Andrea is a true consummate professional with a keen eye for detail, creativity, colour and design. Andrea's commitment and dedication to her clients, and to her profession, are outstanding. She is very patient, kind and thorough. Andrea listens to what her clients are envisioning for their home and always explains what she is recommending and why... the rationale to her suggestions. Even though every room has now been painted in different colours, there is lovely flow, symmetry and balance throughout our entire home. Each of our rooms flows into the next.
Andrea is truly a gift to the interior design and colour world.

Andrea and her team were outstanding. Within 30 days of moving in it felt like home. She listened, thoughtfully provided her expertise and garnered all the resources to bring together a beautiful home that I love and reflects me. It was fun and relatively speaking effortless.
I am just thrilled and so grateful for her advice, fabulous taste, and project skills. The best part she was an absolute pleasure to partner with.

We selected Andrea and Fine Finishes after interviewing 12 designers to help us with our major condo renovation. We selected her because she was really curious and interested in what we wanted and liked, and because she was able to provide both design and renovation services. We are thrilled with our choice, and have since recommended Andrea to friends and family, who are equally as satisfied. We have redone literally every part of our condo, with Andrea acting as designer, general contractor, and project manager. We love everything and very much appreciate how Andrea has often guided us towards a more cost effective, comfortable, or practical design or approach than we might have picked on our own. We also love the trades Andrea works with--they are all talented and lovely humans who treat our home with respect, and take good care of our old, renovation-stressed pooch. Large-scale renovations are never trouble-free, and what I like most about Andrea and the Fine Finishes team is that they work together to quickly address any problems that might arise. I would give them my highest recommendation.

We asked Andrea to come in for a colour consult for some major renovations we were doing in our newly purchased (but not new) home. At the first meeting, we just wanted to see how to make colour work on the completely open concept ground floor where the focus would a multicolour chandelier. It soon became apparent that we needed Andrea's help with the powder room and two washroom tile choices and paint colours and paint and flooring colours for the whole house. She was also instrumental in the kitchen and cabinet design and choices and colour once we found the perfect counter (with her help of course!). This turned out to be a large renovation and we couldn't have done it without Andrea who not only provided excellent advice and great ideas but suggested things we didn't think about. She took into consideration our design preferences and choices and worked with them. She made herself available and provided advice over the phone, by email and at supplier's locations. She offered to help source products once the renovation was complete as well. If you need a little bit of guidance, or major hand-holding, colour or design help, overall direction or pointed advice and suggestions, small or big, Andrea Colman is the lady for you!! Thank you, Andrea!!

I see from past glowing reviews of Andrea’s work that many of us who have reached out to her did so because our projects were stalled due to a lack of confidence in our colour choices. After spending a couple of hours with Andrea last week, our enthusiasm for our kitchen upgrade has been renewed and we are back on track. Andrea’s keen eye for colour and design resulted in a beautiful colour palette. She was so collaborative that we feel that the palette was chosen with us, rather than for us. By the time she left, we had colours for a bedroom, main bathroom and our exterior as well. With some newfound confidence, we took our paint chips to a flooring store she recommended, armed with the pattern name of a flooring she wanted us to check out. We returned home with 3 samples, chosen with the help of the sales rep, that all looked great under the flooring store lighting. Sure enough, once laid out on our kitchen floor, Andrea’s choice was clearly the best in our space.
Aside from colour advice, Andrea had various suggestions as to how to make improvements that would have impact, but still be budget friendly, and has recommended suppliers and trades. Lastly, she tactfully steered us away from a few ideas that looked great in magazines but, for reasons she explained, would not work in our kitchen. We are very much looking forward to working with her in future and recommend her without reservation.

We were at a standstill on what to do with our home in terms of finishes
design ideas. We had renovated our home over 12 years ago and it needed updates...main hallway, kitchen, laundry room bathrooms as
well as ideas for paint colour.
After speaking with Andrea for just a few minutes I knew we were in good hands. I actually could feel the stress and the feeling of being overwhelmed leave my body.
When Andrea left our home I said to my husband.."She was amazing".
Thank you so much Andrea!!

Andrea was amazing! she was able to color match a piece missing from my front door, and give me insightful ideas on how to create more space in my master bathroom, she was also instrumental in color coordinating my kitchen backsplash, and floor tiles to match the overall décor of my home. I am so glad I was able to reach out to her. She has made me very confident with my renovation plans going forward, and her cost is very reasonable in comparison to others. The best value for a consultation I have ever had !

We found Andrea to help us with our complete house remodel, and are we ever thankful! It was overwhelming to think about choosing harmonious color choices, finishes/materials, and other design elements for a whole house. Andrea really helped us create a cohesive design that was modern yet warm, which is exactly our preferred style. We were shown quite a few materials that we wouldn't have necessarily picked ourselves, but really wound up loving the way they fit together in our home. We have had nothing but compliments from our friends and family, and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend Andrea for her interior design services!

My husband and I recently had a baby and purchased our first home - its a busy time. We've been renting for the last 13 years so have a hodgepodge of possessions we've purchased and accumulated over the years. I wanted some advice on how to make our new home more put together- colours, lighting, furniture, and layout but we were intimidated by the potential price and limited time that we had available. Andrea was fantastic- she worked within our tight timeline, meeting me at our rental to get a sense of our furniture and lifestyle and then we went to the empty new house and did a walk through. She provided great advice and perspective - helping to see things in a way other than how it had been staged, and opportunities to update details on different budgets. She covered all of the named priorities - working within our budget and timing- and mentioned things she observed as we walked through the house recognizing that not everything can be done immediately and helping to point out opportunities for the future. Andrea was extremely easy to work with and even followed up after the fact to see how we were making out with the move and some of the decisions we had talked about. I would not hesitate to call Andrea to help with the next phase of updates.

I had Andrea help me with a colour consultation more than 10 years ago and it was time for a new look so we contacted her again.
The main floor has an open flow so choosing different colours that work together means having a good plan. I had my anchor colour already chosen but Andrea suggested it in a different room and the result was fabulous. The other colours connect well and the flow to the other rooms in the open plan works really well. I am very happy with the result.