Diane Portugal started working with my husband and me approximately four years ago when we purchased our house in San Francisco. Since that time, Diane has led the design, purchase, and installation of all the furniture and accessories in the public areas of our house.

Diane is a great partner primarily because of her natural ability to create beautiful interior design. She understands our tastes and delivers concepts and products that are much better than ones we could have developed ourselves. She is also a talented at drawing illustrations and renderings—which enables her to sketch her vision for a room and make ideas very tangible. This ability to translate abstract ideas into concrete pictures is very helpful to us.

Diane is extremely professional in how she runs her business and deals with people. Her contracts and accounting systems have clearly been reviewed and approved by attorneys and accountants. She approaches colleagues at the San Francisco Design Center with warmth, respect and authority. She carefully schedules our time together and uses that time effectively. She manages the back office tasks of interior design such that I am rarely aware of any problems that come up in the purchasing, manufacturing, and/or delivery processes. Diane has significant capacity to balance a demanding and diverse set of challenges.

Finally, Diane is a warm person. We trust and rely on her. She makes getting the work a pleasant experience.

My husband and I have no reservations about recommending Diane. She is a talented interior design professional. We are sure she will continue to be very successful in her work.

—San Francisco homeowner