About Us

Your Boston Design+Build Team.  Integrated in-house team of Architects, Designers and Professional Builders.

A Different Approach to Home Renovation

Divine Design+Build, formerly Divine Kitchens, is Boston’s premier design+build firm specializing in kitchens, baths, additions and whole house remodeling.We are an integrated team of in-house architects, designers and professional builders.  Under the ownership and direction of Mariette Barsoum, CKD, Divine has earned the reputation for outstanding interior design, full service construction and uncompromising customer service. We have received numerous awards and our projects have been featured in books, magazines, and newspapers as far south as Florida. We can help you create the space of your dreams from the initial sketches to the finishing touches. We purchase only the finest products and combine them with the skills and talents of a professional design team to create a truly unique space that blends seamlessly with the architectural style of your home, while being functional and beautiful for years to come.

Design+Build = Savings

A design+build firm is a full-service company that provides you with a turn-key process. We offer creative interior design services, and we provide the construction services for all building and installation work. We will design and then build your project – from beginning to end – saving you time, money, and stress.

Our lead carpenters are our full-time employees, not subcontractors. They are never over-extended, and have your project as their single focus.

Homeowners who want accountability and continuity benefit greatly from this combination of services.  You will never wonder who is responsible for any aspect of your project. You will never be required to find a part or service for yourself. Throughout the entire process you will be working with a single-point-of-contact to oversee the entire process, from design to finalized construction.

The Design+Build system is a newer concept for homeowners. Often, they think that the familiar “design+BID” process (working with a designer to produce a design, then bidding it out to various contractors) will produce the lowest cost/best value. This is rarely the case since the design team is divorced from the build team.  Bids come in 50 to 80% higher than anticipated. To reduce the cost, you go through multiple design iterations to scale back the project, each at cost to you. In the building stage, miscommunications, changes to the scope of work, and a host of independent contractors each with their own schedule, add costs and valuable time to your project. Our experience tells us that customers using a traditional design followed by bid process almost always pay more, about 14-18% more. Using Divine’s design+build process, we provide a fair, firm, fixed price for your entire project, no ifs or buts; no “misunderstandings” and no “low balling.” Another key advantage of Design+Build is the ability for you to make tradeoffs before the project starts. As the customer, you are always in control of the budget.

Better still? Design+build means you are provided with the up-front, fixed cost of your renovation. There are no “estimates” at Divine – your “Proposal” is what the final cost of your renovation will be.  No surprises!

A Divine Team

Your home renovation is a collaborative effort: your vision, combined with our architecture, interior design, engineering and construction team. And since we’ll be spending time in your home, we should start by getting to know each other. We’re pleased to introduce you to some of the people you’ll be working with during your renovation.