The Art & Science of Spaces That Support You
Where intentional design, the psychology of space, and the ancient wisdom of Feng Shui come together — to create homes that don't just look beautiful, but genuinely feel like you.
I'm Tenaya, and for over fifteen years I've specialized in creating healthy, rejuvenating, functional spaces that feel amazing to spend time in — working intimately with each client to ensure their finished spaces reflect their unique design and lifestyle needs.
What sets my work apart is the integration of—and expertise in—disciplines most designers treat separately: interior space design & planning, color theory, the psychology of space, and Feng Shui. Together, these create something more powerful than any one part — a home that supports you on every level.
Whether you're building from the ground up or transforming a space you've lived in for years, I bring to your project, innovative thinking and decades of experience in finding solutions within interiors.
The Foundation
Your home should hold you—not work against you.
The spaces where you spend your time have a profound impact on the life you're able to live. Most people sense this — a room that drains them, a layout that creates daily friction, a home that never quite feels settled. I believe every one of those stressors is solvable.
What I believe
Good design isn’t just what you see. It’s what you feel—and what it quietly makes possible.
Space is never neutral
Every room is already shaping your mood, energy, and clarity. Poorly planned spaces create friction and fatigue. Thoughtfully designed ones restore and energize. The difference is always intentional design.
Beauty and function belong together
I refuse to choose between a home that looks stunning and one that works for your life. The flow that feels effortless, the light that falls just right — these aren't luxuries. They are the foundation of a beautiful life.
Your home should support who you are becoming
I design for the life you're stepping into — not the one you've outgrown. A great space doesn't just reflect your identity; it quietly supports your evolution, your family, and your future.
What i bring
A diverse depth of expertise
Few designers bring this combination of disciplines to a project. Fewer still have spent decades refining how the disciplines work seamlessly together.
My background spans interior space planning & design, color theory, Feng Shui, the psychology of space, and designing healthy, sustainable homes. This isn't a collection of services — it's an integrated way of seeing every project, where each discipline informs the others.
Feng Shui, at its core, is millennia of careful observation about how human beings thrive in space — how energy moves, where stillness gathers, how placement shapes mood, relationship, and possibility. I bring this depth of knowing to every project, blending it seamlessly with contemporary design so your home feels like a timeless reflection of you.
The result: spaces that eliminate the unintentional stressors that inadvertently get built into homes — and replace them with design that actively supports your health, your relationships, and your everyday life. Your investment goes further. Your space works harder. And you feel it the moment you walk in.
how I work
a truly collaborative process
The best results happen when everyone is working together
I'm well versed in collaborating with clients, architects, builders, and contractors — bringing together the full team around a shared vision so that what gets built is genuinely the best it can be. When you know the right expertise is at the table, the process becomes less stressful and the outcome more certain.
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Listen deeply
Every project begins with understanding you — your lifestyle, your needs, what's working, what isn't, and where you want to go.
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Integrate all dimensions
Space planning, Feng Shui, psychology and color work together from the start — not layered on as afterthoughts.
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Deliver with care
From blueprint to final walkthrough, I stay with you — ensuring the vision holds and the result is everything it should be.
The PSYCHOLOGY OF SPACE
The spaces where you spend your time, have a huge impact on the life you’re able to live.
With a diverse background of expertise in interior space planning, color, the energy & psychology of space and designing healthy, sustainable homes, Tenaya brings innovative ideas to the table from decades of finding solutions within interior spaces.
At TPK Feng Shui & Design, Tenaya is passionate about creating spaces that best support you and your family now and into the future.
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
Tenaya is well versed in collaborating with clients, architects, builders and more. The most successfully collaborative projects start during the design phase which makes for a more successful final outcome. Whether revitalizing an older home or starting from scratch with new construction, your build with have better results, your money greater impact, with the support of TPK Feng Shui & Design.
TENAYA PLOWMAN KOLAR
After receiving her BA in Fine Arts & Psychology (where she took her first classes in architectural drafting), Tenaya spent 15 years studying Feng Shui, the art & science of creating spaces that support the life you want to live.
She spent her days in Santa Cruz as a Store Designer—drafting, designing & reworking interior commercial spaces in a collaborative team setting—while taking night classes in Interior Design.
For over a decade, after her return to the Sun Valley area, she has increased happiness and rejuvenation on the home front for clients, while continuing to help make offices, non-profits and retail spaces more productive and welcoming.
Tenaya loves to work near her home in the heart of the south central Idaho mountains—where she lives with her family—though she has positively impacted projects from the Pacific Northwest, down the coast of California, across to New York, and has worked with clients all over the world.
