Piña Home designs family-centered, inclusive spaces. We create thoughtful, organized interiors that center the unique needs of your household, so every member of the family feels at home. We do not subscribe to a wholly Eurocentric definition of beauty and aesthetics. Instead, our work is rooted in the knowledge that our home environments have a direct effect on our families' overall well-being and sense of belonging.
The Piña Home brand connects our work with our founder's heritage and authentic self, honoring a textile tradition native to the Philippines. Piña cloth is an intricately-embroidered sheer fabric woven from pineapple leaf fibers, an art and craft developed by indigenous Filipinos after Spanish colonizers brought pineapple plants to the archipelago. Learn more about the piña tradition here.
Cheryl started work as an interior designer in 2012 to help families with young children bring order and beauty into their homes. As her own family grows and changes, she sees how creating intentional spaces throughout the whole home inspires everyone's learning, comfort, and overall wellness.
By taking time to understand your family’s lifestyle, needs, and challenges, Piña Home will help you create a home that makes your life together better.
We worked with Cheryl for several months before and after moving into our home in Jamaica Plain. We originally hired her to help advise us on paint colors and furniture choices. When we ended up having to do substantial unforeseen work, including gutting an entire floor of our house and our basement to deal with mold, and the work we decided to do expanded to include plumbing, rewiring, new plastering, and carpentry, Cheryl jumped in to coordinate everything and essentially take over the role of general contractor. She was terrifically organized, was able to source solid sub-contractors, and she was able to shepherd the project along to get us into the house as quickly as possible.
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Cheryl really helped me with paint colors and design choices for my condo! She was also really pleasant and a delight to work with! Highly recommend!
Cheryl was a wonderful partner for us as we figured out what we wanted from our open plan “blank slate” as we moved into our first home. Cheryl took the time to chat with us and brainstorm options, ultimately coming up with a layout that hadn’t even occurred to me — immediately I could see it was by far the best use of our small multi-functional living/dining room. Knowing that Cheryl was very focused on family-friendly design was extremely reassuring to me and paid dividends through many tiny thoughtful touches that have improved our enjoyment of our space. Now that we are in lockdown, I am even more thankful that we took the time with Cheryl to make our space exactly what we wanted and nee...
Cheryl has more than exceeded my expectations for a designer. We have a very large project and I knew at the outset that I couldn’t handle all of the details myself. She has been a fantastic listener and is able to take my big picture ideas of how I want a room to feel and translate that into reality. Plus, she has been ensuring that she is two steps ahead of the project to make sure that there are no delays in construction.
What drew me to Cheryl at first was that she has an eye for practical design that fits growing families. I feel strongly about not sacrificing functionality for design and she has done a great job mixing the two together.
Most importantly of all, Cheryl has been a...
Cheryl has come in transformed my children's room and our very chaotic entryway and dining room into more elegant, functional space. She's a gifted designer and also provides a calm, gentle presence when she's in our home. My kids love seeing her and she managed to give my daughter a sense of pride and involvement when setting up her new 'big girl' bed. I look forward to working with Cheryl again, we have other projects planned. She's a gem and I highly recommend her.
Cheryl brings a genuine sense of curiosity and non-judgement to the design challenges presented by a couple whose tastes and communication styles vary greatly. One afternoon with Cheryl helped me reframe what seemed like a design impasse with an alternative approach that would work with our short-term and long-term goals. She also helped me think through ways to honor our high regard for quality furniture despite a limited budget.
Cheryl was super easy to work with, and was a life safer when it came to making our house more family friendly. She brought new perspective and was able to create solutions that work for both our budget and style. Our home is more vibrant and functional thanks to Cheryl - we strongly recommend her!
We worked with Cheryl for several months before and after moving into our home in Jamaica Plain. We originally hired her to help advise us on paint colors and furniture choices. When we ended up having to do substantial unforeseen work, including gutting an entire floor of our house and our basement to deal with mold, and the work we decided to do expanded to include plumbing, rewiring, new plastering, and carpentry, Cheryl jumped in to coordinate everything and essentially take over the role of general contractor. She was terrifically organized, was able to source solid sub-contractors, and she was able to shepherd the project along to get us into the house as quickly as possible.
We wou...
Cheryl really helped me with paint colors and design choices for my condo! She was also really pleasant and a delight to work with! Highly recommend!
Cheryl was a wonderful partner for us as we figured out what we wanted from our open plan “blank slate” as we moved into our first home. Cheryl took the time to chat with us and brainstorm options, ultimately coming up with a layout that hadn’t even occurred to me — immediately I could see it was by far the best use of our small multi-functional living/dining room. Knowing that Cheryl was very focused on family-friendly design was extremely reassuring to me and paid dividends through many tiny thoughtful touches that have improved our enjoyment of our space. Now that we are in lockdown, I am even more thankful that we took the time with Cheryl to make our space exactly what we wanted and nee...
Cheryl has more than exceeded my expectations for a designer. We have a very large project and I knew at the outset that I couldn’t handle all of the details myself. She has been a fantastic listener and is able to take my big picture ideas of how I want a room to feel and translate that into reality. Plus, she has been ensuring that she is two steps ahead of the project to make sure that there are no delays in construction.
What drew me to Cheryl at first was that she has an eye for practical design that fits growing families. I feel strongly about not sacrificing functionality for design and she has done a great job mixing the two together.
Most importantly of all, Cheryl has been a...
Cheryl has come in transformed my children's room and our very chaotic entryway and dining room into more elegant, functional space. She's a gifted designer and also provides a calm, gentle presence when she's in our home. My kids love seeing her and she managed to give my daughter a sense of pride and involvement when setting up her new 'big girl' bed. I look forward to working with Cheryl again, we have other projects planned. She's a gem and I highly recommend her.
Cheryl brings a genuine sense of curiosity and non-judgement to the design challenges presented by a couple whose tastes and communication styles vary greatly. One afternoon with Cheryl helped me reframe what seemed like a design impasse with an alternative approach that would work with our short-term and long-term goals. She also helped me think through ways to honor our high regard for quality furniture despite a limited budget.
Cheryl was super easy to work with, and was a life safer when it came to making our house more family friendly. She brought new perspective and was able to create solutions that work for both our budget and style. Our home is more vibrant and functional thanks to Cheryl - we strongly recommend her!
We worked with Cheryl for several months before and after moving into our home in Jamaica Plain. We originally hired her to help advise us on paint colors and furniture choices. When we ended up having to do substantial unforeseen work, including gutting an entire floor of our house and our basement to deal with mold, and the work we decided to do expanded to include plumbing, rewiring, new plastering, and carpentry, Cheryl jumped in to coordinate everything and essentially take over the role of general contractor. She was terrifically organized, was able to source solid sub-contractors, and she was able to shepherd the project along to get us into the house as quickly as possible.
We wou...
