Owner & Lead Interior Designer
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.
Kathleen earned a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) in Art and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in the History of Art & Design, with an honors degree in Art Conservation from the University of California, Berkeley. She did her graduate work at the San Francisco Art Institute and Stanford University, where she studied with famed artist Nathan Oliveria, and taught art and design at the college level. In 2008, she completed her LEED AP/ASID certification and has worked on multiple LEED projects at the corporate level.
Her background provides her with an unusually comprehensive grasp of
aesthetics and a historically informed approach to design, which she uses as a springboard for to create interiors that express her client’s unique aesthetic and aspirations. In the development phase of each project, she delineates and defines her clients style, aspirations, budget and timeline. Great design is evocative; it generates a felt-sense in those who experience it and it is tailored to the lifestyles and budgets of her clients
