For as long as I can remember, I have found great joy in design. I babysat as a teen and recall using some of my earnings to subscribe to House Beautiful back in 1980... as a 14 year old. I would lay in bed at night and dream up new configurations for my bedroom and sometimes even tackle furniture moving to accommodate my latest “inspiration” well past the point when I should have been asleep. I loved playing with color and was always an “artsy” kid, taking advantage of all the classes 4-H had to offer - exposing me to ceramics, macrame, painting, silk flower making and arranging, and more. In college I took art classes as fun outlets and worked in a flower shop part time to keep balance in my life, escaping the rigor of academics to go off campus by bus and create beautiful things.

After almost 20 years in the corporate world I stepped away from my career to spend time with my 2 young daughters and found my way back to my creative passions. The experience of living in England for 5 years opened my eyes to new worlds of gorgeous flowers, plants, garden design, color, architecture and sealed the deal on my pursuit of design.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to appreciate the special places where the forces of nature and time come together in ways that amaze and inspire us, while serving as reminders of the beauty around us and our place in it. Nature can be humbling, but also provide great comfort and peace.  Anyone who has sat with the windows open and listened to a summer storm roll in or appreciated the large, intricate waxy blossoms of a magnolia tree in full bloom after a long winter knows exactly what this means. 

Neuroscience research in the area of interior design and architecture explores how our environments impact how we feel and behave. The entire sensory journey contributes to the experience a space provides and impacts how our brain engages and reacts to our surroundings.  So it’s only logical that a truly special interior environment successfully incorporates some of the textures and elements that we find peaceful or comforting from the natural world around us and engages our senses. Whether it's the reflective quality of a beautiful mirror helping bounce light around a room, incorporating the calming blues of the sky or warm greens of a budding field or just the simplicity of an incredibly soft throw on a cozy chair - subtle additions to our interior spaces and thoughtful design can bring beauty, harmony and comfort to the areas where we spend so much of our time. 

I love to create environments that reflect the people in them and throughly enjoy the process of making spaces function well. I’ve often been told that the homes I’ve designed feel happy. I couldn’t ask for a better compliment.