Cindy Lee Bergersen knows that for many, the topic of interior design, especially how interior design relates to their own homes, is mysterious. The mission of Home Design Consultation is to clarify the “home situation” by addressing problems and providing vision, means and methods to live better and more comfortably. After attending two of the most prestigious schools for interior design in the country, and working for over a decade with some of America’s foremost home designers, she launched Home Design Consultation in 1996 with the goal of bringing what she’d learned to “Design Civilians”.

Cindy got her start at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA and eventually earned a Magna Cum Laude degree in Interior Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She is also an Allied Member ASID. Along the way, she produced home wares in both retail design stores, as well as, large scale design projects. She worked directly for several designers on both coasts including: John Hutton, Ron Mann, Ivy Rosequist, and Gump’s – Interior Design Department in San Francisco; Angelo Donghia, Steven Klein and Martin Albert Interiors in New York.

With Home Design Consultation, Cindy encourages her clients to work within their own timeframe, budget and comfort level, be that a one hour consultation on paint selection, a shopping excursion to select pieces for a living room, or a complete home design, with a flexible menu of services and fee structures to select from. With her background and highly specialized training, Cindy sees “the big picture”. She is more concerned with how objects and furniture complement one another in terms of size, shape, texture or color, than in strictly adhering to time periods or styles. Part interior designer, part ad-hoc psychologist, Cindy listens to people’s concerns and desires, and then answers in a way that gives inspiration and confidence. She is delighted to be helping extraordinary people (including those masquerading as “Ordinary Joe’s”) transform their uninspired spaces into something both fabulous and functional.