Design Loft Company

Hellen and her team at Design Loft have been wonderful in navigating me through my kitchen remodeling project. They are super responsive and very professional. I changed my remodeling plans a couple of times as I was exploring a couple of very different options. But Hellen was very patient with me, and kept me focused on my objectives, and advised me accordingly. Overall, I am glad I chose to go with Hellen/ Design Loft, and I would highly recommend her to my friends and family in heart beat!

Hellen and her crew were always on time and followed up with many details which would have been quite difficult for my wife and me. They were promptly willing to review changes and explore design modifications for just modest fee increases. I believe we worked on our project to maximize its value within the constraints of zoning, building, and code history until the best compromise design was reached. We thank you for helping us through this process. If we were going to build again locally I'd be contacting you to help us again.

I have enjoyed working with Hellen to design my SF apartment this year. When we started the process, I did not have a clear idea of what I wanted, as my vision evolved, Hellen was always there to provide solutions and suggestions and that too at a reasonable price point. I would highly recommend working with Hellen.

We are doing some extensive remodeling of our home and we decided to work with The Design Loft after we got great comments from references. It has been a wonderful experience so far and we have loved working with Hellen Hsieh and her team. Hellen has great ideas for design and is very receptive to our ideas. She and her team are ready and come prepared for meetings and we always have very productive discussions. Her follow through is excellent and she makes sure to address everything discussed, without letting anything slip through the cracks. We heartily recommend her and The Design Loft for your projects!

The Design Loft team, led by Hellen, are exceptional design partners. They helped us to re-imagine our master bath and kitchen with creative design and structural solutions. Hellen and Joni were great thought partners and were very attuned to our design preferences while also introducing new variations that we would not have come up with on our own. I am grateful, finally to have a walk-in closet in our master bedroom, and a state of the art kitchen that is both sophisticated and highly functional. The team is very responsive and willing to assist on all aspects of our house remodel, including finish, material, fabric, and furniture selection. I would highly recommend this team and when if there comes time for remodeling in the future, they will be first on our list to call!

Hellen and her team at Design Loft helped us with the planning and design to rebuild and expand our all-original circa-1950s 2 bed/2 bath ranch tract home. Instead of closed up dark spaces, we now have a beautiful bright house that flows, large kitchen with center island, additional office/bedroom, unique powder room, and expanded floorplan to include a master suite. Design Loft helped us with the design and architectural drawings, They brought in resources, as needed, for structural drawings, energy calculations, and getting the plans approved. When our original cabinet manufacturer became a casualty of COVID, they helped us find an alternate within the same budget and redrew the plans. When we had issues with the cabinets, they worked with the distributor to resolve the issues at no extra cost to us. Hellen was always available to consult with our contractor throughout the project. Hellen has a wonderful patient demeanor, invaluable to saving stress, time, and money for a large project such as ours. Especially invaluable was Hellen’s design expertise, providing options, all while keeping to our budget and taste. She helped us with everything: color, tile, floors, cabinet, countertop, hardware, plumbing fixture, lighting, doors, moulding, finishes, etc. We came to absolutely trust Hellen’s judgement and advice. Our house is now completely transformed and better than what we envisioned, one that is modern, practical, and unique.

We are current clients and appreciative of the work by Hellen and team. Building a new house can be a stressful process; it is a tremendous relief to have professional assistance we trust and enjoy.

What a wonderful experience! We finished our full house and kitchen remodel 6 month ago with Design Loft Company, Hellen was an absolute joy to work with throughout the project! She's very professional, has good taste and detailed oriented. She understood my needs, worked us through the design process, Our kitchen is beautiful. Hellen designed a perfect space and worked well with our contractor, It looks beautiful and we are thrilled. I highly recommend Design Loft Company to others looking for high quality products and knowledgeable design service for their home.

We hired Helen and her team to help us design a full rip and replace remodel of our 4BR home this past year. We were very pleased with the results. She was very patient and professional throughout the entire process, accommodative in incorporating our ideas and preferences within her designs, and made great recommendations on materials/vendors to use. We highly recommend her for any full scale renovation projects.

I hired Hellen to help with many parts of the remodel, starting from the plans drawing and layout, to design and material choices for the bathroom and kitchen. She and her team listens well, and tries to preset the best options based on many considerations and sometimes conflicting desires. She is a good resource for information, communicates clearly, and responds in a timely manner.

The Design Loft team was professional, knowledgable, and kept us on track, which was very helpful. They know a lot about beautiful materials and listened well to our input.

Hellen has helped us complete several projects in our home over the last several years. She has been wonderful from beginning to end in each of the projects. She has been truly amazing in creating wonderful spaces and design for our home. Each space that she created in our home is much loved and very well used by our family of 5, with 3 kids ages 9-15, from our new family room space to laundry room converted to office/guest room space. The spaces are much admired and loved by our visiting relatives, friends and guests. She is incredibly creative but also practical and solution focused. She is patient and listens well and balances our utility, timeline, budget needs with her creative vision for the space design. She is a professional who has a sense of calm that translates to her space design. It has been amazing working with her over the years.

We hired Hellen to do a complete remodel of our kitchen. The job was extensive since it required taking down a wall, installing new appliances, new pantry, and moving the location of the sink. Hellen and her staff were exceptional. She has a knack for quickly recognizing the customer's taste and requirements and the result is a kitchen that we absolutely love. Hellen is excellent with her follow-through and was always available to help us figure out the minutiae. She suggested names of contractors and insisted that we hire them after an interview. This was helpful since we had no prior experience with remodeling. We ended up choosing one of her suggestions and it all worked out very well.

We are very happy to have Hellen and her team helped us with our remodeling project. Hellen listens to our ideas and identified our style then added her artistic design to make the house uniquely ours. We particularly loved all the lighting that Hellen has added to our house making the house feel so much larger yet warm and welcoming. We look forward to enjoying the house for many years to come.

I worked with Hellen and Majo to design the remodel of the master bathroom of my condominium in Sunnyvale. They were very helpful in suggesting things I hadn't considered, like turning my French doors into a pocket door to save space. They also suggested brands and suppliers I had not found by on-line searches, which led me to a custom vanity and far more interesting fixtures than I would have found on my own. The most important thing they did for me was to prepare all the drawings and information I needed to get a permit from the city on the first try. They are very responsive and easy to work with, as well. I highly recommend Design Loft!

We had a great experience working with Hellen and her team at Design Loft on our new construction project. Hellen optimized the floor plans for kitchen and bathrooms, and helped us on various design elements and features of the new space. We were impressed with Hellen’s creativity and eye for detail. She was able to understand our requirements and work with the constraints of our plan to recommend creative solutions. Her flexible and collaborative work style makes it easy to work with her. She always got back to us promptly on deliverables and questions. It has been a pleasure working with Hellen and her team, and we highly recommend her for interior design.

Hellen and her team were instrumental in the wonderful make over of our first floor living space that included a complete kitchen re-do and an update to our family room and half bath. Her sense of color, style, and functionality were so welcome with her casual, thoughtful style. She is not dogmatic like so many design firms, but rather is excellent at listening, asking really good questions about wants vs. needs, and making suggestions for changes that are not readily apparent. Without question, some of the best features of our remodel were ideas from her that we had not even considered. And, of course, Hellen and colleague Karen are so incredibly nice (and funny!), it makes working with them a joy. We could not be happier with the result.

We are 100% satisfied with Hellen's services. We hired her team to choose furnishings for our new home and to design a new fireplace design that would work for our needs. Hellen and team came up with a great floorplan design and recommended furniture pieces that achieved the modern style we were looking for. Thank you Hellen for transforming our home into such a beautiful and welcoming place!

Helen is a great interior designer. She helped us with our kitchen remodel. She is reliable and very professional. She knows her stuff and worked with our budgets. She also provides lots of good recommendations and information. I would definitely use her again!

Our remodeling and redecorating project was modest and we had no previous experience with an interior designer. Houzz helped us narrow our choices to designers whose work fit our constraints, and Design Loft was our top choice. We have been absolutely thrilled with Hellen’s work throughout, from room layout to paint colors to maximizing the impact of our existing furnishings and finally selecting and buying new pieces. Throughout all, Hellen quickly understood “what we meant” as opposed to “what we said”, and the results have far exceeded our expectations. We now truly enjoy the rooms of our house that Hellen has touched. She has been true to our budget, time frames, and styles, although her work can get busy with other projects at times. We have no hesitation giving Design Loft our highest recommendation.

As a retired software engineer, I prize accuracy and attention to detail as well as creativity. The Design Loft staff exhibited a high level of professionalism at every stage of the process when they produced a design for our new kitchen.

I'm glad to work with Hellen to continue my home remodeling which was started off without any designer because of the misleading contractor who supposed to provide the design services. After fired my 1st contractor in the middle of the project, I had to basically restart the whole process. Hellen took over the chaos. She is easy to work with and is able to ensure what is necessary in order to minimize any additional cost. She listens and understands our needs. I can't wait to see the final completion of the remodeling in 2017.

We worked with Hellen on our kitchen remodel project recently. We found Hellen to be very flexible and willing to listen patiently to our style and preferences. She adopted her design to our requirements very well. Her ability to understand her customers and calm demeanor makes her a very good designer to work with. We will highly recommend her.

Hellen is helping us design a whole house remodel + addition. She is knowledgeable in her craft and personable. She is both considerate of our needs and wants, and willing to provide suggestions and recommendations. She has been patient with us with our timeline, helped us to understand the remodeling process, and connected us with professionals to gain more expertise. Hellen is considerate of our time, punctual, and working with her is a pleasure. I strongly recommend her and Design Loft.

I have worked with Hellen Hsieh and her staff on multiple projects for over four years. Throughout each project Hellen has maintained her professionalism and focus on the end result. She has good design sense, but also good people sense and helps clients enjoy the design process without becoming overwhelmed with all of the available design and product choices. No project is without its challenges and how one deals with them does much to determine the final outcome of the project. Hellen has a positive attitude, solicits input from all affected parties and works together to find the best solution to issues. She is creative, forthright and accessible. As a contractor, I appreciate her knowledge of building construction and as a client you will appreciate her ability to listen closely and turn your words into design ideas with beautiful results.

I hired Hellen after receiving a glowing recommendation from a friend. Hellen created a stunning design for my small townhouse. The space is limited but Hellen was able to present me with three options that exceeded my expectations. During the design process she remained flexible and thoughtful, finding finishes that exactly matched my vision.

Helen advised us on our remodel of an old brick fireplace. She was attentive to out concerns and shared new ideas about designing a modern fireplace that would match our living room look. We met with Helen twice for design advice and are very happy with the outcome of our project.

Hellen has been of tremendous help for us with our home decoration. We hired her to help us with space planning and furnishing a 3200 sq ft 5 BR/4.5 bath home. To make things worse - I was leaving town for a month and needed the house furnished soon after I returned as we had a holiday party. Hellen rallied with my husband to help us achieve the deadline. She knew all the right retail stores that would meet our deadline and went shopping with my husband to shortlist options that I could review remotely. The remote situation wasn't easy but I think Hellen was extremely patient with it and was always available online if I had any questions. Our decoration work is still ongoing, but I am very impressed with Hellen. She keeps my 'Gaudi' and bold color choices in check when needed and also helps me express it in a much better aesthetic way than I would have otherwise. Thanks Hellen!

Hellen is so easy to work with, very flexible and does not impose her taste on you, but rather tries to understand what you like, and how to put it all together. She is very responsible on email, and easy to reach. She loves what she does, and it shows.

Hellen designed three bathrooms and helped with all design aspects of full house remodeling that includes kitchen, flooring, doors, and closets. It is pleasure to work with Hellen. She has great taste, she listens to us and provides solutions. She is very responsive with updates to project drawings. Our project is still in the demo phase. We'll update the review once completed.

Hellen did a great job on my house! The colors she picked was beautiful. Because of the design, my house was sold at a premium.

Helen was very helpful in explaining the process, what services she could provide, where she could bring in others for those that she didn't, and providing a timely estimate.

I am very happy I hired Hellen to help design my kitchen remodel. She is professional and responsive as well as creative and up-to-date with the latest trends. I thought I didn't have many options with the limited space of my existing kitchen but Hellen came up with a creative layout that opened up my kitchen and gave it a wonderful new feel. She did great job of working with me to create a design that achieves the look I was aiming for. I appreciated her flexibility not only in her design recommendations but also in how we worked together. Hellen made special appointments during off hours to accommodated my work schedule. She communicated with me well, whether it was face-to-face conversations, on the phone or via e-mail. I thoroughly enjoy working with Hellen and highly recommend her for any remodeling project.

Hellen is an excellent interior designer. She has excellent taste, is very patient, listens well and makes sure that her design meets your functional needs as well. She can also scale her design to your budget whether large or small. I hired Hellen to be our interior designer when we remodeled our home. She was involved every step of the way from design to material selection to paint color selection to project management. We did a substantial remodel of our home which included kitchen, bathrooms and interior renovation. I recommend her without hesitation.

We needed our entire 50 year-old tract home remodeled. The former family room had a fireplace right where I wanted a picture window to be for a large kitchen. The house had three step-down rooms that were concrete slab-on-grade, that had insulation/dampness problems during the rainy season. By framing up and insulating those areas, and by adding a mere 140 square feet of foundation to the home, Hellen was able to design a completely new open, modern living space with 9' ceilings and engineered hardwood throughout. Hellen is a licensed cabinetry dealer, and she can provide them in a wide variety of styles and prices. She helped us select a good quality, overlay door style that helped make our beautiful kitchen the focal point of out entirely new custom home. One of Hellen's many talents is being able to guide you and give good advice, while being open to your requirements and ideas. She is a talented, versatile designer you will be glad to have working for you.

After a 2014 fire, our house needed extensive repairs. Fortunately, Hellen at Design Loft made the planning easy and the result an amazing transformation from a 60’s tract house to an open layout that feels bigger and looks entirely new. Her expertise with cabinetry gave us a custom kitchen with loads of storage, and bathrooms that are as beautiful as they are functional. Through it all, she made great suggestions, while respecting our ideas as well. When problems arose during installation, she was quick to get a missing part or to adapt the design to changing circumstances. I always felt she cared as much about the results as we did, and that kind of confidence goes a long way to relieve the stress that often accompanies such major projects. Hellen is talented, committed and personable – the perfect person for translating design dreams into reality.

Our 55-year-old kitchen was in dire need of remodeling, but we had gotten bogged down for more than a year in the excess of options (cabinets, tiles, flooring, etc.) and lack of a clear plan. Hellen did a site visit, asked about our kitchen-use habits and kitchen wish-list, and came up with three designs that not only made the most of our galley space but expanded it by adding customized cupboards below a large window. She solved our cabinet dilemma in ten minutes with the suggestion of the perfect wood finish and door design; recommended a line of quartz composite countertops we hadn't known about and decided to use; and gave prompt advice about details such as tiles, sink size, and under-cabinet lighting. Her ability to reimagine the layout of space, knowledge of available products, and attention to client needs make her easy and delightful to work with.

Hellen at Design Loft was a pleasure to work with! She has a great eye and is very knowledgeable. We are appreciative of her recommendation for our lovely cabinets and our new kitchen is a joy to cook in.

I highly recommend Design Loft for any design project. Hellen is a great designer who is able to listen to your needs and come up with a wonderful design that fits your style. She has a great vision and can put together unique design combined with functionality.

My wife and I used the Design Loft Company in the Bay Area to help us design our kitchen for a complete remodel from a completetear down. We worked with Hellen who was very knowledgeable who helped us redesign our outdated kitchen to an updated modern theme that exceeded our expectations.

We hired designer Hellen Hsieh when we decided to remodel our kitchen. Hellen provided us with a great design that matched our contemporary style. She worked also recommended the custom cabinet manufacturer and dealt with them directly to get our cabinets; this wasn't an easy task as not only were our cabinets custom but so were our appliances. She also helped us with additional ideas on other changes in the house, which included paint colors throughout the different rooms in the house, and a layout design for our family room. Hellen was very easy to work with; she was thorough with all of her deliverables and gave us ideas on variations of things we wanted.

Hellen designed our kitchen and ordered the cabinetry. Also, prepared drawings for the bathrooms and a a drawing for a loft conversion to a bedroom. She helped with paint colors, tile, etc. Hellen is a true professional, it was a real pleasure to work with her. She was always on time, always prepared and available on a short notice whenever we needed her. She often went the extra mile to offer help with some parts of the project that weren't a part of the contract. I wold highly recommend Hellen. You will have a peace of mind working with her.

Hellen at Design Loft designed two bathrooms and a kitchen for our home. She is exceptionally talented and prides herself on "not repeating the same design twice", which leads to a one-of-a-kind final project for the client. During the kitchen design, she took into account our need for lots of storage and our love for gourmet cooking . She was willing and confident enough to think out of the box when it came to the traditional kitchen triangle. She placed the refrigerator out of the recommended parameters in order to accommodate the traffic flow of four teenagers constantly opening the unit. This decision was one of the best! Also, Hellen designed a five foot run of countertop at a 42" height, which is ergonomically superior for a very tall family. Hellen is creative and up -to -date on all the current trends and projects. She takes into account budgetary constraints, has a wonderful demeanor, and works seamlessly with contractors. We are currently working with Hellen on a master bath design.

Helen gets 5 stars from me. She designed my kitchen while working for another company. Her design turned out great. However, halfway through my project, the company went out of business and just dropped me, leaving me with the most important part of the installation to do and so many details. Even though Helen had moved on, she continued to help me with my project, was here whenever I had a problem and saw it through to the end, on her own time, with no extra charge to me. Helen was so empathetic; every time she arrived at my home to resolve an issue for me, she would assure me she would be available until the project was completed. This alleviated my stress level considerably. Helen always returned my phone calls and was very professional at all times when she dealt with me or anyone else involved in my project. I have seen some of Helen's bathroom and kitchen designs and can attest she is a top notch designer, with attention to detail. 5 stars are not enough for her and she would be my number 1 choice for any kitchen or bathroom design in the future.

We are very happy with Helle Hsieh's work and would highly recommend her to anyone who needs her service. She's very resourceful and creative in her work. She treats her clients very professionally and are very attentive and accommodating to her clients needs and budgets. She did a complete design for us when we have our house in Los Altos renovated recently. She helped us pick out paint colours throughout the whole house from exterior to interior. She designed a new kitchen for us including laying out all the cabinets and appliances. She did a very unique island for us. She added sky lights to our architectural drawings, picked out tiles and fixtures for us in the powder room and other bathrooms. In addition, she's very generous in offering her advices to her clients. Again, we are very pleased with her work.

Hellen was the designer for our home improvement project in 2008. She was very helpful throughout the process, helping to pick out paint colors, hardwood flooring, tiles and furniture that complemented our Mediterranean style house and contemporary taste. She worked with our contractor to ensure everything goes smoothly, which enabled us to have our house warming/Thanksgiving party in time. She was able to get discounts for our custom cabinetry and she passed on the savings to us. All in all, I think the value of using a designer is that she saved us time, stress and money, which more than justify the cost of her service. We love our house and everyone who have visited us paid us compliments. Hellen has won awards in bathroom designs and we definitely will use her service in our upcoming bathroom remodel.

We hired Hellen Hsieh, the owner of Design Loft Company, to design our 725 sq ft great room addition. We are so incredibly thrilled with the completed project, it is exactly what we had envisioned. Our existing house was a 1200 sq ft 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. The kitchen and living area was very modest. With two teenagers at home, we needed to expand and wanted more room to entertain. When we started the project we were uncertain if we should knock down walls and remodel the current floor plan and add a small addition or keep the footprint of the existing house exactly the same and add on one large great room. We decided to do the later, however, to get to this point, we went through several different renderings. Hellen provided us with many great options and helped us decide what would be the most economical and feasible plan. She was flexible, patient and was great about pointing out the pros and cons of each option. Her interactions with our architect , contractor and cabinet supplier went very smoothly which helped us to meet specific deadlines. Hellen was maticulous when it came to the kitchen cabinets and made sure everything was ordered properly and our custom stain came out exactly how we wanted. As a designer, she is very creative and knowledgeable. She understood the style and feel we were after. More importantly she was very conscious and respectful of our monetary constraints which helped us complete our entire project within budget. What impressed us most was her understanding of the build process: from the contractors needs, the city requirements, realistic costs and time estimates, appliance installation prerequisites and inspection requirements. We couldn't be more pleased with Design Loft and Hellen's professionalism.