Michael Stribling Interiors

Michael is super talented, and a total lifesaver! My husband and I bought our first home earlier this month and needed to let our painters know what paint colors to use in each room of our house. The painters needed the info asap because they needed enough time to complete their project before we moved in a week later. I felt pressure because I knew that paint color can make or break the look of a home, and I personally have a difficult time picturing what a little square chip sample would look like on large walls and with the lighting we have. I called our realtor, Jessica Licona, who connected me with Michael.
Michael reached out via phone call to me immediately, and I quickly explained my situation — I’d heard he was in Austin for business, and I lucked out that it was on this very day that I needed his design expertise! He was SO understanding, compassionate and ready to jump in to help us out. I kid you not — he is so talented that he was able to come to our home, walk through and picked out all of our colors in under an hour — that includes the time we spent getting to know him a bit, and for him to get to know us and understand our style. Amazing!
The house looks fantastic so far, and I credit Michael with it! I literally think of him every single day because I continue to look around our new home and feel so happy with each room because of the paint we have.
Next up, my husband and I are going to work with Michael and his team to help us with interior design. We can’t wait!
I cannot express enough how wonderful Michael is, and how thankful we are that he was so willing to immediately jump in at the last minute and make our home look fabulous.

I couldn’t agree more with the last reviewer. I read the review but bought the Groupon anyway hoping they’d fix all of their issues since the review was from 2011. However, my experience was just as bad. I had Michael Stribling come out to our brand new house that we’re in the process of building. My builder needed us to pick out tile selections and paint colors so I was very excited to work with Michael. After our initial consultation, he was supposed to take all his photos, ideas, floorplan, etc. and prepare something for us to review the following week. When I arrived at his office, he was so disorganized and had no idea what he was supposed to do. He thought we were supposed to go shopping!?! We rescheduled for the following week and he called the day before and cancelled because he is trying to get on a new show and asked if we could push back another week and film the pilot of his show at our house. If any of you have built a house, you know that delaying your decisions for 2 weeks is not a good idea. However, my builder agreed so we planned to meet the following week. On the day of the show, I didn’t hear from him so I called 30 min before the meeting to make sure we were on track and he said he «forgot» to tell me the show was postponed for a month and we were not meeting. I should have quit here but since I really needed the tile selections, I decided to make another appointment with him for the following Monday. After ignoring my calls and voicemails, he finally asked that I make the appt with his assistant because he was not «allowed» to make his own appointments. I confirmed with his assistant twice and called her Monday to confirm we were still meeting. Again, 30 min before the meeting, she called to tell me he had food poisoning from lunch and couldn’t meet. He must have completely forgotten that he friended me on facebook and I could see that he was having a romantic night out with his partner. I personally don’t understand how someone like this could stay in business and how Groupon allows him to advertise on their site. Although Groupon provided a refunded, it doesn’t take away from the horrible experience.

I bought a groupon so I can get some help with decorating my new house. Paige and Michael spent about 30 minutes in my house taking some pictures. They told me they would have a «presentation» for me to review and to make an appointment to go to their office. I made an appointment for about a month out. When I got to their office, my «presentation» was basically a picture of a rug, a hall table and a sofa… and that was it!!! Boy was I dissapointed. They saw the look on my face and said they would follow up with more «ideas», it’s been another month and I have yet to hear from them. What a waste of my money and my time.

Horrendous customer service! We attempted to redeem a Groupon for two hours of consultation that would have led to an extensive renovation of our master bedroom. This, we figured, would then lead to other projects throughout our home. Too bad we could not get them to return phone calls, e-​mails, etc. I’m not sure where the fault lies (I have my suspicion), and I’m sure their designers are good at what they do, but I don’t have time to deal with a company that takes a laissez faire approach towards their clients or potential clients. There are even instances from Groupon reviewers that claimed designers were no-​showing to scheduled appointments. That is unacceptable. There are plenty of interior design firms in Houston and I recommend you seek one out that will value you as a client.