About our Studio
The Blend Designs style: integrating New England heritage with California cool
Though every project is unique and every owner different from the last, the Blend Designs aesthetic is characterized by our smooth integration of traditional New England design, and the soft, clean, relaxed West Coast style.
Your home should be a haven of warmth and comfort in the fall and winter, as well as bright, fresh and cool during the spring and summer. We create elegant spaces that appreciate seasonal change and work for you year-round.
By using and repurposing whatever we can from the existing framework before curating unique features, we give every item a sense of place, maximize your space and make it work for you.
Blend Designs projects usually feature simple colors and textures, raw woods, and robust vintage pieces, each integrated into a modern, timeless environment.
Our Values
Your home, your story, your life
We understand…
that for most people, the home is one of the biggest financial and emotional investments of a lifetime.
It should be a place that makes you happy, expresses who you are, and works with your lifestyle.
We also appreciate…
that you deserve thoughtful guidance and expertise to avoid the ‘sameness’ of highstreet interior design, yet pays close heed to your wishes, practical needs, and personal tastes.
That’s why we…
work closely with you and your team of expert architects and contractors, as well as a network of talented craftspeople on both the East and West coasts — to shape living spaces that are unique, intriguing, and liveable.
Though she’s made her home in New England, Christina Di Loreto grew up and has spent the majority of her life in California. She’s always had a knack for design and interiors, and upon moving to Boston, she began to deeply appreciate the beauty and heritage of that quintessentially rich, seasoned New England architectural style.
It’s hard to forget your roots though, so Christina wanted to find out if it was possible to subtly infuse homes like these with that lighter, more relaxed, softer California aesthetic that she grew up around. She ventured, and she succeeded. As more people asked for her services, she realized that there was a need for this integrated vision. Blend Designs was born.
Christina is a no-nonsense designer. Her ability to connect with and understand her clients lays the foundation for homes that are an extension of their owners. Over her years as a designer, she’s built deep relationships with local architects and contractors. She leverages her personal access to extremely gifted, independent makers back home in California to create spaces that feel unique and marry unpretentious West Coast vibes with East Coast traditions.
Meet Christina
— blend Designs Founder
Briegh McLelland
Knowing interior design was the path she most coveted, Briegh has been working in the interior design trade years before college, with local architects and kitchen designers. A native of Massachusetts, Briegh understands the aesthetic of East Coast design, the perfect complement to the California aesthetic rooted within Blend Designs. What better to understand the beauty of the East Coast than a local native.
A graduate of The University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth with a degree in Interior Architecture in 2018 , Briegh has been working with local builders and architects before becoming an interior designer herself. With over seven years of interior design experience of building customized solutions for residential and commercial clients, Briegh Intuitively coordinates lighting, texture and color to piece together beautiful, functional and livable spaces. Together with a vast knowledge of computer programs dedicated to Interior design, Briegh has the expertise and the experience to allow Blend Desings to flourish and shape the foundation of truly incorporating California design with East Coast living.