Articles
Marie Chan, CID, ASID, GREEN AP, has been published and quoted in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal's SmartMoney, EzineArticles, HubPages, Bay Area Spaces, Silicon Valley Home, Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, Northern California Home & Design, Metro, Décor Eleganté, and Commercial Real Estate Women San Jose.
- Seeing the Light: Why Lighting Matters in Interior Design
Light has intrigued man since the dawn of time. Without light, there is no color… more - Interior Design for Active Aging
As the baby boomers age, one reality is that the housing industry will be catering to a very large population that is retiring at a rapid clip… more - Bay Area Spaces - Cover
Saratoga residence by InterSpace Design on cover of the magazine's Kitchen & Bath issue… more - Bay Area Spaces - Designer Tip of the Month 1
Vary door fronts for interest… more - Bay Area Spaces - Designer Tip of the Month 2
Don't fear bold style in a powder room… more - Silicon Valley Home - Slated for Greatness
You might call slate the Robert Redford of the stone world: handsomely craggy, enormously versatile and gets better with age. It's that kind of star… more - LA Times - New Technology adding Dimension to Interior Design
With interior furnishings getting both increasingly sophisticated, and at the same time responsive to the needs of the consumers, we have come to see in the last couple years a plethora of products and innovations… more - LA Times - Breathing New Life into Tired Spaces
Owners of older homes have the choice of trading up to homes that are more expensive (but not necessarily more spacious), or renovating to enhance the quality and value of their existing property… more - LA Times - Design and Lighting
Advances in lighting products have enabled designers to create more dramatic interiors that are also responsive to the functional needs of the client. The quality and quantity of light have to be balanced with the users' psychological and physiological needs in mind.… more - LA Times - Designing Interiors is Art and Science
Time has come for interior design, often maligned as the "pillow fluffing" profession, to stand up and be counted as not only an art, but a science that, if applied appropriately, will benefit all facets of the users' daily lives… more - LA Times - Space Planning Critical as Home Offices Come of Age
The changing social and economic landscape of our times has caused legions to embrace the idea of the home office. Professional consultants and entrepreneurs alike are incorporating work space into their residences and leaving their own imprint in the business world… more - LA Times - Designing for the "Age Wave"
Escalating costs and the shortage of retirement facilities have increasingly caused the baby boomers to remodel their homes to accommodate their elderly parents… more - LA Times - Home Den can be a "Power" Office
Professional interior designers, when called upon to design home office space, often take the design direction from the client's profession… more - Commercial Real Estate Women San Jose - ADA and Your Business
The passage of ADA presents both risks and opportunities for business owners and managers… more - San Jose Mercury News - Showcase for Real Life
It is no secret that the San Jose Symphony Auxiliary's 22nd annual Decorator's Showcase is in Saratoga...and the house is a knock-out. It has Greco-Roman architecture, and around it grows a garden with rhododendrons taller than a basketball player… more - Metro - Life in the Dollhouse
The modest size of my new habitat poses some decorating hurdles that might be familiar to Silicon Valleyites looking to create plush environments in confined areas. So I asked some authorities on arranging space – an interior designer, a professional organizer, and a feng shui specialist – for their ideas on making life more livable in close quarters.… more
