"Megan’s designs bring life, warmth, conversation and interest to a home"
- INTERIORS CALIFORNIA
"INTERIOR DESIGN IS based on how you live and WHAT YOU LOVE. Our job is to bring it all together IN A UNIQUE AND FUNCTIONAL WAY."
Megan Dufresne, founder and principal of MC Design is a Manhattan Beach native who was raised visiting job sites and marking up blueprints with her contractor father. She grew up in homes custom built and designed by her parents.
She works primarily in the beach cities of Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, and travels for clients as needed. With a new showroom in Rancho Mirage, Dufresne is excited to expand her Firm to the Greater Palm Desert area.
As a former luxury design specialist for House Beautiful and Modern Luxury Interiors California magazines, Dufresne now brings that knowledge and passion to interior design. She founded MC Design in 2007.
Dufresne lives in Lower Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes Estates with her husband and two Chihuahuas. She’s a firm believer in cocktail hour(s) and beautifully organized spaces.
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I am so excited to announce the opening of my new showroom in Rancho Mirage featured in the April issue of Palm Springs Life Magazine. Thank you @leilanimarielabong and @palmspringslifemagazine and @stephenbusken for the gorgeous eight page spread! And how special to be the only female designer featured in the issue!
Another @ArchitecturalDigest feature for MC Design written by @abidwrites Thank you to our amazing clients for letting us design this beautiful home!
“When you’re fortunate enough to live on a 13,000-square-foot property in Los Angeles, you deserve a little something extra special to help you soak it all in. This bathroom, designed by Megan Dufresne of MC Design, has just the spot to help the owner do that. Its two-person custom soaking tub from Diamond Spas @diamond_spas_co
sits 40 inches high, and the stainless steel material helps it retain heat better than standard tubs. It fills from a @Kohler ceiling spout and overlooks a lush green space outside. The window features a fog switch that can provide privacy when needed.“ Check out the article by Jennifer Beck Goldblatt @beckifer13 on the homepage of @archdigest
Art, Craft, and Coastal Collide in this contemporary Southern California ocean home. Located on one of SoCal’s most coveted beachfront enclaves and Dana Point’s most exclusive gated communities @thestrandatheadlands. Story by Jennifer Sperry for @oceanhomemag; Photographed by @laurentaylorcreative. Interior Design by @megandufresnedesign. Architectural Design by @geoffsumichdesign. Build by @rjschwinnassociates.
#CalligraphyBrushes are one of my current obsessions .... If you’re thinking, “I didn’t know she did calligraphy”, I don’t. I’ve never done #calligraphy in my entire life. 😂 .... But, I’m a sucker for beautiful #art and #design .... These #brushes come in so many beautiful colors and sizes and are the perfect #accessory no matter what style #decor you have. Here are a few of my current favorites.
#ChallengeAccepted #WomenSupportingWomen ❤️ Thank you @iamjosiebalzano for lifting up all the women in your life, including myself! Cheers to all the badass women doing their best day in and day out!
It’s not everyday that we get to create a #Sewing #CraftRoom .... Scroll through the photos to see how we converted useless space in the entry into a #SewingRoom off of the master bedroom. This is just another reminder that the possibilities are endless when you hire an #InteriorDesigner 😍🙌
Sometimes you forget how amazing something is when you see it everyday. As I was walking around our neighborhood, one of the neighbors asked which house was ours. As I began to explain, “Five houses down on the right side...”, one of the women exclaimed, “Oh! You’re the one with the landscape!” I knew immediately that she knew which house was ours. When I got to the front yard, it made me pause and smile. It really is beautiful! I love not having #grass like most of the other homes.
This is one of my favorite #art installations that I’ve done to date. It’s a series by a #Mexican #photographer that follows the same few work #trucks every day for months. He captures them from atop a bridge while they’re parked below. We hung this series of three different trucks shot on two different days in my clients office. He says it reminds him to be thankful for everything he has, and more importantly, to appreciate other cultures.
A little #designer #ProTip for today.... #DecorativeBoxes are one of the most useful and versatile #accessories in #HomeDecor - I have at least one in almost every room in my home, and I use them on all of my #design projects.... They can be used alone, stacked or with other #decor on top of them. They come in every material and color that you can imagine; #bone , lucite, mirror, wood, glass, etc., and can be used to store things like petty cash, remote controls, photos, greeting cards, or anything else that needs storing.
I wanted to share a glimpse of how most of my #VirtualDesign is being done these days.... I ask a showroom to please send me photos of all (fill in the blank) items that they have, assuming they’re not on their website - in this case it’s #Pillows - then I markup the photo of items that could potentially work and they send me back detailed images of whatever items I have selected in my marked up photo. On the off chance something may work, I send the photos to my client and hope that they like it.... If they don’t, I start again with another company. If they do, we cross our fingers and order it and pray that it will work once it arrives. If it doesn’t, we then begin the return process and it’s back to the drawing board.... I know Covid-19 has affected so many industries in so many ways, and this is one example of how it has affected designers. I am counting down the seconds to when all of the showrooms will be open again, and I’ll be happy to social distance and wear a mask, and gloves, if they ask me to.
I always tell clients that the day we buy indoor plants is when we’re actually almost done. Today is that day for a project that I’ve been working on for 3.5 years! It’s such a great feeling to wrap up a large project like this! 🙌😍
Today we worked with a 2020 high school graduate to transform her childhood bedroom into as close to a dorm room as possible. With many college students not physically attending school in the fall, on top of missing out on the important senior year milestones like prom and graduation, I can’t imagine how difficult this time must be for these kids! We were glad that we could bring a little bit of #color and happiness to one of these students today!
If we can’t go to #Mexico this month, we’ll do our best to bring a little bit of #🇲🇽 to #California .... We’re loving all the #fiesta inspired #plants @Armstronggarden .... Who else has taken up #gardening or refreshed their #landscape during quarantine?
Another day, another virtual #furniture install.... All I ask is that nobody please hang any more art until I’m there in person! I promise it’ll be worth the wait to have it done correctly! 😭🙏
For our #WorldTraveler client that’s having an especially difficult time having to stay at home these last couple of months, her kids ordered these #bookspines with some of her favorite places on them for Mother’s Day. So creative and thoughtful!
Throwing it back to our last photo shoot in #RollingHills ..... We can’t wait to get the final photos from @catalinkam so we can add them to MCDesignShop.com
