Shabby Slips Austin

I found Shabby Slips online one day while searching for a local Interior Designer to help us with decorating our home that we were in the process of remodeling. When I saw some of Sara's work I knew immediately I wanted to speak with her about working on our home. To date it is one of the best decisions we have made on the house. Her team responded promptly and after speaking to them we got started right away. We were actually heading out of town but Sara sent someone over to take pictures so she could see the space and get to work on our design. Little did I know when I got home my friends were thrilled to hear I had hired Shabby Slips and made me feel very excited about choosing them for our house. Everyone such wonderful thing to say about Sara and her work and that went a long way for my husband and I knowing people had such positive experiences to share about Shabby Slips work. And to say Sara has gone above and beyond for my family and our remodel is an understatement! We had a nightmare of a time with our remodel and Sara stepped in more times than I can count to help us (when we were absolutely too depleted of energy to deal with the contractor and subcontractors) when year 3 rolled around. I only wish I had hired her before we selected our first contractor!!! :) She always maintained her professionalism, even when I felt like I was going to lose my mind dealing with some of the original subcontractors, but she never let them get to her and always had our back. Every selection we actually made through her we experienced a completely different level of service and quality of work. Her electricians, curtain guys, wallpaper guys, painters etc. were always the right choice. I can't state that enough.. It was a completely different experience and different level of quality and service working with Sara, period. She made the process so much easier for us. With her vision she turned our house into something absolutely, insanely gorgeous. We took a very 1980's house and basically gutted it and with Sara Scaglione and her teams help the interior design made it feel complete. We worked with Sara from 2013-2017 (yes it can that long when dealing with the the city of Austin regarding permitting issues). Every time someone walks into our home they comment on how beautiful it is and ask if I did this on my own... and I laugh every single time and say "ABSOLUTELY NOT" and clarify that Sara is the one who helped me with almost everything! The wonderful part is she didn't just make it her style or her design. When we come home we come home to a place that feels like ours. It was perfectly tailored to our wants and needs. She never put pressure on us or forced us into anything but simply showed us concepts she thought worked best for each room as we went along and we selected the things we liked. She listened to our likes and dislikes and just steered us in the right direction. The zero pressure attitude helped put us at ease throughout the project. She is realistic and gladly incorporated less expensive items/pieces in with more expensive pieces. So if you have a budget (or at least like most people, you start out thinking you have a budget) she actually listens even though eventually my husband and I based on our own decisions realized we threw out that original budget after the first year. No matter what, to start decorating a home from scratch like we did-- with all new furniture, it gets expensive. But I will hand it to her, because we appreciate it so much she never strayed from our original budget until WE started selecting things outside the original scope of work. She is fabulous, her team is fabulous, and her work speaks for itself! I would highly recommend Sara to anyone who is looking for help with their home. Whether they are looking just for a few new pieces, or to revamp a room or two, or to those who are diving into an entirely new home or remodel. Sara and Ericka made our house into a beautiful home!

Shabby Slips is a fabulous boutique furniture and accessory store in Austin, Texas. I was fortunate to work on multiple projects with owner/designer Sara Scaglione. Sara is a confident designer with a unique sense of style. She has a great eye for color (who knew all the shades of white!) and a wonderful vision to incorporate your existing furnishings, whether they be fine antiques or treasured family heirlooms, to transform your home into a fresh, transitional, sexy and most importantly livable space. Sara is very easy to work with and will welcome you to be involved as much or as little as you want in the design selection process. She and her team at Shabby Slips are very responsive and will make the experience of furnishing, remodeling or building a home, fun and stress free.

My experience working with Sara was excellent. She is professional and very talented. She knew how to interpret my desires into a beautiful and elegant interior design job for my home. I have only praise for her and her team!!!

Sara and her team at Shabby slips have now helped me with 2 homes. One in Los Angeles and a second place I had in Austin, TX. In addition to having one of the prettiest stores in Austin, she has one of the nicest and most professional team members working for her. Her style is impeccable and timeless and I plan on using her again for a rental property we have in Colorado. Truly, a "Best of Austin" who also services homes around the USA and around the world.

Sara with Shabby Slips designed two houses for us over 2.5 years, design color fabric furniture fixtures lighting - every detail of both homes. Both exquisitely done w/out that "designed" feel. Very warm yet classic for our family of 9 children, four cats and a dog.

Sara and her team worked on two of my residences in the past 4 years. Sara is so talented and her team is so organized and professional. I highly recommend them and I will use them again in the future.