About — YEN COLLECTIVE

about me

Founded by Sandy Yen, Yen Collective is a boutique interior design firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a project portfolio spanning the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and beyond. A California resident for over 20 years, Yen Collective is focused on accessible, modern and sustainable living. Sandy is known for her thoughtful blend of high and low, old and new, contemporary and classic, for an aesthetic that feels inviting, inspiring and approachable.

Sandy’s projects have been featured in Apartment Therapy, Home & Garden, and The Spruce.

Sandy lives in Oakland with her wife and their rescue pups, Dolly and Lucky.

Working with Sandy was like finding my design soul-mate. She would take our inputs (both my husband and I are quite opinionated), and find a way to bring it to life in a way that exceeded my initial vision.

Suchi & Tarun
Working with Sandy was first and foremost FUN. She did such an excellent job of asking questions and targeting in on what our family and home needed. She values sentiment, aims to make existing pieces work before buying new and most importantly knows her stuff when it comes to creating a dreamy and functional space.

Alison & Kevin
Sandy is an absolute joy to work with. I do not have an eye for design, and before hiring Sandy, I on my own struggled to have a good sense for what made sense for my home. Sandy helped me craft a vision for what I liked and transformed my blank rooms into a place I could call home.

Alice
Working with Sandy has really opened my eyes to how much small changes can make a house feel like a home. Sounds cheesy, but it is true. My house is more comfortable, comforting and beautiful. I love it.

Citabria
I had been trying for months, unsuccessfully, to decorate our living room so I asked Sandy for her help…Each time she transformed the rooms from a random collection of things to a warm, welcoming space that feels like home. Sandy is such a gift and I wish I had met her earlier in my life!

Megan
It was an absolute pleasure working with Sandy on the redesign of my home office. Before the update the space was not productive and it felt dark all day, now the space is multi-functional, bright and one of my favorite rooms in the house!

Heather
We are SO GRATEFUL for Sandy’s help through the years, and we absolutely LOVE the calm and beauty you've brought into our home and lives.

Shannon & Mark

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Working with Sandy was like finding my design soul-mate. She would take our inputs (both my husband and I are quite opinionated), and find a way to bring it to life in a way that exceeded my initial vision.

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