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ABOUT SMART DESIGN FINE LIVING
A Southern California design studio for homes, businesses, staging, and reconstruction finish decisions.
Smart Design Fine Living creates spaces with presence, purpose, and a finished sense of beauty. We serve clients who want more than decoration — they want clear direction, thoughtful selections, and a space that feels intentional from the first impression to the final detail.
Based in Santa Clarita and serving Greater Los Angeles and projects throughout California, we support residential interior design, commercial design, home staging, curated shopping, and insurance finish coordination with a refined eye for beauty, structure, and function.
Our work is rooted in one aim: to find the highest level of beauty a space can hold — and bring it forward.
FOUNDER + CREATIVE DIRECTION
Meet Dee Taylor
Dee Taylor is the founder and creative force behind Smart Design Fine Living. Her work blends high-end design instinct with practical leadership, helping clients move from scattered ideas to clear decisions and finished spaces.
With more than 25 years of experience across residential, commercial, staging, trade show, and high-profile production environments, Dee brings a trained eye, decisive direction, and a deep understanding of how space should feel, function, and represent the people inside it.
Under Dee Taylor’s creative direction, Smart Design Fine Living has contributed to high-profile design environments connected to notable brands, productions, and events, including:
- Grammy Awards
- Nintendo of America
- Sony Pictures
- NCIS
- Black Girls Rock
- Soul Train Awards
- Presidential Debate
- World Dog Awards
- More than 100 trade shows
- Residential homes and commercial environments throughout California
WHAT WE DO
Thoughtful design across residential, commercial, staging, and reconstruction support.
Some clients need a home that finally feels complete. Some need a business space that looks more polished and functional. Some need a staged property to present beautifully. Others need help making finish selections after damage, insurance claims, or reconstruction.Smart Design Fine Living brings clarity, polish, and structure to each of those moments.
Insurance Finish Coordination
Finish-selection support for homeowners navigating insurance reconstruction and rebuild decisions with greater clarity, speed, and confidence.
Commercial Design
Refined design direction for offices, reception areas, conference rooms, executive spaces, hospitality-inspired environments, and client-facing business interiors.
Residential Interior Design
Interior design for homes that need beauty, function, comfort, and a finished look that feels personal and elevated.
Home Staging
Strategic staging that helps buyers connect emotionally with a property and see the lifestyle the home can offer.
Home Staging
Strategic staging that helps buyers connect emotionally with a property and see the lifestyle the home can offer.
Curated Shopping Support
For clients who want to refine their space one piece at a time, Smart Design Fine Living also offers access to curated rugs, lighting, artwork, furniture, and styling pieces selected with a designer’s eye.
OUR STANDARD
Make the decision clear. Make the result unforgettable.
At Smart Design Fine Living, every project begins with clarity and ends with a space that feels fully considered. Whether we are shaping a home, refining a commercial environment, preparing a property for market, or guiding finish selections during reconstruction, our standard remains the same: thoughtful direction, refined decisions, and a result that feels intentional, elevated, and complete.
