Smart Space

Natasha is a dream to work with. She is professional, personal and made what can be a daunting project actually enjoyable. She kept me in the loop and apprised of her vision the entire time. She is efficient, stayed within budget and constantly came to us with solutions. She is on top of the latest trends and I appreciate her attention to detail and not cutting any corners.

Natasha and her team at Smart Space are true visionaries and were an absolute dream to work with on my home remodel project! Her attention to detail and creativity brought my vision to life. I look forward to working with Smart Space again on many other projects in the future!

I've had the pleasure with working with Natasha on three projects already over the past 3 years. On the very first project we brought Natasha on board was a complete remodel of a large home with a detached ADU. We were already in the framing stages of the project when Natasha started working with us. She ramped up very quickly and provided amazing design and feedback that we ran with. It was a very difficult project will lots of uniquenesses that made it a difficult project to do design work on. That didn't stop Natasha from coming up with wonderful solutions. In the end the house sold way above what were even expecting it to sell for and received a lot of compliments from everyone who came through the property. The second project we worked with Natasha on was a spec house. This time we brought Natasha in much earlier on the project which was a very wise decision. This allowed her to take control of many of the critical decisions from the very beginning and really provide her feedback through every step of the project. Natasha is very hands on and involved throughout the entire project. Even when we were running ahead of schedule she stepped up to provide us all the details so that our project did not slow down at all. This isn't something you see very often especially with designers which we (as general contractors and spec home builders) really appreciate. She also has a firm understanding of budgeting and knows how to provide solutions even when our budget isn't as high. In the end the project completed in on time and came out amazing and is one of the nicest homes we've built because of Natasha's diligence and promptness. The final project and the most recent was a custom built home for a mutual client. On this project Natasha acted not only as the architect but also the designer. The earlier you get Natasha involved on a project the better the results will be. And in my opinion this is where Natasha really shines! On this specific project Natasha worked with our client from the get go to design them their "forever home" with every single detail you could ever think about. Natasha is was deeply involved in the project and even at times pushed us build custom solutions that we've never built before. Like all the other projects that we've worked with Natasha on this turned out just as amazing and our clients were very pleased. I know I've been going on for a while about Natasha but in short you can not go wrong working with her. I am a very particular general contractor and not the easiest person to work with at times because I push my subs hard. Natasha was never bothered by this and accepted any challenges I put in front of her. Her design solutions and ideas are by far one of the best I've seen out there. She is extremely detailed and makes herself available regularly throughout the project when we come across obstacles. In short I would highly recommend her!

Natasha is incredible, professional, and hospitable to her clients. She is very detail-oriented, from architecture to accessories. In addition, she is so much fun to work with and will give great advice on all things design.

Smart Space was exceptional to work with on our kitchen project. While we wanted some upgrades to our kitchen, we were just paralyzed as to what to tackle. Natasha was able to help us get clarity and create actionable items to bring the vision to light. The finished project looked exceptional and exceeded our expectations. Whether it was meeting in person or remotely, working with Natasha was a breeze. We can't wait for the results of our next project in the family room.

We worked with Smart Space recently on a kitchen remodel in a Spanish revival home where she integrated a sophisticated bar into the kitchen. As a General Contractor, we can appreciate the attention to detail and beautiful design. It makes our role easier.

Natasha is a self-made entrepreneur that brings a creative flair to all that she does. I appreciate her professionalism in her communication and eye for detail. She is an inspiration to all women in business. I highly recommend Smart space.

We've worked with Natasha and the team at Smart Space twice now, and both times it has been rewarding, inspirational, and highly professional. On our first project we brought Natasha what we considered to be a final plan that we just needed converted to architectural CAD plans. But Natasha took our vision and was able to give us everything we wanted while adding design features we ended up loving and would have regretted not including. On our second project we needed much more help with design and Natasha was able to solve for all our needs and utilize our space in some really creative ways. We have been so pleased to be able to work with Natasha and Smart Space and would highly recommend their work.

It was great working with Natasha on our remodel project!! She is super responsive and knowledgeable and able to make great suggestions to the design that suits our life styles. Highly recommended!

I want to Thank Natasha and her team for the outstanding work they did for us this year ... A total of six projects , each very Special on their own .... Her attention to detail and great communication with our clients ... Cheers Always , Gary King Principal GKI Construction & Development

Very knowledgeable. Very helpful. Listened to my needs and wants, but offered her expertise when requested. Natasha’s got a great vision and is awesome to work with.

Absolutely love working with Natasha, its a beautiful thing watching someone help you turn your vision into a reality. Easy to work with and overall just an amazing person.

I highly recommend Smart Space & Interior Design. Natasha turned our house into our forever home! She met every obstacle with poise and confidence. Working with her on this project was such a pleasure.

Making decisions can be overwhelming for me. Natasha made it very easy to move my project ahead by getting to know my personality, style and the functions I wanted for my new apartment. The result is a space that I absolutely love. I particularly appreciate how we were able to quickly narrow through my abstract ideas into a concrete plan.

I would highly recommend Smart Space Design. As a General Contractor is imperative to work with a designer who not only has a good sense of design but also understands the construction process. I have been working with Natasha for over 10 years and would recommend her to any of my clients.

Natasha has been amazing! She took what I wanted and made it even better, bringing in ideas I would have never thought of. She is easy to work with and timely. Very professional. She is honest about pricing. Would work with her again!!

Highly recommended, without reservation! I hired Natasha to design (inside and out) our 820sq ft ADU...during the pandemic...while I was pregnant. To say I couldn't have (nearly) completed this project without her would be an understatement. I found her because she designed a newly built home that I visited and instantly fell in love with. Based on that and our conversations, I knew that I could trust her style and judgement, and I was not wrong. She is a perfectionist (in a good way) with an eye for detail. She has a great aesthetic and knows how to lead without completely disregarding your preferences. Because of the circumstances, I left almost everything up to her and only made final choices between just a few options, which were always on-point. Natasha is professional, easy-going, patient, a great communicator, and a joy to work with. I look forward to our next project!

Natasha was awesome. She integrated many of our ideas with her design expertise. She found answers to any concerns we had. I'm happy with my final design.

Natasha is Amazing. We had a small, odd spaced kitchen and Natasha was able to turn it into our favorite place in the house with lots of room for us to cook and hang out as a family. She was willing give guidance throughout the remodel process, even though her design part was technically complete. Would highly recommend for any project!!

Natasha and team are top notch and have helped us turn my husband's childhood home into our updated, refreshed, and new home feel for our family. Natasha took the time to listen to our wants and needs for re-imagining our space and with her and her dedicated and knowledgable team, have helped us turn our home to a welcoming and fresh space. Natasha was very responsive, had a ton of ideas, whipped them out on the fly to brainstorm, gave us options to really think about at different price points, was very prompt for appointments, and still very sweet and easy to talk to. We recommend her to everyone we know that is interested in renovating and reimagining their outdated spaces.

Highly recommended for a successful outcome! We started working with Smart Space in 2016 on several projects. Happy to say that we are still continuing with work with them because they’re really good at what they do. Creative & professional with a team player attitude.

Smart Space has designed us beautiful new home. We got everything we wanted. Natasha and Leigh were very professional . We would definitely hire them again. Great experience! Steve and Sharon White Drycreek rd. San Jose

We take great pleasure in recommending Natasha and her crew at Smart Space. Natasha worked tirelessly with us during our seven month remodel of our Los Gatos home. During this time, she displayed a high degree of integrity, responsibility and ambition. She is dedicated to her craft and brought an abundance of creativity and new ideas to our space. Natasha has a friendly, outgoing attitude that she easily maintains while remaining solution focused. She has great communication, listening and organizational skills which kept us on time and on budget. We loved working with Natasha and look forward to working with her on future projects!

Natasha is amazing! She took our incredibly awkward home and gave a few great options to make it perfect. It was hard to pick one! She reorganized our existing layout and designed an amazing addition that fit the look we had in mind while making it seamless with the existing home. She is so talented, so easy to talk to and organized. Natasha really cares about her clients needs and works hard to design within budgets. She was recommended by a dear friend and I'm very excited to recommend her too.

We found Natasha through our general contractor. It's been a real pleasure working with her. We're doing a major renovation in our home and needed different kinds of help; ranging from layout, design, to practical usage of spaces. She listened to our needs, provided advice, and helped us re-work the layout. She quickly build out 3D models to help us visualize the new space. Natasha's design experience and work efficiency is evident in our initial interactions and throughout the first phase of the project. We really enjoyed working with her that we decided to retain more of her services for the next phase. It's been really great working with smart space. Very different from some of the other services we had to work with for the project.

Natasha helped us design our remodel four years ago. My friends ask me..”now that time has passed, what would you do differently?” My answer is “absolutely nothing “. So here’s what you get when you hire an experienced team like Natasha’s. No regrets. No wishing you had done something differently. Go with a pro and let her experience guide you through the remodel process as only an awesome experienced and talented professional can.

Natasha and the whole crew at Smart Space are so incredibly talented—not to mention fun to work with! I have worked with her for a few years and cannot say enough positive things about their team! Natasha is so personable and attentive to both a clients needs and budget. Her skills and vision will completely transform your space into a breathtaking, beautiful and functional work of art!

Natasha and the Smart Space crew have been nothing but AH-mazing. Both my husband and I are new to the home design world and this entire experience has been super exciting from the start. If you're looking for a fun, creative, practical, efficient professional or just someone who will flat out make your dreams a reality, then you've come to the right place. Smart Space is the best choice.

Working with Natasha and Smart Space was an absolute joy from the beginning. We had done many home renovations in the past but none to the scale and size of this project. Natasha was referred to us from a close friend. After speaking with a few other companies it was clear that Natasha was the perfect fit for us and our project. Natasha was always very professional, on time, and responsive to any and all of our requests. She understood what we wanted to accomplish, what our style was, and did everything she could to bring it all together. If we had to start all over again we would without a doubt choose Natasha and Smart Space for our project.

Love, love, love her work. I contacted Natasha to find out if she would improve the interior design of my new office space. The moment she walked in through the door, I could see her mind was already working in a creative way. She knew exactly what to do with what seemed like a difficult space as far as I was concerned. Within only a few short minutes, she had determined color, office furniture style, wall art style, and more. I'm happy to say I get unprompted regular compliments about my office space and how nice it is. I highly recommend Natasha. Cheers and I hope she does as good of a job for you as she did for me. One very happy client, Dr. John Blenio High Amplitude Health Chiropractic and Sports Injury San Mateo, California

Have you ever envisioned something and then seen it come to realization? I have! Smart Space took the time to listen and convert our ideas into action when we purchased a home in Willow Glen. I knew it would be perfect the moment we met with Natasha. The interior paint is amazing and the plan for the furniture layout is perfect. Now, we are starting our 2nd projects (home front and complete kitchen remodel). Can wait to the do the Master Bath as our 3rd. If you are looking for the right design partner, look NO further!

Natasha and her team helped my husband and I transform an old home with great bones that we purchased into a more modern and practical one for our family, while maintaining some of the character that we loved. From floor plan to materials and paint (interior & exterior), Natasha was everything you could ask for in a designer - consistently professional, responsive, attentive to detail, on time, well connected to other professionals, fun! She was also flexible and supportive as we went from taking our time on the remodel, to quickly accelerating it after learning we were having another child. At one point we had an issue with the town that was our fault, but she graciously re-organized her schedule to help us resolve it asap. I most appreciated Natasha's ability to listen & truly understand our goals and style, coupled with her decisiveness. I wanted to take the lead on selecting materials, lighting, etc. but she provided a great list of places to go to get us started and once I had narrowed things down, she would tell me honestly, *quickly,* & confidently what she would recommend and why. We've been very happy with and grateful for her guidance over the past year. Highly recommend !

I have worked with Natasha on multiple projects and she has such a keen eye for design. Natasha’s vision for what is required to make the space pop is second to none! Additionally, Natasha is a pleasure to work with, and she is 100% committed to her clients.

I am a Residential Realtor. I had seen Natasha’s work on a listing a co-worker had. It was beautiful, open and bright. It was cutting-edge. I sold my cousin a home in Los-Gatos and it needed a lot of work. I remembered the home Natasha had done and told my Cousin she had to be the architect and designer on the project. She did an amazing job!! The house is WOW! I highly recommend she and her team. She is super talented. I highly recommend her.

We are just completing our 2nd project with Natasha and have been SO happy with the process and outcome on both projects! My husband is actually in the industry (cabinet maker) so in both cases he spent many months toying with design options on both of our houses. We could never come to complete agreement until we finally engaged Natasha! In both cases she got us to the optimal design within a couple weeks and was extremely thorough in the creation of the plans. She also supported us throughout the process with the city and through the entire building process. Our 2nd project was in a new town, with a very complicated permit process, so this was a big deal. When things came up, Natasha was right on top of helping us solve them quickly. During the construction process, questions came up occasionally and she was always there to help us figure it out as quickly as possible so that we didn't lose any time! And as we moved into the finishing process, she was always there to guide us the right direction, balancing design, with cost and how materials and decisions would work with our lifestyle! We are SO happy we had Natasha on our team from start to finish and can't wait to share photos of the finished project soon!

We have worked with Natasha for bathroom remodel. We had a odd master bathroom floorplan with splited vanities and closets which took a lot of space yet not user friendly. Natasha has created a much practical floor plan that has one big closets and we love the beautiful open flow of the arrangement of bathtub, shower and double vanities. For other small bathrooms, Natasha prepared very detail drawings for tile workers to follow, and the wall paper she chose for our powder room turned out amazing. The architect engineer she recommended is also great in terms of prompt response and completion in a timely manner which is so important for any remodeling projects. That being said, good resources comes from good designer.

We used Natasha to help us design an 800sf ADU that we were building for my wife’s grandparents. The finished floorplan is exceptional! Every square inch was thoughtfully planned and used. As we were interviewing contractors, several high end builders commented on how well laid out the floorplan was. Seeing the finished product is even better. Grandma and Grandpa are ecstatic to move into their new home. We loved working with Natasha so much that we are calling her back out to help us with a major home remodel.

Natasha and her team designed our dream home. Before Natasha, we worked with an architect but after a few meetings and preliminary plans, we knew it was not a good fit. Our ideas weren’t being heard while the budget kept increasing. So meeting Natasha was more than refreshing. She designed 4 different plans on time! She listened and incorporated all our ideas. We appreciated her attention to detail because there was a reason or purpose for each layout. Natasha worked very well with our contractor. She and her team were always very responsive to questions throughout the process. She even responded to several questions while on vacation. I also used Natasha's expertise in picking out tile, paint, and hardware. She provided a variety of ideas which took me out of my comfort zone. I am so glad I listened and trusted her because our house makes us feel so happy!

Natasha Muller is not only a great designer and a great professional but a very personable, down to earth person that is great to work with. She's very knowledgeable and makes the process of designing homes easy and stress free. I highly recommend working with Natasha!

Natasha and her team are very creative and talented. We constantly refer them to our clients who is in need of an architectural or interior designer. They are attentive to details, communicative and fast. I'd recommend them to anyone who is looking to hire a good professional to handle their project.

My wine country vacation home needed a modern and hip update. I had an idea with what I wanted and Natasha helped me put my vision all together. She met me at my preferred tile store and gave suggestions on tiles and colors that would work together. I appreciated that she took the time to listen to my ideas and was patient when I wanted to take a few changes. We worked mostly on the bathrooms. I loved how the master bath with soak tub and steam shower turned out. The bathrooms had a rustic feel without leaving out style and elegance. I am working with Natasha again for my next wine country home.

Natasha and her team are creative, innovative and extremely professional - her expertise and experience took our project to the next level with great suggestions and her "big-picture" outlook helped integrate the other aspects of our project as well. Natasha's reputation is a testiment to her dedication and personal touch and we would recommend her to anyone!

My husband and I sought out Natasha for an addition on our home. We were a bit all over the place. And our idea of the new space didn't exactly match up. Natasha's ability to help focus and offer insight was invaluable. She was able to not only architect the space but ensure the interior design elements were ideal. She was professional and fun! I enjoyed our time together and can't recommend her enough.

We are so happy with Natasha and her team at Smart Space. It really is helpful to hire a professional that also puts her heart into her work. We had a vision of our living room and she made that happen so much better than what we could have ever imagined. The entire process was fantastic from the first meeting to the conceptual rendering, edits and final results. We are busy professionals who travel often, so we really appreciated her professionalism in guiding us through this process, meeting approvals and deadlines, and really keeping us on track with time and within our budget. Even when we lagged a bit in making decisions, she was graceful enough to set new dates and expectations and meeting them. We highly recommend Natasha and her team at Smart Space. It is so wonderful to work with someone is knowledgable, passionate about her work and always putting our wants first. When we start our next project we are definitely working Natasha again.

Natasha and her team have collaborated on many projects with my husband Paul. She is very professional, creative and enjoyable to work with. She has a great eye for space planning, aesthetics, and design. She has an extensive knowledge of the design and construction process that makes her clients feel at ease in this very demanding process. No project is too small or too large for this awesome team. She is extremely budget conscious and will work with you no matter what your budget is. If you are looking to build a home from ground up or simply want a remodel your current home, I recommend giving Natasha and her team a call, you will not be disappointed.

Natasha is amazing! I’m not even kidding, I had a picture of a local home on my vision board and realized later Natasha designed it! I’ve referred her to multiple people. She has an amazing aesthetic!

We received excellent ideas and advice from Natasha. She is classic, modern and timeless. Very up to date and educated on materials, texture & latest styles. I would recommend her to anyone!! Thanks a million!! Appreciate your help!

Unfortunately we decided to go with Natasha based on her Houzz reviews and project photos. We hired her and her team to do a full architectural design. Natasha and her team are not architects. She may be good at interior design but her sense of space and ability to provide competent ideas is lacking. Natasha should have been upfront and explained the job was way over her head and passed on the opportunity. Instead she failed right from the start. The as-built calculations were incorrect, she put stairs in places that wouldn't have met code. She recommended placement of rooms with a misunderstanding of flow. In the end her lack of professionalism and ability brought us to a point where we just mutually said we are done. Overall we lost $4k dollars and 3 months of time but it was a blessing. Today our house is almost completed. Had we continued with Natasha we would have been $10k in with a lack of cohesive design and most likely still waiting on permits because nothing would have passed. Please stay far away from Natasha for your architectural needs.

So, mom doesn’t want her princess to leave the the Bay Area in search of “affordable” housing. Dad is now tasked with remodeling a rental property for the princess to move into - keeping her near mom. Mom happy, dad happy. The home had been a rental for over 15 years with a significant amount of deferred maintenance along with functional obsolescence. Home needs a lot of help, dad needs help. I had recently completed a substantial remodel/addition on another home. Although the designer that I used did a good job on the plans and the home turned out well, I felt it took too long to get the plans completed, engineered, submitted and approved. The process was a bit tedious and protracted. I was aware of Natasha’s work as I had seen many of the homes that she designed in Willow Glen. Based on what my daughter and I were envisioning, and what we knew of Natasha’s designs, we felt that Natasha would be the logical choice - so we set an appointment to meet. At our first meeting we articulated our vision, determined the scope of work and discussed budget. We wanted to open up the existing kitchen, family room and living room into an open-concept great room along with adding a master bedroom and bath. We also wanted to remodel the existing bathrooms, create a larger formal entry and add skylights. Natasha took time to understand the general concept, the motivation behind our decisions and the structural constraints of the home. At our second meeting we were presented with 3 unique, creative and well thought-out floor plans. She was spot on with her designs. We further discussed options and variations and came to an agreement on the final floor plan and moved forward with fine-tuning window sizes, window placement and lighting design. With Natasha’s recommendation we selected the structural engineer which provided the same excellent service and quick turn around. Once the plans were completed Natasha submitted them to the city and was able to get an over the counter approval saving additional time and expense. The icing on the cake is when I sent the plans out to bid. The framing contractor said “the plans are actually easy to read and bid” and that “there aren’t any mistakes on them”. From project inception to final approval Natasha was creative, professional, enthusiastic, punctual and nothing but a pleasure to work with - I would without reservation recommend her.

Natasha created a plan for updating our kitchen, dining room, bathrooms, and deck. She gave us a few variations for each, ranging from mild to transformational. Natasha was very easy to work with, quite experienced, and very practical. We never would have thought of the change she proposed to our kitchen and dining room (one of those transformational ideas), but it was a huge improvement over what we have now and well worth the remodel cost. We went with her concept and our remodel is now underway. I am really looking forward to the finished result.

We called Natasha to help us with our home remodel, as we were getting caught up with all of the options and choices that we were going to have to make - tile, hardwood floors, cabinet colors, granite or quartz or quartzite, island size.... Let alone trying to tie everything together. Natasha has a great eye for things and was able to quickly pick up on our "style". Her recommendations were spot on, looked amazing, all the while staying within out budget. I enjoyed working with her, LOVE how my house looks, and would recommend her to anyone, regardless of size of project.

Natasha came very highly recommended from our structural engineer and it's easy to see why! She really captured the vision I had for my project and added some great alternative options to maximize the space. She's very talented, organized and a great communicator. I really enjoyed working with her :)

Smart Space was recommended to us by our contractor. When we first started our project we were concerned that our list of needs was too long for the small space we were remodeling but Smart Space was able to accommodate everything. They came up with a functional space that also looks great. I loved working with them & I refer them to anyone who is looking to do a remodel.

We hired Smart Space Design (SSD) to help create the ultimate second story master bedroom suite. Natasha was able to develop multiple amazing floor plans that facilitated coming up with the perfect room. SSD is great and easy to work with. Their ability to traverse the local building departments saved me so many headaches, I cannot imagine doing it on my own. I highly recommend SSD, you cannot go wrong.

I called Smart Space to help me with my front porch design. They offered a solution that would offer the most curb appeal while staying in budget. They suggested ideas that I never would have thought of. They were great to work with it & left me feeling prepared and excited to take on the task!

We worked with Natasha to design our large open kitchen & living room space. She was full of great ideas and was a wonderful resource through the entire project. We are absolutely thrilled with how everything turned out and love our house now even more. Thank you so much Natasha!

I have worked with Natasha for many years as a client of All Natural Stone granite and fine tile. She is very professional, creative and fun to work with. She has a great eye for design as well as a comprehensive knowledge of construction and architecture. I would highly recommend her to any of my friends, family or clients. She can be extremely flexible when it comes to budgets, large or small. Your project will look like a million dollars even if you don't spend that much. If you are looking for assistance with your remodel or new build I definitely recommend giving her a try, I doubt you will be disappointed.

I worked with Natasha on a custom home I built in Willow Glen. Natasha helped me design the entire home both exterior and interior including all the finishes. Natasha did a great job and I look forward to working with her again on my next build.

We loved working with Smart Space! Our opinions and vision for the project were listened to and carried out. I highly recommend them.

What's worse than not knowing exactly what you want is having a ton of options and not knowing which to choose. Natasha was outstanding in helping us narrow down our options and pointing us in the right direction in putting together just the right elements in creating a beautiful, yet functional home. From paint to tiles to rugs and furniture to accent pieces to window treatments, Natasha was there with a sharp eye and insightful feedback.