SVK Interior Design

Senalee is the best! She is super organized, has great taste, is cost-​conscious (both with her time and the products she chooses), is flexible around our schedules, and very much added value for the minor renovations we did prior to furnishing and decorating our place. We are so happy living here… it is a treat to come home every day.
We started with a blank canvas in a new condo and with only a few pieces of furniture. Senalee worked around our schedules and the schedules of the family living in the condo before we took possession. She started by creating floor plans, conceptual furniture layouts and mood boards that were all presented in a highly organized and easy to follow fashion. She helped my wife and me to come to conclusions on styles and pieces despite our different tastes. We picked furniture, rugs, wood floor stains, paint colors, window coverings, lighting, etc, etc and it all came together perfectly.
I was totally overwhelmed by the thought of having to decorate and furnish our place, but Senalee made it all happen seamlessly, on budget, on time and with great style. We love being here and can’t thank Senalee enough for her help!

Senalee was a huge help in drafting plans for our kitchen and half bath remodel. This was our first time remodeling our condo or dealing with the city, so Senalee walked us through step by step explaining the process and what was permissible from a city code perspective. To top it off, she gave us creative advice on how to maximize our space, flow and what and where to shop for stone, cabinets and appliances. She is super resourceful, honest and has a great read on her clients taste and end vision. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to remodel their space!

I worked with Senalee on two different projects. She is professional, knowledgeable, STYLISH, and has a winning personality to boot. Senalee first helped me with a bathroom remodel. She broke down the pricing in a precise manner and gave me a number of design options within my range. Senalee provides excellent customer service by going above and beyond what is required of her. She clearly enjoys her work, and her customers benefit from her apparent passion and expertise. Senalee was my first call when I needed a color consultant for the interior walls of my house. Again, she treated the job, despite the smaller nature of the project, with the utmost professional courtesy and attention to detail. It is a refreshing delight to know someone in the home-​improvement arena who actually takes pride in their work and is not out to charge exorbitant prices just because they do business in San Francisco. I will definitely use SVK for my future design needs.

Senalee at SVK Interior Design was exactly who we needed for our bathroom remodel.
We had a rough idea of what we wanted our bathroom to look like and which fixtures we wanted to use but our contractor recommended that we hire a designer to create professional design documents for them to use and to submit for permits. We hired Senalee based on her reviews here and how organized and responsive she was when we first contacted her.
Senalee listened to our proposed design, answered all of our questions and provided excellent suggestions for pulling it all together. She researched complimentary materials to what we already wanted and provided multiple design ideas for us to choose between. She brought us samples and helped explain which would go well together. She also knows all the important details of what city and state regulations require.
When we were done, Senalee produced complete design documents and delivered them directly to our contractor. A great experience and I highly recommend her for any remodeling or interior design.

Senalee helped us choose colors for our office suite. She was cheerful, adaptable, and infinitely patient with our different tastes and different paces. The place looks great!

SVK was great. We had a limited budget and Senalee presented us with a number of options for our kitchen remodel that were within our financial range. She explained color schemes and choice of materials simply so that we could understand and visualize the concept. Our kitchen turned out great.

Up until about a month ago, I had a studio apartment which resembled the living space of «Girl Interrupted.» Think dingy white walls, harsh fluorescent lighting and you start to get the idea. All that was missing were the padded walls. Unfortunately for me, I hear that in 2013 psych ward chic isn’t really very in so I tried to make some changes on my own. I felt frustrated by the amount of time I was spending running from store to store and never really knowing what I was looking for.
I decided to get some help and I found Senalee through Unilocal.I contacted her originally just for help with paint colors, but ended up being so impressed by her design knowledge and ideas for the space that I asked her to help me with the whole place. She took into account my budget and my general style and then came back with a couple of different concepts. She was right on and within budget. I now have a finished studio apartment that has truly been transformed into a comfortable oasis that I love coming home to. I cannot recommend Senalee highly enough.

SVK is everything you want in an interior designer.
1. Expertly applies her design expertise: Senalee has walked us through concepts like space planning and lighting, and the amount of knowledge she has is astounding. It really opened our eyes to how important these elements are, and made us confident in her expertise. She also has a gift for visualizing what’s possible. It’s clear that she knows what she’s doing.
2. Listening to your ideas and concerns. Whether you have thoughts/​concerns about budget, color palette, furniture sizing, overall look, incorporating unique elements, or anything else, Senalee really listens and addresses each of your thoughts. She’ll be open and honest about what should be done and why, and incorporate your ideas as appropriate, or tell you why another idea will be better. And she’s always right.
3. Patient and provides explanations: She’s rational, reasonable, and flexible. Also, My S.O. and I ask A LOT of questions. We like to know exactly what’s going on and what is worth spending more money on, and what is not. Senalee explained everything, and provides additional information and context where necessary. I noticed that my S.O. will ask the same exact questions I did just a few minutes later (if she wasn’t listening the first time), and Senalee will patiently answer again.
4. Organized and efficient: She made a binder for us, and after meetings she will send follow up emails as necessary, which is very useful (especially when I realize that I was so caught up in listening to what she had to say that I didn’t write anything down). She is also process-​oriented, which is not always a skill that creative people have.
5. Passionate: She loves her work, and it shows in the product she delivers to you. I would recommend SVK Interior Design to everyone!

Senalee keeps things simple, which is important for non creative/​designer type like me. She provided me color and structural design consultation for a cottage unit on our property. Her color choices were right on point and worked out beautifully. Although we aren’t implementing the structural design changes immediately it is definitely up for consideration when we decide to renovate. Overall working with SVK was an easy and calm experience and I would encourage her to anyone looking for design help.

Former PB Buyer? Check. Impeccable taste? Check. Warm personality? Check. If you want an beautifully designed kitchen/​bathroom look no further. SVK know’s how to make it happen and you will love working with her to boot!

I met with Senalee while I was exploring options for my kitchen, even though I wasn’t ready to do anything just yet. She is a wonderful listener and quickly got a sense of what I need and what I could handle down the road. She was very patient about explaining the process and the various aspects I need to consider. She made it all sound do-​able and had very reasonable yet creative suggestions for what I could do (but also assured me about what I did not need to do right now). When we are finally ready to update our kitchen, I will call her again to have her help me through the design process.

If you are remodeling your kitchen or bathroom SVK Kitchen and Bath Blog is a wealth of information. She finds unique but practical pieces that cover lots of different styles.