Who We Are

Make it Home Design Company was born from the belief that great design creates an emotional connection between people and spaces. We work to create beautiful spaces that function and speak to your own design aesthetic. We work to make it feel like HOME!

With years of experience in real estate, interior design, home renovation and building, our knowledge and experience can help guide your design and staging decisions to create a beautiful, coordinated space that fits your lifestyle or the market conditions.

Ashley & Stasia

Stasia Rice

Co-Founder and Residential Designer

I believe a house becomes a HOME when it is not only beautiful, but reflects the individual aesthetic, functionality and personality of the people it shelters. My goal as your designer is to learn about your family and your specific lifestyle and needs in order to transform your spaces into those you’ll LOVE coming home to. My creativity actually thrives when problem solving and customizing a design to fit your specific situations! As an active real estate agent at Avenue Realty, I have enjoyed helping many homeowners prepare their homes for sale and buyers imagine what a house could be! This experience will be shared to help you make the most of your investment when enhancing your home. As an experienced project manager, I also bring high levels of organization, planning, budgeting and coordination to your projects. It doesn’t just look pretty in theory… it is executed to perfection.

My husband, Eric, and our three boys, Liam, Logan and Declan, have called Greene County, VA home since 2012. When we bought our historic farmhouse, I found a playground for my life long passion for design and renovation! My own experience of trying to balance having a beautiful home I enjoy with an active and changing lifestyle has helped inform much of my design process for my clients. While I try to adapt designs to my client’s aesthetic, my over arching style pairs timeless form with modern function and spices things up with color and texture along the way.

Ashley Artale

Co-Founder and Airbnb/Commercial Designer

I grew up in beautiful Madison County, Virginia and currently reside in Ruckersville with my husband, Jamie, and my children Jaxon and Payton. My husband and I have purchased & flipped various properties over the years in our free time while I've been running my bookkeeping and payroll business.

I have always had the ability to walk into a house and envision the full potential of the property. I have a passion for working with homeowners to take their house and turn it into a home that they truly love. I can't wait to get to help you experience that same feeling.

Tessa Northcott

Marketing and Project Support

I grew up in Chester, Virginia and moved to Charlottesville after college where I live with my fiancé, Jimmie, and our cat, Betty. When I am not working at Make It Home, I am a REALTOR with Avenue Realty.

My love for real estate and beautiful homes comes from my mother. She was also a realtor and while she wasn’t a professional interior designer, her home always looked like it belonged in a magazine. My favorite part of working with Stasia and Ashley is the final days of a project when we are finishing up all of the little details. Watching their designs transform and come to life is so exciting!