The Team at The Designers

Ingenuity and Practical Designs

The Designers incorporate a team that has distinct strengths.

At the helm is Marilyn S. Hansen, with extensive design expertise in renovation, new construction, residential interior design, hospitality, and commercial interior design.

The supporting design staff have diverse backgrounds that make them valued assets to the work of the firm.

With decades of experience creating inspiring interiors, we make your interior design dreams come true. Whether the project is to refresh a bathroom, or a commercial project of thousands of square feet, The Designers team creates exquisite solutions to meet your design challenges.

We blend our ingenuity and expertise to explore and invent great designs for our clients. This is possible with the team effort and extensive experience found here at The Designers.

Find out more about the team below.

Marilyn S. Hansen, FASID, IIDA, NCIDQ
Owner, Lead Designer

The hallmark of Marilyn’s work is innovation in many areas of Interior Design, whether homes, churches, or hospitality. All her work endeavors to reflect her clients’ personal taste and create a beautiful and functional atmosphere. With more than five decades of award-winning work, she can create a solution for every design challenge.

Faith Combs,
ASID Allied
Senior Project Designer

Faith specializes in hospitality and residential interior design. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, The Designers has found Faith and her education to be invaluable. Faith does much of the behind-the-scenes work for The Designers, including research, project management, specifying, drafting floor plans, and material selection. Faith has an eye for detail and is passionate about interior design that is both aesthetically pleasing and practical.

Our Associates

Tracy Price,
ASID Allied
Design Assistant

Tracy Price has filled an important niche at The Designers. She’s thorough and excels in following up to get things done. Originally from New York, she brings a love of design coupled with an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science in Interior Design from Metropolitan Community College. Tracy is excellent at researching and perseverance to create a great project.

Tracy’s personal experience with special needs individuals gives her a keen insight into universal and accessible design. She translates this knowledge into all her work and it is evident in her drafting details and solutions.

Design Assistants

Our design assistants perform a valuable service in our design projects. They are responsible for preliminary drafting, product research, and material selections. They save multiple hours of billable time by following up with vendors and clients. Through the design process, our capable assistants contribute to the completion of some exciting design challenges.

Through the years, over 150 students in interior design education have benefited from their semester internships. We are grateful for their enthusiasm and appreciate their energy working in a field they grow to love. Many times we have been able to culminate their internship with an employment opportunity.