Who We Are
At STR Design, our mission is to deliver comfortable, understated luxury interiors that make your guests feel as if they will never find a better resort experience and keep them coming back for more.
We believe a home should feel comfortable and provide a sense of peace, the place you look forward to arriving at every day. That’s why we specialize in creating a space for your Short Term Rental guests to enjoy, so they truly feel like they are staying with a friend—yet have all the amenities of a hotel. Whether you're looking to turn an existing home into a luxury STR with new furnishings and lighting or need a complete remodel geared to the most discerning guest, STR Design will bring your space to life.
About Karen
Karen Ochoa is a California-based interior designer and STR owner in Phoenix, Arizona, who is passionate about transforming short-term rentals into micro-resorts with a home-like feel. She offers full-service interior design services in person in California and Arizona and virtually nationwide.
She designed the interiors of her own short-term rentals, drawing on her background in real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area. She served tech clients like Apple and Yahoo with interior design development, space planning, and construction design support. She now brings that sense of luxury hospitality to STR homeowners and their guests with classic but on-trend designs that will stand the test of time.
Through her own Airbnb journey, she realized interior design of STRs, making guests feel both a sense of home and luxury, is her true passion. She believes a good design can set your home apart and make your listing earn a higher return. Her short-term rental designs are focused on maximizing returns and improving the guest experience.