bio

Alisa Smith is an architectural colorist and design consultant specializing in interior renovations of historic homes. After leaving Parsons School of Design in New York City, Alisa studied design history at the prestigious Cooper Hewitt Museum where her love of historic architecture was born.
Alisa started Alisa Smith Design in 1989. Since then, she has worked extensively on historic projects across the U.S. renovating both National landmark buildings and private homes such as the A&M Records / Charlie Chaplin Studios in Hollywood; Swiss Cottage, the Bernard Maybeck house in Pasadena; The Derby House, by Lloyd Wright; The Drake House, a 1930’s river house in the Historic River District of Bend, Oregon and the home of Pasadena Heritage.
From Craftsman Bungalows to Spanish Hollywood
classics, Alisa has worked her magic restoring and
breathing new life into peoples’ homes. Her work
has won awards from The Los Angeles Conservancy
and the California State Preservation Board. She’s
been listed in the Pasadena Heritage Craftsmen
Referral File since 1995, The Franklin Report, and has
been featured in Interior Design Magazine.
Based in Los Angeles, Alisa lives on top of a hill in what she describes as a casually eclectic mid-century modern that she’s busy - you guessed it - renovating.