Our Team
Our Team
Kristen Terjesen
Owner / Principal Designer
Kristen Terjesen is the mastermind behind all of Studio 10’s projects, encompassing various aspects such as master-planned communities, clubhouses, sales centers, model homes, commercial and hospitality projects, as well as high-end custom homes and remodels. With over eighteen years of experience in interior design and interior architecture, Kristen collaborates closely with her talented design team to fulfill each client's design, market, and financial objectives.
Kristen began her design training at Colorado State University, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and Construction Management. She founded Studio 10 in 2008 in response to the national economic downturn. Over the past sixteen years, she has cultivated a company and team dedicated to bringing beauty, efficiency, and professionalism to every project. She is NCIDQ certified and has spent the last decade designing interior experiences that seamlessly blend form and function.
“Kristen lives for family and relationships! At the heart of all she does is her passion for interior design, new development, women who kick ass, entrepreneurship, and anything that embodies impeccable taste. She is a Colorado girl to the core and loves to travel. Her two little snuggle bug girls keep her on her toes, which explains her other passion – wine!"
“I live for family and relationships! I am passionate about interior design, new development, women who kick ass, entrepreneurship, and anything that embodies impeccable taste. I am a Colorado girl to the core and love to travel. My 2 little snuggle bug girls keep me on my toes which explains my other passion – wine!”
After work you will find me:
Cooking dinner, spending time with my girls, traveling, or relaxing on a sunny patio for happy hour.
Beach or mountains?
Beach for sure. I love the water.
Who is your hero?
My Dad!
Favorite quote:
“What the mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve with a positive mental attitude.” – Napoleon Hill
KRISTEN TERJESEN
Owner / Principal Designer
Emily Hansen
Design Director
Emily was born in Michigan, raised in Indianapolis, and is a Midwestern girl through and through! Before graduating with a Bachelor of Interior Design degree from Purdue University, she spent a summer interning in London for a residential firm and another summer interning in Indy at a commercial architecture firm.
Interested in blending her experiences, Emily found a job at a model home/commercial design firm in Chicago after graduating. After several years in the city, she moved to Denver in 2018 and joined Studio 10. Emily specializes in pushing the design envelope and delivering elevated design throughout every phase of each project.
From an early age, Emily developed a passion for art and started painting, eventually selling her work. Although she loved the idea of being an artist or painter, she always knew she wanted to be an interior designer because she enjoys the structure, design process, and fast pace of work!
“I’ve always been into art and started painting at an early age and eventually sold my work as I got older. I loved the idea of being an artist or painter, but I always really knew I wanted to be an interior designer because I like the structure and fast pace of the work!”
After work you will find me:
Doing anything outside! Drinking wine on a patio or hiking in the foothills…I’ll take either one.
Beach or mountains?
Tough choice because I love being in the mountains, but when it comes down to it…beach!
How do you prefer to start your day?
Early! With a good workout, avocado toast, and the Today Show.
Favorite quote:
“All you need in life is a backbone, a funny bone, and a wish bone.”
Emily Hansen
VP of Design Operations
Ashley Clendenin
Director of Sales and Marketing
Before joining Studio 10, Ashley led the Denver and Phoenix markets for Bisnow, a prominent commercial real estate news and events company. Her role at Bisnow allowed her to authentically interact with the commercial real estate industry, fostering market support through bringing people together to facilitate meaningful conversations and connections. After Bisnow, Ashley enhanced her marketing and public relations expertise as a member of the leadership team at a local Denver-based agency.
Ashley's professional experience spans management, sales, multiple sectors of commercial real estate, marketing, strategy, and operations. She is passionate about mentoring and connecting others, continually seeking to inspire and support her colleagues and clients.
A native of the Roaring Fork Valley and raised on a Christmas tree farm in Oregon, Ashley's early life was enriched by unique experiences, including selling Christmas trees with her family outside the historic Aspen ISIS movie theater owned by her grandparents for 32 years. Ashley's greatest accomplishment is her three-year-old son, Red.
Before joining Studio 10, Ashley led the Denver and Phoenix markets for Bisnow, a prominent commercial real estate news and events company. Her role at Bisnow allowed her to authentically interact with the commercial real estate industry, fostering market support through bringing people together to facilitate meaningful conversations and connections.
After work you will find me:
Spending time with family and friends, watching sports or cleaning, organizing, or working on the never-ending to-do list of owning a home.
Beach or mountains?
Mountains all the way. My favorite time of year is being a weekend warrior and hitting first chair. My parents met on the ski lift on Aspen Mountain and the rest has been history. I also lived in San Diego for 8 years and maybe went to the beach a handful of times. I would rather just look at the ocean than go anywhere near it or the messy sand.
The way to my heart:
Country music, Coors light, cheese pizza with pineapple and ice cream.
Favorite quote:
“Good, better best, never let it rest, until the good is better and the better is it’s best" - Bob Gray, Ashley’s grandfather
Ashley Clendenin
Director of Sales & Marketing
Ranee Mathern
Office Manager
Ranee graduated with a degree in Health and Human Performance emphasizing Applied Health Science from the University of Montana. Throughout her career, Ranee has worn many professional hats, including working as a Wildland Firefighter.
Ranee’s experience, diligence, and acute attention to client satisfaction and team culture make her an asset in delivering our seamless design process.
Ranee values time with family and friends. She also loves to stay active and experience the outdoors: running, hiking, and biking, etc. As a music fan, you can find her at intimate concert venues around Colorado, particularly Red Rocks. She is always discovering new passions, with the most recent being yard work. She finds it to be super therapeutic.
“I value time with family and friends! My adorable little 7-year-old nephew makes family time even better. I also love to stay active and experience the outdoors: running, hiking, and biking, etc. As a music fan, you can find me at intimate venue concerts around Colorado, particularly Red Rocks. I’m always discovering new passions, my most recent being yard work. I find it to be super therapeutic.”
After work you will find me:
Drinking coffee, deciding which workout to do, and planning which house chores I can tackle! I am not very good at relaxing.
Beach or mountains?
Living in Colorado is amazing with all the beautiful mountains, but after recently visiting the beach, I was reminded of the peacefulness and the ability to relax and completely zone out. I definitely miss the water!
As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up:
When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a Professional Basketball Player when I grew up. I love sports – both watching and playing! I say I’m not competitive, but I like to win 🙂
Favorite quote:
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
Ranee Mathern
Director of Operations
Kim Goscha
Operations Manager
For the past two decades, Kim has worked on the accounting side of the design world. Studio 10’s numbers guru graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver with a degree in accounting and soon found work as an accountant at a design firm. It was there that she realized her creative mind perfectly suited the complexities of the design industry.
Kim’s energetic personality and no-nonsense management style have led her to become a driving force in project management. Today, Kim is our resident financial aficionado, keeping us all on budget and on track from the conception of a project to the ordering process and completion.
Preferred method of transportation?
Drag racing!
Wallpaper or paint?
Paint
Beach or mountains?
Mountain getaway
Kim Goscha
Director of Finance
Sherri Winterfeldt
Financial Manager
Sherri’s vast experience within the interior design industry provides our clients tremendous support. She approaches bookkeeping and administration with precision and integrity, ensuring success and efficiency. Working with Sherri will offer your firm a one-of-a-kind business experience.
With over 20 years of experience, Sherri is no stranger to the industry. She has served as a showroom manager for a high-end showroom and as a project manager for a well-known interior design firm in Denver, CO. Sherri is respected by all who know her and considered a remarkable asset.
Sherri possesses excellent management skills; she is an effective communicator and adept at creating seamless business resolutions with each firm she works with. Known for setting positive examples, she serves as a strong mentor. Her greatest joy in her personal life is being a wife and mother. Thankfully, her family shares a passion for the great outdoors and is always game to learn something new.
“My greatest joy in my personal life is being a wife and mother. Thankfully, my family shares a passion for the great outdoors and is always game to learn something new.”
After work you will find me:
Aside from reading a good book and spending time with my adored husband and son, you’ll find me on a grand adventure with animals, sun, and spunk!
Favorite quote:
“Life is lived through perspective”
Sherri Winterfeldt
Bookkeeper
Laurie Hollm
Senior Interior Designer
Laurie is from Colorado Springs, CO but has called areas all over the Front Range home. She attended the University of Colorado in Boulder for an undergraduate degree in Environmental Design and then CU Denver for her Master’s in Architecture where she planted roots. Laurie has experience in all ranges of design from ground-up architecture to tenant finish commercial work, which have all come in handy with the many hats required as a senior designer. She has a passion for experience-based design and placemaking and loves the impact thoughtfully designed spaces have on end-users.
“Don’t get caught up in caution when love exists.” or “Experience is the thing you earn the second after you needed it.”
Dream Job as a Kid:
I’ve wanted to be a designer for a long time… I think since middle school. But before that, a marine biologist – save the whales!
Bucket List Item:
I dream of owning a mountain home someday, a place where we can spend long weekends and where our kids will know as their Christmas headquarters. My husband is more inclined towards the Grand Canyon, but it’s a dream of ours to design and build something together…and hopefully not kill each other in the process.
Bookshelf Snapshot:
I recently read "Unreasonable Hospitality" and loved it. It offers great lessons on work and life. I often think about the author's 95% budget 5% splurge rule and the concept of finding space for 'oxygen' – a practice to balance life with work.
Favorite Quote:
“Start with kindness, listen more than you speak, know that you can figure anything out, make it work.”
Laurie Hollm
Senior Interior Designer
Blake Mascolo
Lead Interior Designer
Blake graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from Mississippi State University. Afterward, she designed restaurants and hotels at a hospitality firm in Atlanta, Georgia, and worked at an architecture and engineering firm in Jackson, Tennessee. Eager to expand her design experience, Blake found Studio 10 online, fell in love with the team, and moved to Denver on a whim. The rest is history!
Beach or mountains?
BEACH!
What did you want to be when you were 10?
At 10, probably a professional dancer. But most famously at age 5 – Ballerina, Acrobat, Ringmaster – all at once, in that order. 😊
How do you prefer to start your day?
A little quiet time with a big cup of coffee.
Favorite quote:
“If someone makes you happy, make them happier.” – Unknown
Blake Mascolo
Lead Interior Designer
Kelcey Thompson
Operations Manager
Kelcey played Division 1 soccer at Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne and graduated with a degree in Psychology. She always wanted to be a dolphin dentist, so when that dream was crushed, she had to pursue other interests — haha, I’m kidding. Upon graduating from university, Kelcey, a child of The O.C./Laguna Beach era, pursued her dream of living in California.
Soon after moving to Los Angeles, Kelcey landed her first job as a casting associate producer for reality television. As most television jobs are freelance, it provided an opportunity to work with many different teams, people, and cast members. Some of her favorite shows to cast were survivalist shows. After five years working in TV, she was ready for a career change but before doing so, she took a 4-month backpacking trip through Southeast Asia with her best friend. The adventure gave space to surf in Bali, volunteer at a non-profit in Laos, to stay at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, and road-trip around Sri Lanka.
After returning to LA, Kelcey was presented with an opportunity to work for an Interior Design Firm, Hollis Jordyn Design. There she had the chance to work for a company she loved and with a team she helped grow. Although her primary focus is on the operations side of design, being in a creative work environment surrounded by girl boss ladies has always been important to her. So, when making the move to Colorado last year, she wanted to make sure she found that, and she did! Even though she misses the ocean, Colorado has been a great transition, often spending weekends hiking, camping, or at a neighborhood brewery.
Personal Mantra:
A basic one but I try to live by it, treat people the way you want to be treated. I try to always remember we never know what someone is going through in their personal life so if you can lead with kindness, it might just make their day a little brighter.
Bucket List Item:
Go swimming with whales!
Workout Playlist:
Big Taylor Swift gal or Maggie Rodgers.
Hidden Talent:
I love doing floral design. I have done the florals for many weddings, it's a lot of work but one of my favorite creative outlets. I also love to sew, one of my favorite pieces is a quilt jacket I made.
Favorite Quote:
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better do better."
Kelcey Thompson
Operations Manager
Portia Kettering
Project Interior Designer
Portia was born and raised in a small town in South Dakota. She later graduated from North Dakota State University with a BS in Interior Design and a minor in Visual Arts. While in school, she worked for a retail shop that specialized in model homes. Additionally, during her time in school, Portia interned at Studio 10 during the summer of 2022. She returned to Studio 10's team after graduating in 2023 and has been here ever since!
Portia loves spending quality time with family and friends. I come from a big family that inspires me to work hard and be passionate about the work I put out there. I enjoy trying new things and discovering new hobbies, especially those that allow me to be creative. Some of my favorite hobbies include sewing and painting.
After work you will find me:
Having drinks with friends or reading a good book.
Beach or Mountains?
Mountains!
How do you prefer to start the day?
With a cup of coffee and good music.
Favorite architect or designer:
Kelly Wrestler!
Wallpaper or paint?
Wallpaper. There are so many fun textures and patterns available.
Favorite Quote:
"Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought." -Albert Einstein
Portia Kettering
Project Interior Designer
Audrey Pace
Project Interior Designer
Audrey is originally from Dallas, Texas. She graduated with a degree in Interior Architecture and Design from the University of Arkansas. In April 2024, Audrey made the decision to swap the Texas heat for the cool climate of Colorado. She packed her belongings and her cat into her car and made the drive up! On weekends, you can find her lounging by the pool, browsing estate sales, or enjoying a cold brew at a coffee shop.
With a diverse range of work experience in commercial, residential, government, and K-12 design projects, Audrey always knew she wanted to work in multifamily and hospitality. She discovered Studio10 online and knew it would be a great fit!
Pet Paradox:
Rick, my cat, would no doubt be great at knocking any and all samples off the countertops.
Future Forecast:
In 10 years, I see myself still frequenting the pool, estate sales, and coffee shops lol. If you know what makes you happy, don’t change it!
Personal Mantra:
“So it goes!” Originally from one of my favorite books, Slaughterhouse-Five, it serves as a reflection of the inevitability of certain events (used for death and tragedy in the book, but I like to use it for any inconvenience). So it goes! Whatcha gonna do! It's also the title of a great Mac Miller song. Lol
Favorite Quote:
“So it goes!”
Audrey Pace
Project Interior Designer
Joe Maupin
Project Manager – Construction Projects
About Us
Our Denver-based interior design team believes in both style and substance. The hallmark of our success is our desire to create unique, marketable projects that transform the built environment to an experience; engaging, unique, and bold. We work with you, step-by-step, to craft a truly unique design that seamlessly communicates your brand, values, and individual project style.
At Studio 10, we’re not just designers. Our team is comprised of seasoned technical experts who create highly detailed construction documents and have exceptional project management skills. Through years of experience and market research, we will go above and beyond your expectations in commercial, residential, hospitality, and multifamily interior design.
Our team is able to form close connections and meaningful relationships with our clients and vendors. With projects across the country, we understand how important it is to provide quality work that closes on time and on budget. Our resources and connections with local and national partners help us to provide flawless execution – from start to finish.
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