Founded by Sabra Ballon in 2003, ballonSTUDIO is a full-service interior design firm focused on collaborating with clients to create beautiful and thoughtful spaces. Sabra Ballon studied undergraduate design at UCLA and received a Master of Architecture at University of California at Berkeley. She has worked professionally for 14 years in the fields of construction, interior design, set design and production design. Her work as a designer has focused primarily on the integration of these four disciplines. Her early career was spent designing hotel interiors in San Francisco, Hawaii and Las Vegas including: Hotel Nikko, Hilton Hotels, Hawaii Prince and Del Webb properties. For the last ten years her practice has focused on residential and boutique commercial projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work has been published in the SF Chronicle, Elle Décor and California Home + Design. She has studied extensively around the world including Africa, Asia and Europe, with a special interest Ancient Roman architecture, design and decoration.