Studio Carney Architecture, Inc.

Michael was a pleasure to work with. He went above and beyond trying to find us the right contractors to work on the addition for our house. I would highly recommend him. The design for our addition was superb.

Mike was extremely knowledgeable, and easy to work with when we did a complete renovation of our historic home in Oak Park. We completed our project recently but started with him in late 2017 and early 2018 - he was available to answer any questions we had and provide us with estimates on cost or opinions on changes we were looking to make. Highly recommended.

Michael was a pleasure to work with on our home renovation design project. He spent a great deal of time listening to our "must haves" and "wish list" items and incorporate both into design plans that would meet our goals. He was honest about what items would be costly or impossible to do with our space, which demonstrates his integrity in doing his job. He also has a good eye in assessing how people use a home and added features and design elements that really would make the renovations our home - like adding window benches and lighting features - loft space that works as study space too. Michael also went above and beyond our expectations in making connections with county zoning - project managers - construction - civil engineers and the like to ensure that our project in an unincorporated area would be hiccup free. Just part of his commitment to making sure the project would get a green light. We highly recommend Michael Carney!

Hired Michael to plan our renovation. Own house built in 1960's with some original features and some poorly updated areas. We were very happy with ideas presented, timeline met, communications in person and via email. Listened to our needs and came back several times with versions reflecting our feedback. Provided top-notch professional drawings, charged a fair price and was easy to work with. Our contractor has worked with Studio Carney plans in the past and was happy with our choice. Michael fielded calls from our contractor as a courtesy, which was going above and beyond. We recommend working with Studio Carney. I will be framing drawings for wall art in our renovated space. Our project included, knocking down walls, new kitchen, new powder room, new staircase and an edit to layout of the space. It was a large project that was a challenge, Michael delivered! Project not quite complete, pics will be added when complete, stay tuned!

My husband and I are empty nesters and we were excited to remodel our 2nd floor to better utilize the space now that our 3 boys are out on their own. We knew we needed our master and hall baths updated, but we also wanted a walk-in master closet, a home office and a private guest suite. Working with Michael brought us results that exceeded our expectations. Michael listened to our needs, presented options and led us to decisions that maximized the use of our space and budget. We couldn't be more pleased with the end result and are the envy of all our friends when we show it off. I husband doesn't want to hear about my next remodeling project, but I will be engaging Michael in the future for our next set of plans. We love our new space! Patti Thank you! Michael

was lucky to have had Mike recommended when I was talking about my wish to add a master suite with a friend. After an initial meeting about my wishes, he presented several different designs. They were all beautiful and I really appreciated Mike's eye for detail. After choosing and tweaking a design together, we got to work. Mike went above and beyond by personally helping me select components for the new bathroom. He was always available for questions and concerns I had throughout the construction process. He often came out to the site to check that the construction was being done to his satisfaction. The end result is the master suite I dreamed of!