Central Valley California Design Firms Win ANDZY Awards

August 5, 2025  by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry   

Award winning designer, Wendy Glaister, founder of her namesake interior design studio, Wendy Glaister Interiors and one of her senior designers, Leila Mendoza, who founded 1720 Design Studio, are extremely grateful to have brought home three prestigious design awards by ASID’s California / Central Nevada chapter, during the recent Las Vegas Market.

Glaister shared, “To say that we are blessed to do what we do is an understatement. So many opportunities exist to make a special place for our clients and their families. I am so grateful for the faith and trust  that our clients’ place in our collective partnership.” 

Wendy Glaister Interiors, from Modesto, CA, was awarded (2) ASID ANDZY Awards, for Best Individual Residential Space under 3,000 sq. ft. for a beautiful family cabin remodel at Bass Lake with Architect, Joe Smith (API Architecture) and Contractor Rui Esteves (REI Construction) and awarded Wendy Glaister and Stephanie Poulsen, as co-designers for Best Residential Bathroom Design Under 75 sq. ft. a floral masterpiece of vivid color and cheery pattern using Fabricut wallpaper and Cement Tile Shop concrete tile floor. Both of her projects were photographed by interior photographer, Mark Verschelden.

Leila Mendoza is a senior designer at Wendy Glaister Interiors design firm and the founder and president of her own interior design business, 1720 Design Studio, INC., from Turlock, CA. Leila is a first-time entry to this design competition and her project won the ASID ANDYZ Award for Best Residential Bathroom Design over 75 ft.

“I’m so honored and deeply grateful to win an ASID ANDYZ Award for this spa-like retreat. From the beginning, I prayed this space would be a source of peace and restoration for my clients and to see it honored in this way is such a blessing. As a first-time entrant, this recognition means even more.” Leila, commented.

ASID California / Central Nevada’s ANDZY Awards is a juried design competition judged with a strict criterion by leading industry experts.