ABOUT
Mandy Madsen is an Interior and Exterior Designer based in Park Ridge, Illinois. She began designing in 2012 and founded Madsen Home and Garden with her mom, Carol, in 2018 to offer timeless exterior designs to complement Carol's landscapes.
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Before becoming an interior designer, Mandy was a high school history teacher and ESL instructor at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She also lived in Rome for two years, which was her formative education in color, classic design principles and historic preservation, which she implements throughout her designs.
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She uses her experience, expertise, intuition and professional candor to guide you through the design process. She designs homes that look like you (interesting!) and not trends (boring).
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In addition to her 12 years experience in the field, Mandy is a Certified Color Consultant, Window Treatments Specialist, former Park Ridge Historic Preservation Commissioner (2018-2022), and is currently a member of a professional Design Collective based in the North suburbs of Chicago.​
ABOUT
After raising four kids and completing a 27 year career as a United Airlines Flight Attendant, Carol completed her Landscape Design certification at Harper College. She has been working with plants and designing landscapes for over 20 years.
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Carol specializes in four-season landscape designs which maintain their appeal throughout all seasons through structure, texture, and colorful foliage and blooms. She is well-versed in designing for all architectural styles of homes and has an encyclopedic knowledge of plants and their cultures.
As a teenager, Carol would visit Park Ridge on bike from her NW side Chicago home and dreamt of raising her family there one day. After moving in 1979 and living in three houses on the same street with her supportive husband and kids, she can say that she loves Park Ridge now more than ever. ​She is thrilled to contribute to our new builds and historic homes with her colorful, creative landscapes and treats every project as if it were her own home.
Her clients reside in Park Ridge, on the North Shore, in Northwest Chicago, and throughout the surrounding suburbs.