My portfolio.
My portfolio includes both built interiors and independent design studies.
The built work shows ideas carried into physical space. The design studies are original residential concepts I use to explore material, light, architecture, furniture, art and the tension created when objects from different periods and origins occupy the same room.
Both are expressions of the same point of view: a room becomes interesting not through novelty alone, but through specificity—of material, story, provenance and the people who ultimately inhabit it.''
Built work.
Cold overhead light panels can be turned off and replaced by the warm glow of a totem floor lamp, a rattan pendant, and two table lamps. The ceramic wallflowers and the glass table add a splash of reflective light. Curved silhouettes soften hard architectural lines—visible in the rattan desk, the circular coffee table, and the scalloped lampshade. Altogether, the furnishings transform a windowless envelope into a moody, rosy cocoon.
But authentic design is about more than aesthetics—it is about how a space functions for the people inside it. When I interviewed therapists, they said that their #1 requirement was comfortable seating. So I chose two deep-seated accent armchairs with lumbar pillows, upholstered in so chenille. The outward-facing secretary desk ensures the therapist is connected to the room and the airy sidelight. Hollow coffee table books add color and visual height, but are also functional. Each book conceals journaling supplies for patient journaling, or can stow a distracting cell phone. Ultimately, this design turns a dark canvas into an comfortable, therapeutic sanctuary.
One Life Counseling Center
Designer Showcase 2026 · Completed Interior
I designed this therapy office for One Life Counseling Center, a nonprofit that providees accessible mental-health services on the Peninsula. My design work was chosen and donated as part of the 2026 Designer Showcase.
The objective was not simply to create a beautiful room, but to create one that felt psychologically safe: warm, residential, tactile and removed from the institutional vocabulary often associated with clinical environments.
The primary challenge was a room that was narrow, dark and windowless. So I introduced dimension and color with the layered brushstrokes of a wallcovering reminiscent of Klimt’s painting, Farm Garden with Sunflowers. On the opposite wall, handcrafted ceramic flowers introduce more texture. The floral theme extends to an archival print of a woman’s face, blanketed in roses.
Design studies.
These are not client commissions. They are independent design studies through which I explore space, furniture, material, lighting and the relationships between objects.
