Shandele

functional + holistic environmental design

Intuition and spatial fluency are foundational in Shandele’s process. Using multi-sensory deep listening, Shandele partners with clients to create purposeful, meaningful and supportive spaces.

Shandele’s earliest inspiration comes from natural abundance. Her childhood home bordered a thriving apricot orchard shared by neighbors. A wide sparking creek meandered for miles, light dappled by an oak canopy and rope swings. Shandele’s grandfather lifted the lids off his prized minerals for her to inspect and wonder. Her father taught her to use the tools in his wood shop to carve and create.

Shandele graduated from Skidmore College with degrees in Art History + Studio Art and California College of the Arts with a degree in Design. Her early design career was guided by industry innovators in San Francisco, CA.

In 2004, Shandele and her children moved to Boulder, CO where she co-creates three dimensional spaces with architects and homeowners with reverence for the land.

Publications/Exhibitions: Graphis, CA, and SFMoMA

Certificates: Feng Shui, Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Shamanic Reiki Master, Akashic Records

Your true home is in the here and the now – Thich Nhat Hanh

residential + commercial projects

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LUCY’S FARMHOUSE

Healing Home

TODD REED SHOWROOM

Bespoke Jewelry Gallery

CEDAR HOUSE

Home for Zen Practitioners

OHIO VICTORIAN

University Guest House

CASA ANGEL

Respite for Wellness

DOWNTOWN LOFT

Queen Space

Shandele is an exceptional designer with unparalleled attention to detail. She has the innate ability to create the perfect blend of color, pattern, and structure in any space. Shandele is an excellent listener and collaborator who will bring your vision to life.

Shandele's creative vision is amazing! She is the quintessential collaborative design professional who works to ensure she fully understands the client's needs and then fully dives in to deliver exquisite results. What a pleasure to work with Shandele and see a space come to life with her leadership at both a big picture and detail level!

Shandele is more than a designer. Her intuition and connection to people creates a holistic approach to spaces, colors and design of spaces. I have worked with Shandele on multiple homes and have always come away inspired and often in awe of her talent. I recommend her services without hesitation.

Shandele has been our savior. She transformed our home into a beautiful refuge and comfortable living space. We had already started the remodel when we met her. Her insights led us to redirect the project in ways that radically improved the remodel. She deeply listened and allowed our personalities to come through so that our home is congruent with who we are and much more beautiful than I could have ever dreamed.

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Fast Furnishings

Just like Fast Fashion, Fast Furniture is causing harm globally. Environmental costs in production, distribution and disposal are disproportionately causing harm to marginalized communities. The next time you are sourcing, consider going to estate sales, auctions, and relatives.

Mindfulness + Design

Mindfulness can be described as paying attention on purpose. For me to successfully engage in the creation process, I release all expectations, ego, anxiety and deadlines. With calm awareness in the present moment, I focus on one thing. Maybe it’s a client’s injured back. Maybe it’s a door jamb meeting a paver.

Ayni and the Art of Sacred Reciprocity

Each time I begin a project, I am heavy with the knowledge that what we choose to build and buy has an environmental consequence. And so I ask, what is the most sustainable path to realize our project? Ayni is a Quechua word which translates to sacred reciprocity and is the powerful concept that all living things are interconnected.

Feng Shui Curious

More than ever, my clients are speaking energy. They are asking for abundance and good health. They are questioning if a leather chair could bring negative energy. They are wanting plants to add wood to balance their metal. Feng Shui is more accessible than ever with blogs, articles and library books covering a myriad of topics.

We acknowledge with respect, that the land we are on today is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute nations. This land was a place of trade, gathering, and healing for these tribes and other native tribes.