FRIDAY FIELD TRIPS WITH THE CHAMBER
McCabe by Design
On a Friday each month, the Chamber team hits the road to visit one of our members. We take a peek behind the scenes and ask business leaders to discuss their experiences owning and operating a business on Bainbridge Island. These Friday Field Trips offer the opportunity to showcase the diversity of our business ecosystem while gathering data about how we can best support our members.
Last month’s Friday Field Trip took us to the beautiful converted cabin that serves as the studio and office headquarters for McCabe by Design. Our team had a chance to sit down with Molly McCabe and Scotti Campbell to learn about their client-centric, award-winning design services. Informed by Molly’s experience as a builder, her team’s holistic approach to home design puts the client’s interests, needs, values, and budget at the heart of the process while infusing projects with deep knowledge of structures and regulations.
BAINBRIDGE CHAMBER: What do you like most about operating on Bainbridge Island?
MCCABE BY DESIGN: “We have been serving the design (and formerly the construction needs) of the Bainbridge community for over 20 years and have been developed many, many lasting relationships (and repeat projects) with both clients and contractors and that has been one of the most rewarding aspects of operating the business on Bainbridge Island. Now that we are no longer providing construction services, I appreciate the quantity and quality of licensed contractors that we have the good fortune to collaborate with, knowing that they will treat our clients and their projects with the same dedication and respect as we would if we were their general contractor.” - Molly McCabe, Owner & Principal Designer
BAINBRIDGE CHAMBER: What are the greatest challenges you face?
MCCABE BY DESIGN: “The impact that current building codes and zoning ordinances have on affordability. Additionally, Kitsap as a whole lacks the depth and breadth of product showrooms for clients to feel, touch and see materials for their projects. This is why we travel domestically and internationally to learn about and source materials for clients projects and why our studio is stocked with a variety of cabinet, countertop, flooring, wall finish, hardware, etc. samples. We can develop a baseline for material selections with clients without having to leave the island.” - Molly McCabe, Owner & Principal Designer
BAINBRIDGE CHAMBER: What would you like the community to know about McCabe by Design?
MCCABE BY DESIGN: “We are a full service interior design firm and our by appointment studio is located on the north end of Bainbridge Island. We offer space planning, color consulting, art placement, furnishing and decor, lighting design as well as complete design and specification services for single room or whole house remodels and new construction projects. We also provide recommendations for contractors that we have vetted for quality of work, transparency, accountability and respect. We have been volunteering for the BI Chamber of Commerce since 1994 and have consistently supported B.I. non-profits through volunteerism, Board participation and philanthropy” - Molly McCabe, Owner & Principal Designer
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