Crafting your Sanctuary

Welcome to
Salvaged Sanctuary

Hey, I’m Asia Babbington, the principal & lead designer of Salvaged Sanctuary.

A small, independent, woman-owned interior design studio specializing in full-service remodeling, space curation, furniture sourcing, painting murals, your plant needs & other creative endeavors. Based in Chicago and open to projects else where.

Salvaged Sanctuary’s resourceful approach to design is refreshing and approachable so you can have a space that not only functions for you but that shows who you are, no matter the space or budget.

Since beginning in January of 2019, Salvaged Sanctuary has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Network NextGen, My Domaine and officially as seen on HGTV.

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Plant Mom

The Services

Remodel + Renos

Full service design from concept to fruition. Let me help you design the space you need!

Styling + Staging

Whether you have pieces you want to work with or are starting fresh, this is a great way to refresh a space.

Everything Else..

Everything from adorning your walls with a mural to helping you thrive with incorporating plants into your home. Is here.

The Work

  • Working with Asia was great - her creativity and excellent eye brought the most out of teeny tiny bathroom! She helped us pick the perfect finishes and helped us get the details just right, making everything super functional as well as beautiful.

    Kathrine Nichols

  • It's been great working with Asia Babbington of Salvaged Sanctuary on a few projects. She goes beyond her scope of work to make sure that everything runs smoothly and the project ends up looking amazing. As long as you don't partner her up with my brother, Rudy, it's all good. They are great at spending all of Joe's money. All jokes aside, Asia is a very talented and knowledgeable designer.

    Joe Luzaj ( General Contrator of Area606 Properties)

  • Asia helped us with the floor plan, furniture selection, paint color selection and built in shelving design for our living room. The process felt very professional, she was flexible for meetings and always available for consultation via text. Asia connected us with her preferred contractors which was a relief after being ghosted by a number of others. Asia listened to the vibes we wanted present and gave us her honest feedback to guide us to the best outcome. Our living room is put together better than we could have imagined and feels like the style is ours.

    Marty & Leah Chuik

  • Asia came in and created an Oasis in what was a non-functional tiny bathroom. She selected the color for the walls, a new shower curtain and entirely new vanity (in addition to the sink and stone). She worked diligently and effectively. I love my functional and spacious bathroom. I then scheduled her again to help style the rest of my space, she organized and hung all my artwork and moved my living arrangement around. I feel like I have a new home, great job Asia!

    Teresa Alfaro

  • When it was time to update the interior of our mid century home we called Salvaged Sanctuary. Asia met with us, discussed what we wanted to accomplish, and our price range, walked through our home with us and presented us with several options for furniture placement of existing furniture, paint colors, fabric choices, and possible purchases of new furniture all within a week. The ideas and paint recommendations she made were very innovative and forward thinking, She was able to incorporate our globe collection and a personalized picture wall including photos we have taken on our various trips. Paint selection is modern and looks great with our existing upholstered furniture colors, as well as new furniture that we purchased. She was professional, timely, and easy to work with. We are very pleased with the outcome of our project and highly recommend Salvaged Sanctuary.

    Paul & Mary Edwards

  • As a single man with lackluster household aesthetic, Asia helped me transform my space with just a few pieces. I usually feel uncomfortable shopping for any home decor items, but she made me feel comfortable and involved in every aspect. She was able to source furniture pieces that fit my space and personality. I definitely plan to use her again for future renovations.

    Sheridan Clarke

  • After having the opportunity to work with Asia on a Gut rehab project in Oak Park, I came away from the venture extremely impressed. Asia checks all the boxes, she’s professional, organized, detail oriented, and has amazing sense for design. It was a very easy for us to work together since we were always on the same page! And the few times we didn’t see things the same, her communication skills paired with her lovely personality made it easy to come together and make things even better for the project. I would highly recommend Asia for her interior design and project management skills.

    Nicolas Isopo (General Contractor of Safe + Sound Design Build)

  • I have worked with Salvaged Sanctuary on numerous projects since purchasing my home five years ago and Asia has turned my vintage Chicago condo into my contemporary dream home. Salvaged Sanctuary managed the interior design of my living room, bathroom, kitchen, two bedrooms, and outdoor patio. In addition to taking measurements and sourcing gorgeous pieces, Asia also built a custom console table and managed renovations on my closet and wallpaper installation. What impresses me most about working with Asia is she finds creative ways to use existing pieces that I own to bring my personal style into her design. Furthermore, Asia was creative in sourcing unique pieces second-hand that saved thousands of dollars! Designing your home can feel overwhelming, but Asia makes the experience fun and customized to what makes you feel comfortable and at peace in your home. She taught me so much about her process that it was an incredible learning experience. I will absolutely continue working with Salvaged Sanctuary on my next big project!

    Kenny Burns

  • I felt very lucky to come across Asia's business. She comes into the space with a non-judgemental eye and asks what needs and wants the client wants to fulfill. I personally get very overwhelmed with this kind of thing and she helped suss out things that I might like in my living space. Asia is incredibly knowledgeable about interior design. When she left, she also sent an email with actionable next steps so that I could continue to build on the foundation she laid. I would definitely recommend her for her interior design needs.

    Zaire L.

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