Reviews of Design District Access (Interior Designer)

Sara Peddle

Design District has an amazing selection of products, and the staff are knowledgeable and lovely to work with! The perfect place to visit if you're renovating your home.

Karis Fisher

Beautiful fabrics and wallpaper. Knowledgeable designers.

Kristin St. Cyr

I was quote $170 for a 1hr consultation with Danisha. After realizing that I was charged $255 I asked what the extra 30min was for and was told that the time was spent cleaning their boardroom and sending emails. I received two emails - one was the bill and one was a quote for flooring. I was looking for support in choosing colours and what I got was more of a sales pitch to purchase materials through them. The whole experience left a sour taste in my mouth.

Teya Bell

Excellent selection, service, and staff

Ziebenator63

Danisha and her staff are very knowledgeable and friendly to deal with. If you're looking for design sense, quality customer service with amazing selections of home interior products with function and flare, I would highly recommend Design District Access as your 'go to one stop shop' for all your requirements Think of DDA as that 'gem' of a store where you may have your prayers answered! Simplicity meets professional input with form and function...thats what makes Design District Access such an intelligent choice for savvy consumers. Go see the ladies at DDA. You'll be glad you did! :) AS

James Feud

Great products and amazing designers to work with.

Alex Cook

Great company to work with. They showed me plenty of options for my home renovation and came within my budget. I'd highly recommend stopping in to see for yourself

Nica “nica_world_traveller” World Traveller

I was looking for a new sectional and was over whelmed by all the options. I told Danisha was I was looking for and her team did a fabulous job narrowing down what I wanted in my price range!

Scott Shea

Terrible customer service. Called in to inquire about quantity of a product I was receiving because the amount specified was nebulous. The "experienced" staff assured me I was ordering the right amount Two weeks later.....????. now I need to order the other 50% of the material that I was told I was getting. They are unwilling to compensate me in any way and the "company is always right" philosophy will have me looking for better service elsewhere. .... so tired of dealing with incompetence.

Stefanos Mavrikos

I have been working with Design District since 2011 and they have always been exceptional with their service and great to work with. They make my job easier. Would highly recommend them to anyone!! The team is helpful with any design project of any size.

Samuel Haber

The selection is great and so is the service! I have been to Design District many times to source materials, and everyone is really kind and helpful. They always go the extra mile to ensure I find what I am looking for. I will be visiting again soon!

Lisa Barrett

Design District Access has been instrumental in helping me make my home a beautiful place to live. From renovating my kitchen, to furnishing my living room and spare bedroom, I always look to the staff here to provide expert advice and quality products. Highly recommend Design District Access for any of your upcoming renovation needs, or if your home or other space needs a bit of sprucing up!

Jason R

Every visit is a feast for the eyes! Love popping into DDA whether for clients or personal to check out the latest and greatest available in the design world. I could spend hours looking over the wallpaper alone! Very knowledgeable and helpful staff for every project in mind. No other place like it in Victoria! Thank goodness we have this little gem on our island. No need to take a ferry to the mainland or flight to New York!

Chris Turnbull

We had gone here to look at their selection of wallpaper as we wanted to spruce up a room in our house. After looking through many books we were sent home with a few to check colors. We had a few different ones in mind and had given them the wall size that we would need covered. We confirmed about 1 wallpaper and was given an amount and a quote. We went in a paid this quote but upon the products arrival it was confirmed that the consultant didn't actually check the coverage and that more would be needed to cover this particular wall. Since it was already bought and shipped we are left holding wallpaper that we may not be able to use unless we want to pay for more shipping and there's no guarantee it's from the same batch. No returns allowed

Cynthia Berenyi

Excellent service and selection. I was looking for a dining room table, and with the support from Danisha, I found the perfect one! I would recommend Design District for all of your design needs.

Ruth Beninger

Charge card issue for me too. Unprofessional.

Debbie Horsman

I had Danisha do my place and I love it. Thank you so much.

Steve Slegg

Great selection and great staff. And I built the racks!

Geoff Harrington

I worked with Danisha to create drapes for the bedroom in my new condo. She helped me with colour palate, material selection, delivery and installation. They look amazing and I've been very happy with them!

Denise Duch

Great selection of material and very helpful staff. I'd recommend anyone tackling a reno or design project to check out design district.

Reb Korz

Customer service not great. I called ahead to find out if they carried in stock a specific item. I was informed they did, which is incorrect and inconvenient.

Kiva Swift

Super impressed with the variety of products Design District has available. Ambre Fisher was very knowledgeable about the products and has a really great eye for design while keeping my budget in mind. I was satisfied with Design District's products and services and found them to be friendly and professional.

Joanna Danzinger

I had the pleasure of working with DDA last Christmas on a motorized black out drapes project. It was priced considerably below the other motorized estimate and the product was very high quality. Much of the project prep took place over Christmas holidays and the team were so kind to work during the Holliday season. An all around enjoyable experience and fantastic result. Excited for our next project.

Karen Rogers

This business has quality products and excellent service. I met with Aslinn who was very helpful, professional and provided me with great ideas. I would highly recommend this business.

Rosanna Chamberlin

Design district access has an extensive collection of wallpaper books and samples - and while it can overwhelming to search through, the ladies in the shop are so helpful to in assisting in the search for the perfect paper. They went above and beyond and let me sign out a lot of books to take up island to my house and hold them up against the walls to figure it what would work. They soecial ordered in samples and reached out their suppliers to see what else was available that wasn’t in their sample books — they really were fantastic and their assistance is so greatly appreciated, I could not give a higher recommendation :) thank you!!

Alexa Krull

The service here is amazing. I ordered a rug, after much deliberation where Lauren was amazing at helping me pick the right rug for my space. Unfortunately, the wrong rug showed up (the rug company’s fault, not DDA’s fault) and the staff were so great at helping me solve the issue and ensuring I got the right product and was happy with my purchase. Will gladly buy from here again!

Braden Davies

I recently experienced Danisha in action.. She has an innate sense of design and can really make a place come to life. Highly recommend.

Linda Blackman

They ignored me. No "design" advice provided. Maybe you only get help if you pay extra.

Lauren Wishart

HUGE FAN of this company. I actually worked with this nice young lady named Aslinn, and she was extremely professional and helpful. She really listened to be needs and matched them with great ideas. highly recommend.

Judy “Judy”

Danisha charged my credit card for her fees without my approval. Proceed with extreme caution.

N&T

Was charged twice the quoted fee to my visa without authorization or invoice provided (though invoice was sent after I called). No recourse was offered. Was very late to our first appointment. Had some good ideas, but was told a few hundred for her thoughts and a few hundred for the plans and was then charged nearly $1400. Couldn't move forward as I didn't trust her to charge what she'd quoted. I learned a valuable lesson that you should never give your VISA number to someone without a written maximum charge (Visa informed me this is the only way they can reverse the charges). This is ESPECIALLY true with design district. While I am glad we had a designer, I would caution using this team unless you have written commitments about charges.

Christina Larsen

The staff are professional, wonderful and very attentive. I had lots of questions and they answered every one of them! The selection is great too. I would highly recommend Design District Access to any designer or any person who needs some design inspiration!

Josee Couture

I had an excellent experience with DDA:) I found that they had a wide range of products and amazing selection, they could offer design solutions for every budget and, most importantly, I found the staff really friendly and helpful:)

Susan Holmberg

Beware of hidden fees