Loveletters

Kate & Rab - Montara

We came to Win with our house plans and her design ideas saved us money and helped us develop a unified theme for the home. There are so many choices out there it's overwhelming.

She rescued our kitchen from the doldrums and suggested eliminating a second bathroom door that would have left us with no space for a towel rack. She also suggested a door to the outside to from the utility room. Every time we bring out the trash we thank Win for suggesting we add that door on the side of the house. Otherwise we'd be trekking the whole length of the house (with all its stairs) lugging recyclables.

Pat - On the Peninsula

Win has an uncanny ability to identify your preferences, favorite colors, and sentimental items; then somehow magically, it all comes together in a clever and charming design.

Win created the design for my whole house including my master bedroom, living room, and dining room. The project incorporated family heirlooms, used my favorite color in the carpet, and added beautiful new furniture pieces that pulled it all together. I am always happy when I come home to all my favorites!

I now use Win's consulting services for new projects and/or when I get stuck and can't make a decision -- the latest project being a small gallery of paintings in my living room stairwell. She helped select the paintings that will work together and arranged them to their best advantage.

Win also helped my sister with window and chair fabric, wall color, and furniture arrangement for her living room and dining room. Recently she consulted on her kitchen remodel. This project added a gorgeous hardwood floor that worked with existing cabinetry, new appliances, and a beautiful new granite countertop. My sister and family are thrilled.

Gretchen & Mike - Atherton

Win helped us choose fabrics and colors for the basement addition under the entire house and also drew up the elevation architectural drawings, which were really helpful. She did a nice job of providing lots of options and she spent the time to try to understand our style. She's friendly, cheerful and easy to work with and we're very happy with the way it turned out.

Linda - Montara

Win helped us with the master bedroom and bath remodel. She created a consistent look throughout. In the bedroom she helped find furniture, linens, pillows, lamps and sconces. She picked out great wall paper for the bathroom and selected fixtures, faucets and window coverings that matched the wall paper. She's very nice to work with and I was very happy with the work.

Kay - Half Moon Bay

Win is working on a bedroom and bath and did a facelift in the kitchen and family room.

We went from standard sofa and chairs to four movable chairs with a kind of country French theme. She took out a desk area and put in a big pine freestanding unit which gave me so much more storage. I'm thrilled.

She found great wall paper for the powder room that's a little like a botanic illustration and it's just beautiful. It's been almost two years and I still very pleased with how it turned out.

Win's easy to work with and listens to her client to get a lot of input. She'll use any furniture you want to keep and incorporates it into her design-finding a way to make it work with the new furnishings. She really knows what we like and brings us samples to choose from that match our taste. I'd definitely recommend her.

Lisa and Mark - Woodside

Win did a complete remodel of the downstairs which included a family room, office, wine cellar, guest room, laundry room and guest bath. It's a very a open space and had to look good all the time. She selected tile, interior furnishings, the color palette for the rooms, and found a great do-it-all person to work for us. We were very pleased with the way it turned out.

We hired her back to redo the upstairs which has more of the common areas of the house: kitchen, dining room and living room. We wanted the living room to feel more intimate and personal to us. My husband said it felt like a reception area -it was too big.

She found a beautiful screen to divide the room and painted that part of the room a different color to help delineate a separate space. We hung art and had the stairwell off the one area and then she redesigned the fireplace. She incorporated a large piece of natural cut redwood. It's a chunky thick piece of wood and she left it partly rough as a way to bring the exterior in. She chose the finishes, the mantle, marble, plaster and color palette making it warm and friendly and matching our tastes with contemporary style.

Most recently she did the interior design of the entire master bedroom/bathroom suite, a full addition onto our home. It represents more of the European contemporary aesthetic. Everyone I've brought through says it's more beautiful than what they've seen in any magazine. Win helped us stay consistent in our choice of materials: teak, slate, concrete, a natural palette that gives it a soothing, quiet feel.

One of the great services Win provides is narrowing down the choices. There might be thousands of materials out there. She would pick the ones with the quality and style we were interested in, and she'd bring maybe 25 to look at.