Tower Design Studio is a full-service interior design firm. In addition to standard interior design services, we offer a variety of specialized services including historical and modern renovation, interior architecture, and art buying and placement. We also create custom site-specific art, fixtures, furnishings and design features that complement our interiors and suit our clients’ unique needs.
With over 25 years of experience, Tower Design has built a reputation for creating extraordinary environments for clients who have a deep love and appreciation for cutting edge design. Our award-winning work has been recognized and featured in numerous publications, including Interior Design Magazine, Elle Décor, California Design, Travel & Leisure, Print, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Architectural Record, and 805 Living.
We are known for our holistic approach to design, which emphasizes luxurious and sophisticated aesthetics, comfort, functionality and forward-thinking sustainability. We pride ourselves on the passion, expertise and creativity we bring to every project we undertake, whether it is a residential remodel or a large-scale ground up new construction project.
Kathleen McMullen is a multi-talented designer and artist. She founded Tower Design to express her lifelong passion for blending art and design. Tower Design’s client based interiors are a seamless blend of the most innovative contemporary design, the elegance of traditional styles and influences from a well honed background in Art and Art History. Originally an Art Buyer, Kathleen came into Interior Design with a unique perspective. She loves to start with art, and the precious items collected by her clients that represent their most cherished acquisitions and memories. From a child’s sculpture to a modern art collection, a careful curatorial sense of meaning is always a goal.
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Our services extend well beyond furnishings, and most of our projects include best use of adaptive space practices when removing walls, repurposing spaces and room additions as necessary. We are dedicated to excellent interior space planning which often necessitates changes that make homes much more livable and enjoyable.
Our experience is extensive in managing project construction and craft teams for unique buildouts along with specialized furnishings, lighting and design goods that are perfect for our projects. Trends toward outdoor living have provided excellent opportunities for us to showcase our skills as interior designers in that domain.
In her early years as a designer, Kathleen McMullen had the opportunity to work with several architectural firms in San Francisco. Her degrees in Art History from UC Berkeley enabled her to be part of early commercial renovation teams in the Financial district and Jackson Square areas.
Kathleen went onto renovating historic sites in Ventura, Oxnard, Ojai and Los Angeles. Dedicated to the spirit of the original architecture and adding modern conveniences and blending more efficient use of space, lighting and handicap access are examples of managing the needs of historical preservation.
With a BFA degree in Art and A BA in Art History from UC Berkeley, Kathleen entered Interior Design as a Fine Art Consultant. Kathleen offers her clients a unique insight into the world of contemporary art through her experience working at museums and as an art consultant for prominent architectural firms.
Kathleen seamlessly adapts existing or new art collections into her interiors and assists her clients to both build and create powerful and iconic display of their art both in and out of doors. She works with an informed understanding of her client’s style, budget and site placement, arriving at exceedingly unique and beautiful solutions.
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