Design Detail

Design Detail is a Bay Area-based residential interior architecture and design firm led by award-winning designer Shelley Patterson. For over 35 years, Shelley has infused modernism with timeless functionality-transforming both sweeping remodels and intimate interiors across Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Los Altos, and beyond. She specializes in kitchen and bath interiors, yet brings her architectural precision-space planning, lighting design, material detailing-to every room. Grounded in collaboration, form, and function, Shelley oversees projects from concept through construction, offering a refined, relationship-based experience that endures.