Catlin Design - Lynda Catlin, ASID, CID, BA

Lynda did a great job with our Happy Valley Estate project. Her design expertise and taste is exquisite! Every time I walk into our remodelled kitchen, and the other main rooms in our home, it feels like I am walking into a showroom - only it's in my house! She did an outstanding job managing the numerous contracted people/companies/service providers. I travel and was not home for 90+% of the project and she kept everything on track. She managed all the details to complete this project and all of the other Interior Design work throughout our home. I love everything she touched. The house has never looked this good thanks to Lynda.

We have enjoyed a professional relationship with Lynda Catlin ASID, for many years. As a Showroom-to-the-Trade, GaulSearson is in a unique position to watch and record buying habits, relationships between client and Designer. Lynda truly likes people, and it is reflected in her work. Each client is approached as an individual(s), and receives an end result that is truly client-pleasing and uniquely for the client. Lynda is a joy to watch work: her credo must be, "getting to know you", and then "we're going to please".

Lynda Catlin is a great friend to the Lamorinda community. We have worked together for years at Architect Cafe in the Lafayette Library and Learning Center. This event helps first time re-modelers enter what can other wise be an intimidating process. Lynda in her charming, disarming way has immediately put people at ease; welcoming them into her world of design. She has a gift for really connecting with people, listening to their needs and solving complicated issues simply.

Tansu Design has been in San Francisco Design Center for almost 30 years and Lynda has been our regular client since the beginning. We have worked on many projects together incorporating Asian furniture in contemporary homes. I highly respect Lynda's professional skills and experience her professionalism and grace when she is working with her clients in our showroom. I love working with Lynda as she knows what she is looking for and does not waste her client's time.

I am so impressed with Lynda's sense of color and composition. She chose paint colors that were quite simply, perfect. Her designs brightened room after room of our house, making them unique and memorable. Most importantly, she was able to creative spaces that suited and elevated our taste when we were unable to envision the changes by ourselves. I strongly recommend her, without any reservation, for any project of any size.

I am an architect and i've known Lynda from our college days together as well as throughout both of our professional careers since then. All too common in this field is ego...designers often design to stroke their own egos...Lynda is not one of these designers. Lynda has always been passionate about design along with high standards in achieving what is best for her clients within the allocated budget. She listens carefully to her clients' needs and....she cares. I don't hesitate in recommending Lynda.

We first worked with Lynda in 1991 on our home remodel when she designed our master bedroom, bath, laundry and kitchen. She is a superb designer, keeps a close eye on budget, offers creative solutions for unique problems and has a keen eye for enhancing flow and function of rooms and creating a beautiful interior. Her designs continue to delight and we would highly recommend her. She updated out home again in 2010 and 2012 selecting a color palette and finishes to prepare both interior and exterior for sale (including some landscaping design). She also staged our home for sale. Recently, she provided design consultation for our home in Oregon.

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to collaborate with Lynda Catlin on a few projects, as a Design Professional. I've found her to be a good listener and attentive to her client's wishes, while offering her vast knowledge of Design and finishes, as well as Architectural form and function. Her designs are beautiful, functional and timeless. I look forward to the next opportunity to work with Lynda.

We are the homeowners for the "elite collectors estate" shown on the Website. Lynda was everything we could have hoped for in an interior designer. She asked all the right questions and listened to our answers about the overall effect we wanted, and our favorite colors, materials and furniture design. She looked at our existing collection of antiques. She took us to the right stores in the design center for custom furniture and helped us choose additional pieces to that fit perfectly with the furniture that we already owned. She created a seamless look and overall design; a practical, comfortable, beautiful design that we always enjoyed living in and that our guests complimented.

Lynda helped to design our beautiful living room about 8 years ago. She has exquisite taste and classic styling. Our living room is still on trend years later! I enjoyed working with Lynda. She has a great eye for design and I especially liked her ability to choose key "stand out" pieces for our room. A pleasure to work with as partners in getting the project completed.

Lynda's design skills excel from start of project concept to finish design "pop". I have worked with Lynda in 2 residence remodels in northern Ca and one land to architectural design in Santa Barbara, Ca. She is a powerful communicator who knows how to draw on a client's dream, insert experienced suggestions and implement a timely, on budget showpiece that has always left me smiling and in awe of her ability to execute beyond my expectations. No detail is too minor for her attention (she once waited until the 11am sun to tape paint samples on various vertical & horizontal walls to see true colors in the actual lighting of room), or too large (with a wave of her hand she declared a railing gone, necessary demo and an arched doorway passage be constructed!). She once asked me at the start of a project what I wanted to experience when I first walked into my home. I said a "South Pacific vacation, but this is an 80s home": she said it didn't matter and proceeded to create an inviting room reminiscent of the islands I loved, complete with a large palm tree! Any homeowner knows how invasive and nerve racking a change in their living space can be...Lynda is a true professional who inspires confidence through all the design phases, makes the process enjoyable and the outcome extraordinary!

I worked with Lynda during the San Francisco Design Center's Third Thursday initiative for an entire year. Lynda was our liaison with consumers and introduced them to the world of design -- more importantly, she introduced them to the critical role designers play in interior design. She is an extremely knowledgeable, creative, and talented interior designer who is an absolute joy to work with. I recommend her highly.