DIFFA Designs, San Francisco Designer Charity Event


Look what came out in the presses just in time for #TBT! MAS Design was so proud to partner with Hammers & Heels to create these one of a kind “Red Haute” hex tables (see below) for the 2015 DIFFA Designs charity event supporting HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention funding. Many thanks to DIFFA, Steven Miller, Agustin Sanders, and Hammers & Heels for your help and Academy of Art for the coverage of the event.

Wall Paint Ideas: Interior Designers Share Their Top Picks | Decorist Home and Interior Decorating


Thank you, Decorist, for featuring MAS Design amongst your “Elite Designer” experts on today’s blog about paint colors.

Looking for new paint ideas? At Decorist, our online interior designers get a lot of questions about paint. It’s such a quick, easy and affordable way to update your space! Our customers want to know our favorite interior paint colors, what’s trending (gloss paint? flat? bold colors?), how to paint a room, or simply the best wall paint color to update a particular space.

Whether you’ve recently moved into a new home, are trying to tie a room together, or are looking to refresh an existing space, choosing the right paint can be daunting given the overwhelming number of color choices, finishes and brands.

So, we turned to 7 of our highly talented Elite Designers who have a ton of experience recommending fabulous paint to their clients. We asked them to share some of their favorite paint ideas and brands. Here’s what they said:

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“At MAS Design we’re up obsessed with white paint! A good white paint allows your architecture, furniture and art to be the star of the show. But not just any white! As we all know, a bad white can be a real downer.”

“We vacillate between Benjamin Moore Classic Grey (as in this dining room) and Sherwin Williams Incredible White. Both whites have grey undertones, so lighting changes can make the color appear grey in some rooms, and brighter white in others, while keeping a cohesive look. Also, both whites are sumptuous and have a lot of depth.”

“To maximize architectural details, as is done here for the coiffured ceiling, use matte or flat paint on the walls and ceiling, and a 50% semi-gloss to play up the gorgeous moldings.”

read whole article on decorist.com

Thanks, Houzz!

Thanks, Houzz, for naming MAS Design top Houzz 2015 Influencers and top 2015 Recommended!

Happy (almost) Labor Day!


Thank you, California Home & Design for featuring our Labor Day picnic! Such a fun time on our own Lake Merritt right here in Oakland! Special thanks to the whole MAS team and all of our amazing contributors! Cheers to the American worker and enjoy the well-deserved last days of summer… ‪

MAS Design partners with Decorist!

We’re thrilled to announce our next big venture! MAS Design was recently approached by Decorist, an online site out of San Francisco who is changing the face of interior design with high-quality ONLINE services. With 50,000 users since it’s launch only a few weeks ago, Decorist has major Buzz Cred and is being praised by everyone in the design industry, including House Beautiful, Huffington Post, Forbes, Lonny, SF Chronical, POPSUGAR, Anthology, and more. When they approached MAS and asked us to be one of their Elite Designers, of course, we accepted! What an amazing concept!

Even though we deliver our personalized designer aesthetic for our high-end clientele, at MAS we have always been committed to making interior design attainable to everyone. (And let’s be honest, a hand-picked interior design is not cheap.) Decorist allows us to hand-pick items and personalize spaces that speak to who our clients are, only with their platform we are able to do it for anyone that has a computer and the small, one-time design fee. The process pairs down what traditionally is an intensive, time-consuming process without sacrificing the individual style that our clients deserve.

We’ve been having a ball with this!  Our first Decorist client wanted a comfortable, chic, “coastal” look for their multi-functioning home office with a lot of work space and storage.  Below are our mood boards; we can’t wait to show you the chic room when it is finished!

House Beautiful called Decorist “Game-changing, affordable and fun.”  We can’t help but agree. 🙂