Old Town Scottsdale · Scottsdale, AZ
Interior Designer in Old Town Scottsdale
Award-winning design and licensed general contracting for Scottsdale's walkable downtown core. One contract, one team, and a condo, loft, or historic home that finally works the way you live. Living with Lolo designs and builds Old Town Scottsdale renovations end to end, so you are never stuck refereeing between a designer and a separate contractor.
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Interior Design in Old Town Scottsdale, Where History Meets a Walkable Downtown
Old Town Scottsdale is a different kind of project than the guard-gated estates on the north side of the city. This is Scottsdale's original downtown: the Arts District along Main Street and Marshall Way, the Western-themed Fifth Avenue Shopping District, the Waterfront and SouthBridge along the Arizona Canal, and Civic Center Park. Living with Lolo works on the mid-rise condos, lofts, and mid-century ranch homes that make up most of this neighborhood, along with the occasional historic bungalow that needs both a designer's eye and a licensed contractor's hand.
Lauren Lerner leads a luxury interior design studio that is also a licensed Arizona general contractor under ROC #347577. That license matters here more than people expect. A condo renovation in a mid-rise building means coordinating with an HOA and a building engineer before a single wall comes down, and a historic bungalow means working around systems and structural quirks a 1920s or 1950s home was never built to modern code for. We have done both.
Lauren Lerner founded Living with Lolo to give homeowners in every kind of Scottsdale property, not just the largest ones, the same design-build accountability. We were named Phoenix Magazine's Best Interior Design Firm three years running, in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Our work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Luxe, and House Beautiful.
Who We Work With Here
Designed for the Old Town Scottsdale Client
The typical Old Town Scottsdale client is not the same client we see in Silverleaf or McCormick Ranch, and we do not pretend otherwise. Many of our clients here are downsizing from a larger north Scottsdale home into a walkable condo or loft and want that smaller footprint to feel just as considered as the home they left. Others own a mid-century ranch house near the Arts District and want to open up a choppy original floor plan without losing the character that made them buy it in the first place. A smaller number are investors or second-home owners who want a turnkey condo renovation done right the first time, since spring training season and a steady stream of visitors keep this market moving fast.
What they have in common is a smaller scope than our estate clients, but the same expectation of accountability: an HOA approval process, a building engineer sign-off on plumbing and electrical, and a realistic elevator-and-loading-dock logistics plan, none of which a purely decorative designer is set up to manage. We think this matters most on exactly the properties people assume do not need it. A dated kitchen in a 1970s condo or a boxy mid-century floor plan looks like a paint-and-furniture job until you open a wall and find galvanized plumbing or knob-and-tube wiring behind it. Planning for that from day one, instead of discovering it mid-project, is the whole reason our model exists.
The Client We Are Built For
Our Work in This Area
Our Work in Old Town Scottsdale
Our Old Town Scottsdale projects tend to fall into three buckets. Condo and loft renovations, where the challenge is maximizing a smaller footprint and working within an HOA's rules. Mid-century ranch updates, where an original floor plan needs opening up without erasing the character. And historic bungalow renovations, where the goal is modernizing systems and comfort while keeping the home's original soul intact.
A recent example from the area: a couple downsizing from a Paradise Valley estate bought a two-bedroom condo near the Waterfront with a closed galley kitchen and a dated primary bath. We reworked the kitchen to open toward the living space, coordinated the plumbing changes with the building's HOA and engineer, and finished with a primary bath that felt as considered as the home they had just left, on a fraction of the square footage. Browse our full portfolio to see recent work, read more in our guide to Scottsdale condo renovation and interior design, or book a discovery call to talk about your own project.
Our Differentiator
Interior Design + Licensed General Contractor, Under One Roof
Most Old Town Scottsdale renovations run into the same problem: an HOA and a building engineer that need real answers about plumbing, electrical, and structural changes, not a mood board. A designer without a contractor's license cannot pull the permits or manage the licensed trades that a condo or historic home renovation actually requires.
Living with Lolo is one of the few full-service interior design firms in the area that is also a licensed Arizona General Contractor (ROC #347577). This means you sign one contract, you have one point of contact, and the same firm that designed your project is the one legally accountable for building it. That matters even more on a smaller project, where a communication gap between designer and contractor can eat a bigger share of a tighter budget.
This licensed, in-house model works at any scale. Whether the job is a single condo kitchen or a full historic bungalow renovation, the same team that designs the space pulls the permits, manages the trades, and stands behind the finished work.
Design Only
Separate contractor required. Multiple contracts. No single point of contact with your HOA or building engineer.
Living with Lolo
Design and construction under one contract. One point of contact for your HOA, your building, and every trade. Licensed GC ROC #347577.
What We Can Do That Others Cannot
Pull permits, manage licensed trades, and coordinate directly with an HOA or building engineer on structural, plumbing, and electrical changes.
The Client Experience
One phone call handles your design, your permits, and your HOA paperwork. You get a finished space, not a project you have to manage between two vendors. As an interior designer Scottsdale AZ homeowners turn to for both design and construction, we bring that same one-contract accountability to every Old Town Scottsdale project, regardless of size.
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Let's Talk About Your Home
Your Old Town Scottsdale Home Deserves This
Every project with Lauren Lerner and the Living with Lolo team begins with a conversation. Tell us about your condo, loft, or home, your vision, and what you want to create. We will take it from there, completely.
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