Studioayse - Walnut Creek, California

Rishi G.

Ayse helped us design our entire home during the remodeling -- kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room, mud room, living room bar and fireplace, office, and refinishing of the floor.

She is excellent at her job. She took time to understand our design style, our functional needs, our time constraints and ran with the project.

Her design drawings are so incredibly detailed, an important detail that is easy to forget. These details are very important when project is being executed by contractors. For any question the contractors asked me, the answer was in the drawings.

Our remodel needed hundreds of finish materials. From tile, to countertops, to designing kitchen cabinets (which itself has so many materials), and many more. Had we needed to go to stores to pick these materials, it would have needed hundreds of hours at our end and we didnt have that kind of time.

Ayse made it all very easy. She has a 4 step process -- get to undetstand us, deliver floor layouts and cabinet drawings, deliver a selection of finish materials for the entire project with samples and last one is a 3d render and presentation of all drawings. Each step could be iterated upon, but it was a very effective and efficient process. We didnt have to step out of our home.

Ayse has a really great sense of taste and style. So, in many cases, she was not afraid to tell us why she suggests one thing over another. That really helped us in making decisions. Being able to make decisions in a large project is key to execution and she brought an invaluable skill that is hard to appreciate or even identify at first when you are looking for a designer.

Ayse was always on time, going above and beyond her job. We feel incredibly grateful for her work and lucky we found her. Our dream home wouldnt have been possible without her!

Highly recommend Studio Ayse!!

Yunus S.

Ayse is amazing!! She primarily redesigned our kitchen and managed the project. She also redesigned various parts of the house (kids room closet, master bedroom closet) and helped us out with decorations. She recommended well-thought out positive changes to our initial draft ideas, with esthetics, safety and practicality in mind. She was patient with us when we changed our minds multiple times. Once we reached a design we all loved, she found a contractor and a cabinet maker, with whom we were also very happy. She found the appliances, and every else relevant to the project. The project was well managed and executed ahead of schedule, even when there were supplier related issues (which she noticed herself - we wouldn't have noticed some of the issues in the details without her, and we wouldn't have been able to handle it as gracefully as Ayse). Ayse also handled all communications and iterations with the contractor, cabinet maker, appliance suppliers, slab suppliers, etc...

Overall, she went above and beyond on our expectations on every front. We highly recommend her.

Semiha D.

After our bad experience from our previous designer we were so happy to find Ayse. She was on time, honest, listened to what we wanted and gave to us what we needed. And even after job was done she still checked in on us to see how everything was going. Without any doubt we recommend her.

Virginia J.

It was an absolute pleasure to with Ayse. She is an experienced professional who really works with you to bring your own style to life. She is able to work within many budgets. An artist herself, she is very creative and has great taste. I found her process to be clear and easy to work with. Highly recommend!