About Us

How it all started

When a licensed contractor with over 18 years of experience meets an interior designer with over 23 years of experience gets together, you know things will be fantastic. Ryan Gardner and Jon McGill have worked together for years, just not for the same company. Design N Mind Interiors of Salt Lake City was born after years of frustration with other companies and restrictions.

Our in-house custom design architect, Jon McGill, is a highly sought-after professional who lends his creative expertise and attention to detail to every project. “Working with my clients, I listen to the vision you have for your project and then translate those ideas into a design that will delight you!”

Ryan Gardner, the owner of Salt Lake City based Blue Lake Construction, has been in the construction industry for over 18 years, specializing in kitchen and bathroom remodels, home additions, and other home builds.

Design N Mind Interiors, a division of Blue Lake Construction, was founded in the summer of 2022 with one goal: to help homeowners of the Salt Lake Valley beautify their homes, one remodel at a time. We pride ourselves on a transparent remodeling experience, including the homeowner in all project aspects and ensuring you get the kitchen or bathroom remodel of your dreams.

Jon McGill - best of Houzz for 10 years.

Design N Mind Interiors is nothing short of AMAZING!.. He took a small, dark, old 80's kitchen and made it my dream kitchen!.. His unique designs helped us use every inch of space we had! He is so prompt with all replies to every questions and his design skills are unmatched! Will recommend him to everyone!

Design N Mind Interiors helped us remodel our kitchen and master bath as well as adding a new bathroom downstairs. He did a fantastic job helping us pick out color schemes and designing all of it. I would highly recommend Jon McGill to anyone that wants a extremely beautiful end result.

We lucked out getting Jon McGill for our kitchen designer! He was very professional, He listened to what we wanted, gave us great ideas and made every step of the way stress free. We had complete confidence in his ideas and suggestions. Our cabinets look great. We love our new kitchen! We are looking forward to working with him again on “phase 2” of our house remodel.

Design N Mind Interiors from the beginning was knowledgeable, helpful and my advocate. It was so easy to make the many decisions needed for my remodel with Jon's direction. When things weren't getting done, he lit a fire under the contractor and they stepped up. He spent time figuring out what I was wanting then provided options to choose from. From paint colors to tile, backsplash flooring, etc. it made it easy to make those decisions. I highly recommend Jon to anyone thinking of remodeling and don't know where to start! He will guide you through the process and you'll love the outcome.

Jon McGill helped me through a remodel of my entire living area. He's a delight to work with in every way. As we worked out a plan of designs, colors, and materials, he brought his professional ideas and up-to-date knowledge of design to bring more than I had imagined to the plan. I appreciated his honest opinions regarding questions and suggestions along the way to steer things into a beautiful home that is a peaceful and beautiful place to live in. I highly recommend this company and Jon.

We had gone to the Home Show in 2021 and got very lucky to meet Jon McGill, and his Contractor Ryan. Jon helped us find exactly the perfect Cabinets we were looking for and was with us to help picking the Backsplash, hardware, everything.