About
Liz Restivo, interior designer
Liz has a bachelor of arts in art history from Santa Clara University, California. She parlayed her arts education and extensive world travels into a prestigious auction house career in San Francisco and Chicago, where she gained a solid foundation of art fundamentals that led to a gallery directorship in Chicago. With her design spark ignited, Liz enrolled in The Art Institute of Colorado and earned an associate of applied science degree, Alpha Beta Kappa style, in interior design. While continuing her education, she worked at a wholesale showroom at the Denver Design Center rounding out her experience and gaining knowledge in high-end home furnishings and textiles. She later worked for an award-winning Denver luxury Interior design firm. Liz has successfully combined all facets of her experience from the essentials of good design techniques to her industry savvy by working with today’s top design houses. Her work has been featured in several Colorado home tours. Liz knows how to meet her clients’ needs while capitalizing on her inside industry relationships. In 2004, she teamed with her general contractor husband and formed R Squared Design Build and has successfully made more than 100 spaces come alive for her clients.
Tom Restivo, general contractor
Tom has a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Arizona and is a general contractor with a Class B license. Apprentice work during school steered him to the construction side of design/build. Working for subcontractors and large general contractors, Tom was immersed in the basics of construction means and methods while working on single family and substantial commercial projects. Later pursuits with an architecturally driven design/build and development firm fostered interoffice teamwork between architect and contractor during the bidding and construction process. Commercial, adaptive reuse, historic and multi-family projects were completed with a design-driven process intent on customer satisfaction, quality and efficiency. When offered a partnership with an architect building custom homes and speculative single and multi-family projects, Tom knew the opportunity was too great to pass up. From bidding projects accurately to meeting tight deadlines, he saw an opportunity to offer more for clients. He formed R Squared Design with his interior design wife in 2004 and has been the secret sauce for many inspiring homes in Colorado.