What People Are Saying
“I cannot recommend Rachele Simmons-Taling highly enough for any home design project. I originally contacted Rachele for her advice on how best to integrate a few interior-design components of our new home build. However, with just one cupboard door sample and her innate grasp of what we needed, we embarked on a new project with her to design our kitchen, living and dining areas - and I have to say, the result is stunningly beautiful, and even Award-winning. Rachele was very professional and brought thorough architectural knowledge and design flair to the project - managing to put together a seamless kitchen build, with components sourced from Italy and the USA - whilst managing the project for our home in Christchurch from her base near Taupo, New Zealand. It was a pleasure to work with someone as relaxed and nice as Rachele; and we really enjoyed the whole process, trusting in her eye for detail and qualifications in interior design architecture.”
— Lisa and Bruce Goodland, Jet Developments Ltd
“I will never forget how Rachele saved the day on this project, not just with her good energy, but knew more than the so-called contractors. She is the one person I probably would believe in more than anyone else in this field of design.”
— Chantal Cloutier, former fashion model, founder of The Cloutier Agency
“I was the owner/operator of ‘Rutt of Chicago’ in the Merchandise Mart when Rachele was ‘spotted’ by the Rutt National Sales Manager while at internship in North Carolina. Upon his recommendation, she was hired for the Rutt of Chicago flagship showroom. Rachele combines her education in interior architecture, natural ability for spatial and design relationships with an extremely high level of AutoCAD® ability. She is the brightest and best kitchen design engineer I have ever worked with during my 44-year career. Through her work with the world’s top lines (Rutt, SieMatic, Christopher Peacock, Poliform, Berloni, La Bastille and Das Holz Haus) she provides clear, perfectly accurate plans accompanied by complete sets of written specifications for manufacture with accuracy and knowledge of construction and jobsite installation. In my view, working with Rachele often during the last 24 years, she has no ‘integrity’ match in the field of kitchen design engineering and stands alone as ‘the best’.”
— Deborah J. Smith, Deborah James Kitchen Design Group by Palmer Tingley LLC
“Rachele’s work is superlative. The work she does requires extreme detail while having a complete awareness of the overall picture and Rachele is exemplary at this.”
— Stephen James, voice actor, coach, director, producer
“We absolutely love our kitchen! It’s amazing, gorgeous and we never would have received such a space without Rachele’s vision and design. The layout works so perfectly. The choice of materials including the unique bench surfaces sourced locally, thoughtful high-end appliances and lighting have made our kitchen stunning to look at and a joy to work in!”
— Rachael and Phil Patterson, Papamoa Beach, New Zealand
“We were initially wary of getting an architect involved in our kitchen renovation as we have had a previous experience where the designs the architect came up with were impractical and did not take into account our lifestyle or budget. However, we met with Rachele and right from the start we knew we had made the correct decision. Rachele took the time to truly understand what our needs were and came back with a design that covered everything we wanted, without going over budget. She was open to the small changes we decided on and made the whole process stress free. We couldn’t recommend her highly enough. Our kitchen still looks as good as the day it was installed, which is a testament to Rachele’s use of quality products and understanding of functional design.”
— Brent and Belinda Tustin, Torbay, New Zealand