sDs - Sharkov Design Studio

Introduction: My job at sDs is to turn my clients’ ideas and aspirations into imaginative, workable solutions – and it’s what I, as the principal architect love to do. My clients and I run through a “reality check” on the phone to establish the approximate size of the project and make sure I can help them the best way. If that conversation is positive, we arrange to meet to discuss what they want to achieve now, and in the future. We’ll walk around my clients’ building and building site, talk about their ideas and often come up with some ideas and solutions that they may not have thought of. My associates and I help our clients in the following type of projects: * Custom Residential Design - New Construction, Remodeling * Kitchen Design - layout, cabinetry, appliances * Bathroom Design - layout, fixtures * Light Commercial Design - Tenant Improvement, Offices, Restaurants * Landscape Design associated with each project we are involved with * Professional Design Consultations One of my most favorite things to do when I was a little girl was to pull out a roll with blueprints from my father’s closet and look at them dreaming… for hours... Dreaming only a child can do… Those were the drawings by a prominent architect whom my father had hired in the past, to design a summer house for our family. I used to “assign” each of the bedrooms - to my parents (the master’s, of course), the other one to my older sister, and the one I liked the most to myself…! I was able to visualize the building and its surroundings by looking at the beautiful drawings. I must have been no more than 5 years of age at that time. The project was never realized… For years, this “exercise” was one of my most favorite things to do. It grew on me and when I was about 15, I already knew I want to become an architect and nothing else! So, after many years of practice, here I am. My dream and the meaning of my life gives me the opportunity to see how I am making positive differences in my clients’ life – every single day. Dreams are not impossible - that I know for sure. I strive to provide my clients with the most valuable solution and to increase their daily quality of life, Their home is their sanctuary and that's why they need me now.