
About
At Spence Studio Interiors
We consider your people and purpose to create intelligent designs that reflect your beliefs and inspire great work. So whether it’s a corporation, small business, non-profit, health care center or hotel, let’s collaborate to transform your commercial space into an amazing space.


Loretta D. Spence
Founder, CID, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP
For over 26 years, Loretta has been creating thoughtful and tasteful interiors for some of the most respected organizations throughout California. She founded Spence Studio Interiors in 1994, where she partners with architectural design firms to craft personalized commercial spaces. An award-winning designer, Loretta fuses art, nature, furniture and technology in order to enliven the senses and foster the organization’s mission.
Credentials
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architectural Design from the California College of the Arts in Oakland
- Certified by the California Council for Interior Design Certification, CID #1769.
- Professional Member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).
- Certified by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)
- Certified LEED AP specializing in Commercial Interiors
- ASID Design Excellence Award for Commercial and ASID Gold Award for Institutional (2011 - Alta Mesa Memorial Park)
For the Public Good
- Lead Designer for Design Response, a non-profit organization that focuses on improving the environments for non-profit agencies and schools that serve those in need in the Bay Area.
- Palo Alto YMCA
- Juror for National Council for Interior Design Qualification Examination 1997 Spring Residential Scenario Practicum
Publications
- California Home + Design
- Contract
- ICON
- ICCFA
- Oakland Magazine
- Urban Land

Shirley Lo
ASID, Associate AIA, NCIDQ LEED AP
Shirley brings 25 years of interior design, space planning, and project management experience to all Spence clients. A frequent guest lecturer at various college interior design programs, Shirley has been a volunteer consultant for Design Response, which improves the spaces of non-profit agencies and schools that serve those in need in the Bay Area.
Credentials
- Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
- Master in Business Administration, Babson College in Wellsley
- Professional Member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
- Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- Certified by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)
- Certified LEED AP specializing in Commercial Interiors
- Instructor of Interior Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco
- Past President and Treasurer, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) California Peninsula Chapter
Awards
- ASID California Peninsula Chapter Design Competition (2011 Gold Award - Institutional)
- ASID California Peninsula Chapter Design Competition (2009 Silver Award - Corporate)
- ASID California Peninsula Chapter Design Award of Distinction (2005 - Commercial)
- ASID California Peninsula Chapter Design Competition (2004 Award of Distinction - Commercial)
- ASID California Peninsula Chapter Presidential Citation (2004)
- California Home and Design Achievement Awards (2004 - Commercial)
- ASID California Peninsula Chapter Special Recognition (2003)
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Citation Award for Outstanding Performance (1988)
Publications
- Gentry Magazine
- California Home & Garden Magazine
- San Jose Magazine
- Palo Alto Weekly
