Founded in 2009, Deidre Interiors specializes in creating comfortable, colorful spaces that blend everyday sophistication with Michigan’s natural beauty.
With a deep respect for our clients’ lifestyles, each of our designs is completely custom for the client and rich with bespoke elements.
We take our work personally.
You’re never “just another project” to us. From day one, we immerse ourselves in understanding your lifestyle. Your travels, family heritage, hobbies, collections, and even your pets act as our inspiration as we create your home’s character. We’ve been known to pour over books on a country’s art, design, and culture when a client tells us they lived there once. We even created a collection of oversized photographs of our animal-loving clients’ dogs and gifted another client with custom makeup bags crafted from their favorite project fabric.
In short, what inspires you inspires us.
About Deidre Interiors
Founded in 2009, Deidre Interiors specializes in creating comfortable, colorful spaces that blend luxe urban sophistication with touches that capture Michigan’s wild beauty.
With a deep respect for our clients’ lifestyles, each of our designs is completely custom for the client and rich with bespoke elements.
You’re never “just another project” to us. From day one, we immerse ourselves in understanding your lifestyle. Your travels, family heritage, hobbies, collections, and even your pets act as our inspiration as we create your home’s character. We’ve been known to pore over books on a country’s art, design, and culture when a client tells us they lived there once. We even created a collection of oversized photographs of our animal-loving clients’ dogs and gifted another client with custom makeup bags crafted from their favorite project fabric.
In short, what inspires you inspires us.
The Team
Deidre Remtema, ASID
Principal & Interior Designer
History Fanatic: “Half the Instagram accounts I follow are history-related.”
Boy Mama: “I’ve learned to be OK with skateboards in the house.”
Lake Girl: “I grew up going to our Michigan cottage my grandfather built in 1955 and it’s still our family homestead!”
With a father who worked in the textile industry and a choreographer mother who designed and made her own fashions, Deidre came by her creativity (not to mention her love for textiles) honestly. She earned a degree in interior design from Kendall College of Art & Design and started her own firm in 2009, shortly after she and her husband, Jeff, had their second son.
In addition to her creative, highly textural aesthetic, Deidre is known for her ability to perfectly tailor her designs to her clients and how they live. She begins each project by digging into their life experiences, looking for design inspiration and informing her design decisions with the choreography of how the clients move around their home throughout the day.
By vetting each and every furniture vendor, contractor, and craftsman she works with, Deidre ensures the quality of her clients’ projects, and that all the “moving parts” of the design process are on time and reliable.
Deidre loves nothing more than finding time to “geek out” with books on any subject from history to art and design to fashion and travel.
In 2018 Deidre followed her heart and started the nonprofit Room to Renew in order to renovate a space in the home of a caregiver, providing a place of rest and rejuvenation. Deidre has served on the board of Artists Creating Together and volunteered for the Van Andel Institute JBoard Ambassadors. Professionally, Deidre has passed the National Certification for Interior Design Qualification and is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers.
Jeff Remtema, AIA
Partner & Architect
Self-Entertainer: “Like a trusty farm dog, I have a tendency to get into mischief if left to my own devices for too long.”
Cider Connoisseur: “I built a press in our basement. That’s dedication!”
Job Site Frequenter: “I love being able to be hands-on with the builder and the trades.”
Jeff (Deidre’s husband) came on board full-time with Deidre Interiors in 2018. With a degree in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, plus a two-year stint studying architecture in Switzerland, Jeff takes an open-minded, globally-informed approach to designing homes.
Having family in the construction industry, Jeff grew up on job sites. He brings a unique “boots on the ground” understanding of how homes are built to Deidre Interiors clients, creating ideas that don’t just look great on paper – they actually work.
Like Deidre, Jeff is passionate about employing “found” objects from clients’ personal inventories and ideas stemming from their own life experiences in their designs. By conferring together about a project right from the start, Jeff and Deidre are able to provide their clients with seamless, efficient processes and creative, cohesive results.
While Jeff has officially won awards for his talents in architecture, he unofficially wins with Deidre as “Best Dad and Husband” for things like snowboarding and waterskiing with their boys and traveling around the country and the globe with her to handpick antiques, art, and other special treasures that add a unique, timeless layer to their clients’ homes.
Jeff is a licensed architect and a LEED Accredited Professional.
PJ Jennings
Client Relations Manager
Wife to Jon
Mother to 2 Girls
Lover of Custom Rugs, Travel, & All Things Cooking & Baking
With degrees in both interior design and fashion merchandising, as well as a minor in business, PJ handles all things related to procurement, such as order placement and tracking, liaising with vendors, and managing client and vendor accounting.
Before joining Deidre Interiors, PJ spent nearly two decades working with respected design and furnishings industry brands like Marshall Fields Design Studio and Thomasville Furniture.
PJ plays a vital role in delivering timely communications to all of Deidre Interiors’ clients, responding promptly to emails and calls, as well as proactively compiling and sending regular weekly and monthly project status updates.
Lizzy
Chief Morale Officer
Studio Napper
People Lover
Bacon Afficianado
Lizzy hangs out with us at the studio and is one of the many ways we put smiles on our clients’ faces. She’s a love and her positive attitude reminds us all to live in – and enjoy – the moment!
The Team
Deidre Remtema, ASID
Principal & Interior Designer
History Fanatic: “Half the Instagram accounts I follow are history-related.”
Boy Mama: “I’ve learned to be OK with skateboards in the house.”
Lake Girl: “I grew up going to our Michigan cottage my grandfather built in 1955 and it’s still our family homestead!”
With a father who worked in the textile industry and a choreographer mother who designed and made her own fashions, Deidre came by her creativity (not to mention her love for textiles) honestly. She earned a degree in interior design from Kendall College of Art & Design and started her own firm in 2009, shortly after she and her husband, Jeff, had their second son.
In addition to her creative, highly textural aesthetic, Deidre is known for her ability to perfectly tailor her designs to her clients and how they live. She begins each project by digging into their life experiences, looking for design inspiration and informing her design decisions with the choreography of how the clients move around their home throughout the day.
By vetting each and every furniture vendor, contractor, and craftsman she works with, Deidre ensures the quality of her clients’ projects, and that all the “moving parts” of the design process are on time and reliable.
Deidre loves nothing more than finding time to “geek out” with books on any subject from history to art and design to fashion and travel.
In 2018 Deidre followed her heart and started the nonprofit Room to Renew in order to renovate a space in the home of a caregiver, providing a place of rest and rejuvenation. Deidre has served on the board of Artists Creating Together and volunteered for the Van Andel Institute JBoard Ambassadors. Professionally, Deidre has passed the National Certification for Interior Design Qualification and is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers.
Jeff Remtema, AIA
Partner & Architect
Self-Entertainer: “Like a trusty farm dog, I have a tendency to get into mischief if left to my own devices for too long.”
Cider Connoisseur: “I built a press in our basement. That’s dedication!”
Job Site Frequenter: “I love being able to be hands-on with the builder and the trades.”
Jeff (Deidre’s husband) came on board full-time with Deidre Interiors in 2018. With a degree in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, plus a two-year stint studying architecture in Switzerland, Jeff takes an open-minded, globally-informed approach to designing homes.
Having family in the construction industry, Jeff grew up on job sites. He brings a unique “boots on the ground” understanding of how homes are built to Deidre Interiors clients, creating ideas that don’t just look great on paper – they actually work.
Like Deidre, Jeff is passionate about employing “found” objects from clients’ personal inventories and ideas stemming from their own life experiences in their designs. By conferring together about a project right from the start, Jeff and Deidre are able to provide their clients with seamless, efficient processes and creative, cohesive results.
While Jeff has officially won awards for his talents in architecture, he unofficially wins with Deidre as “Best Dad and Husband” for things like snowboarding and waterskiing with their boys and traveling around the country and the globe with her to handpick antiques, art, and other special treasures that add a unique, timeless layer to their clients’ homes.
Jeff is a licensed architect and a LEED Accredited Professional.
PJ Jennings
Client Relations Manager
Wife to Jon
Mother to 2 Girls
Lover of Custom Rugs, Travel, & All Things Cooking & Baking
With degrees in both interior design and fashion merchandising, as well as a minor in business, PJ handles all things related to procurement, such as order placement and tracking, liaising with vendors, and managing client and vendor accounting.
Before joining Deidre Interiors, PJ spent nearly two decades working with respected design and furnishings industry brands like Marshall Fields Design Studio and Thomasville Furniture.
PJ plays a vital role in delivering timely communications to all of Deidre Interiors’ clients, responding promptly to emails and calls, as well as proactively compiling and sending regular weekly and monthly project status updates.
Lizzy
Chief Morale Officer
Studio Napper
People Lover
Bacon Afficianado
Lizzy hangs out with us at the studio and is one of the many ways we put smiles on our clients’ faces. She’s a love and her positive attitude reminds us all to live in – and enjoy – the moment!
Deidre and her staff were great to work with, attentive to our needs and had wonderful design ideas. We love our finished downtown condo and would certainly recommend Deidre Interiors to anyone looking for creative design ideas.
M. VanderHeide
Deidre and Jeff encouraged us to do some unique things, pushing us out of our comfort zone. We are so glad they did because we love how everything turned out! read more
M.B.
Deidre listened and took our ideas and paired us with unique vendors within Western Michigan. What resulted? A perfect vision of how my husband and I envisioned our downtown loft.
J. Hall
Deidre is exceptionally sensitive and intuitive about recognizing your style. She will exceed your every expectation, on time and within budget. You’ll end up happy all over again every time you walk through the door!
C. Keller
We have specific tastes, but we appreciated how Deidre listened to us. Deidre curated a design, presented the selections and guided us to an amazing result. The value she added cannot be measured!
L. Zarecki & L. Sullivan
We value not only her work but her honest opinions. It is truly amazing how Deidre has pulled everything together to make our home so enjoyable!