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Described as integrating the elements of design and construction, beauty and functionality, and indoors and outdoors, SweisKloss is a full-service, boutique design and construction firm based in Santa Monica, California. Offering a holistic approach to design and construction, SweisKloss carefully examines every step of the process, aligning with clients to create singular spaces that nurture body and soul.
Headed up by Founder and Design Partner Abeer Sweis and her husband, Jeff Kloss, SweisKloss is a WBENC-certified Women’ s Business Enterprise( WBE), as well as a Santa Monica Certified Green Business and a Phius Certified Builder. Abeer joins us to elaborate on the company’ s growth and recent projects, as well as her ambitions for SweisKloss moving forward.
“ I started SweisKloss back in 1998, originally as an architectural firm,” she begins.“ We grew fairly quickly and had an established team of six employees within the first two years. At the time, I was teaching an interior design program nearby and we started to offer interior design services by hiring talent from the course. Around 2006, my husband came on board, as he was looking for a new role and I’ d always dreamed of running our own design-build firm. We tested working together for a couple of years, and then officially formed a design and construction company.
“ We’ re constantly exploring new ideas, materials, and methods to continuously improve our processes from both a quality and efficiency perspective,” she explains.“ Our client relationships have been built on mutual trust from the very beginning, and clients have confidence in us to do the right
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