My husband and I had never used an interior decorator before. We trusted Sophie to remove all the wallpaper. window coverings, paint all the cabinets black, and pick the wall colors for the...

Beware! This woman lied to us and said she had a contractor's license. Like fools we did not ask for the number to confirm it, but she contracted out painting, carpentry and flooring work,...

Our house is in a Harbor Bay, which is a fairly new neighborhood relatively speaking to Alameda main island homes. A few things in the house were not to our liking and we asked Sophisticate...