straseske

After eight years in a house that needed updating, my husband and I had to decide whether to move or renovate. We loved our neighborhood and our house had potential. Our contractor recommended Elizabeth and we're so glad that he did. With Elizabeth's design help, we completely reconfigured our first floor and renovated our upstairs master bath. The best money we spent was getting Elizabeth on board. We wouldn’t have survived without her. We moved out to a nearby condo and ultimately ended up leaving town for 10 weeks. Knowing she was managing this project and making all the little decisions that would have driven me crazy gave me complete peace of mind. We love our ‘new’ home.

Stephanie Linn

Elizabeth did an amazing job on my son’s nursery five years ago and I will never do another design project without her. She is stylish but practical, confident and very innovative. A skilled project manager who pays attention to every detail. She sources from the most reliable subcontractors and vendors to save me time and energy. Over the last few years, Elizabeth renovated our formal living room to make it a kid-friendly space, and also did our master and en suite bath. We’re now working on a completely new kitchen. I trust her implicitly. She has a firm hand to keep my husband and me from making bad, costly decisions.

Brittany Korman

Elizabeth is so much fun to work with! Always upbeat and happy, prompt and responsive. She gutted our dark, gross kitchen and transformed it into my favorite room in the house. She moved windows, installed quartzite countertops with a unique matte leather finish, and added an island and more cabinets than we originally had. It’s classic but trendy. My new kitchen makes me want to cook more. I can’t wait to entertain my family at the holidays. Our next project is the master bath and exterior painting.

Laura Wilson Crist

We hired Elizabeth to level-up our Nashville home so my husband and I could enjoy it now and make more on it when we decided to sell. She refreshed our kitchen with new counters and modern cabinet pulls, as well as a backsplash. She also added a textured wall covering for a dramatic, 14-foot accent wall in the living room and helped with the selection of lighting. She redesigned our master and guest bathrooms with new countertops, lighting and wall art. Even though she’s based in Chicago, Elizabeth was super easy to work with remotely. She always found the right price point for us so we could splurge on certain unique pieces and save on more transitional decorative items. Our home is sophisticated, elegant and classy

Rhonda Miller

Elizabeth has an amazing eye to make ordinary spaces extraordinary. Our home was plagued by awkward angles and wasted space. She moved, reduced and extended walls to solve that problem. For example, she converted two small rooms in the front of our home into one functional, beautiful room.

She completely gutted our dated kitchen and figured out a way to give me everything I wanted, including an island, banquette with storage and beverage bar. Elizabeth takes pride in everything she does and sees it as a reflection of her. She’s genuinely excited to make a difference in her clients’ lives. Her subs know she’s the boss and want to please her by doing each job right. I can’t wait to work with her again!
Rhonda Miller