Our Team - Margaret Dean

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Margaret Dean, Designer
BA, BFA, ALLIED ASID

Margaret has consistently been recognized for her excellence and contributions to the kitchens and bath industry. She has been chosen to participate in numerous Kitchen Tours hosted by the American Society of Interior Designers. Margaret has won “Grand Prize Kitchen of the Year”, “Best Small Kitchen” and most recently “Best Historical Kitchen” awards as judged by San Diego Home Garden Lifestyles Magazine. In addition, her design work has been featured in numerous national and local publications.

Margaret has had the pleasure to travel extensively abroad to study and develop an eclectic portfolio of international design concepts. She is active with the American Society of Interior Design including past board member and is a member of the National Kitchen and Bath Association. She is also a faculty member at Design Institute of San Diego where she teaches a course to aspiring kitchen and bath designers. Currently, in addition to her duties as Senior Designer at Design Studio West, Margaret is collecting data to author a designer textbook.

Testimonials:

"Having our whole project managed by one company where the designer, project coordinator, craftsman and artisans knew each other, was absolutely essential. Margaret Dean was the best! She responded immediately, shopped ideas with me and had very creative ideas. She made a small space workable and attractive." - G. Galdorisi

"We love our new kitchen. The finished product well exceeds our expectations. Marge Dean was wonderful to work with and was very creative." - B. Zelner

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Testimonials

"Traci Taylor was wonderful. She listened to me and offered advice that went with our home!"

- C. Grannis
"We love our kitchen! It's lovelier than we expected. Absolutely terrific. Proud of the results!"

- G. Kelper
"We love our new kitchen. The finished product well exceeds our expectations! Marge Dean was wonderful to work with and was very creative."

- B. Zeiner
"Creative ways to deal with problems and excellent people to work with."

- T. Heitman
"You are very fortunate to have Dave as an employee. He not only lets you know when he's coming but arrives promptly, works diligently, and does a professional job. His happy disposition (never complaining) and his confidence in his ability to handle his tasks puts one to ease."

- P. Callentine
"From beginning to end, your team was terrific. Design Studio West took extra time to understand what we were trying to accomplish and shaped our ideas into a spectacular kitchen and living space. You were very gentle in redirecting our worst ideas. The construction and installation process went very smoothly even with the curve balls we threw in like the new roof and gas retrofit ... A good contractor can follow a plan when there are no surprises, but you demonstrated your excellence in dealing with the dynamics of our complicated project. We have had several large dinner parties and we are still shocked at how fast the area cleans up. It looks terrific and works marvelously."

- J. Alcorn
"From beginning to end, your team was terrific. Design Studio West took extra time to understand what we were trying to accomplish and shaped our ideas into a spectacular kitchen and living space.You were very gentle in redirecting our worst ideas. The construction and installation process went very smoothly even with the curve balls we threw in like the new roof and gas retrofit ... A good contractor can follow a plan when there are no surprises, but you demonstrated your excellence in dealing with the dynamics of our complicated project. We have had several large dinner parties and we are still shocked at how fast the area cleans up. It looks terrific and works marvelously."

- T. Canty
"It has been such a pleasure doing business with you for the past five years. I have referred many of my friends to you and hope some have contacted with you."

- B. Cope
"Having our whole project managed by one company where the designer, project coordinator, craftsman and artisans knew each other, was absolutely essential. Margaret Dean was the best! She responded immediately, shopped for ideas with me and had very creative ideas. She made a small space workable and attractive."

- G. Galdorisi