Quintece C. Hill-Mattauszek

Principal Designer/Owner

“I always want to hear my clients say, ‘It’s so good to be home,’ or ‘How about you come to my place instead?” That’s how I know I’m doing the right thing.”

 – Quintece Hill-Mattauszek

Quintece grew up learning how to design and create beautiful things. These formative years included helping out in her mother’s fabrication workroom as she learned how to sew draperies and slipcovers. She also accompanied her father in his part-time landscaping business – a passion project outside of his full-time job as a mechanic. That experience served her well at the University of Maryland and Montgomery College, where she studied mechanical engineering and then interior design, while paying her own way with money she earned by offering creative services such as decorative painting and architectural renderings. 

Quintece’s education continued through her early professional career as she worked under some of the area’s most accomplished designers, before establishing Studio Q in 2012. Through her own business, Quintece regularly employs her engineering background by integrating smart-home technology and innovative lighting design into her interiors. She’s also not afraid to get out her tools and build custom elements when the need arises. “I don’t think there’s a single project where I haven’t made something in some capacity,” she says. Among her many creative projects, Quintece has built custom cabinetry, doors, paneling, and crown molding, in addition to regularly utilizing her sewing machine and decorative-painting skills to craft truly unique environments for her clients. 

Quintece gained widespread attention in 2016, when The Washington Post featured the roof-terrace design she produced for that year’s DC Design House. The project involved upholstering a mail-order daybed, building a canopy around it, and draping it in lush fabrics she and her mother sewed to invoke the iconic decorator Dorothy Draper’s bold and colorful aesthetic. She’s since been featured in several publications that have highlighted her diverse projects, which currently run the gamut from a farmhouse in the country to a chic home in the city.

Quintece lives close to her studio in Alexandria, in the home she shares with her husband and two sons. It’s never a dull moment as the whole family cares for a steady flow of foster puppies while the pups await their forever homes. 

Career Accomplishments

-Project feature on www.indoteakdesign.com Feb. 2020
-2020 Black Tastemakers, #29blacktastemakers
- Home & Design Magazine: 2019 Late Fall Issue “Build & Remodel”
- Event designer: 2018 Light Up the Seasons event at the Four Seasons
- Designer's Choice Award for Up & Coming Interior Designer (2018 Home & Design Magazine)
- President of the Montgomery College Advisory Board Committee (Academic Year 2018-2019)
- DC Modern Luxury Magazine: Jan/Feb Issue Best in the City “2018 The Visionary”
- Featured tree designer for the 2017,2019 Light Up the Seasons event at the Four Seasons Georgetown (benefiting Children's National Hospital)
- Designer Showhouses: Historical Ellicott City Decorator Showhouse (2019,2011)
BSA Decorator Showhouse 2017, 2013), D.C. Design House (2016), BSO Decorator Showhouse Ritz Carlton (2011)

Our Office — By Appointment Only
Studio Q Designs 950 N. Washington St. Alexandria, VA 22314

"I take pride in my ability to interpret clients' design goals to create beautiful, bold, and functional spaces that reflect their taste and lifestyle."

- Quintece Hill-Mattauszek