Kerr Design Studio is a unique design team specializing in high-quality renovations, custom-built homes and spaces in the greater Vancouver area. Established by Doug Kerr in 1987, the design group has formed into an established team of international designers. Each designer with their own sense of style and background, together the team creates beautiful and unique, custom spaces for their clients.
With our connection to Kerr Construction and the design-build process, we offer a unique perspective to design. It allows us an expert understanding of what can be built and how to get permits through city hall as well as the insight to maintain a link to budget and scope.
Our objective is to echo the desires of our clients' hearts and reflect that into their homes. We continually strive to elevate spaces....guiding our clients home.

Nisha MacNeil
Design Manager

Elton Donald
Design/Construction Manager

Steven Butler
Senior Designer

Leo Chester
Senior Designer

Ellen Tong
Intermediate Designer

Raymond Padua
Drafting Technician
“Thank you so much for all your amazing coordination of the design and taking care of all the ‘bits and pieces’ that have made this process so much easier for us. As you know it has all take an emotional toll on Ron ( and me), so your professional support throughout the decision-making process really made a huge difference to us both.” - Diane T.
"We just completed our design phase with Lead Designer Nisha. Nisha is so much fun to work with and she's got a great eye for design. She learned our tastes and style quickly and understood our needs well. On the technical side of things, everything was documented well and in full detail – contract proposals, layout and design drawings, budget breakdowns, to-do lists. Nisha always made sure deadlines were met and that we were up to speed with what was going on. Can't wait for the construction phase to start!" - Angela BF
"I just wanted to drop you a line about your 5-star service. Our project is coming together and I can now see with my own eyes how it is to scale and fitting in with the design of the old house. I love sitting on my new deck when everybody has gone and just thinking it is perfect. So Kudos to Steven for his design, because truly it was very hard for me to visualize the size and scope." - Meg H.
"What is proposed is a significant permitting victory, thanks to Steven." - M. Romily
"I loved the design. I found Nisha very easy to work with and she made recommendations that we liked and listed to my choices." - J.& R. Barrett
"Thank you for your invaluable input, it was sophisticated and elegant and you created a space better than I would have envisioned" - V. Gudas
“Nisha, you have been a rockstar through the design process” - L.&C. Cortes
“Steven had incredible customer service - timely responses to all of my questions and great attention to detail. Overall a fantastic experience!” - M. Stanojevic
“All meetings were on time, the background work was done so that all the info was ready at the meetings to discuss and thus the meetings were very efficient and that was fantastic. We are very pleased with the final plans and the 3D renders look great. I would highly recommend working with Steven to my friends he was fantastic.” - G. Pansegrau
“I appreciated my designer Jamie's willingness to listen to our needs as a company and take them into account when designing the space." - A. Mendoza
“Nisha MacNeil, our designer, with her exceptional expertise gave us our dream kitchen and more” - J. Leung