Designer’s Corner

Cavalieri Designs Creates With One Simple Idea: Make Things Beautiful

By Nikki Barringer / October 18, 2020 /

Not everyone has been designing interiors since they were 11 years old. But then again, not everyone is Claire Cavalieri. Her father was a modernist architect in Detroit in the 1950s and 1960s. In those days, Detroit was THE place to be for modern design. Mostly because of the Cranbrook Academy where it seemed like…

Textile Designer Mili Suleman Strives for Imperfection

By Heather Hunter / February 6, 2020 /

At KUFI, Mili Suleman produces handwoven textiles that are anything but perfect. Which is just how she likes it. “There is beauty in imperfection.”

Wrecking Ball Collective's Jessica Jamison Turns Airbnb into Liveable Art

By Heather Hunter / January 3, 2020 /

Full disclosure: Jessica Jamison is my sister-in-law. Not only did I know I could interrupt her holiday for the interview, I also know that no one meets Jessica without being disarmed and charmed by her. Jessica Jamison’s work life is … complicated. Part-time decorator/stager, part-time vintage furniture rehabber, and part-time innkeeper, she’s never in one…

Interior Designer Katie Paulsen Knows Her Eras AND How To Make Them Modern

By Nikki Barringer / December 20, 2019 /

There are Interior Designers that focus more on couches, end tables, and ottomans and Interior Designers that take a look at each room and reworks the layout including electrical, lighting, and cabinetry.  

Kristen Dowd of Gypsy Soul Interiors Is As Kind As She Is Talented

By Nikki Barringer / December 12, 2019 /

Kristen Dowd is an artist by way of the financial world and she’s super Southern, has the most charming accent, and her arrival in Dallas is just as interesting as her arrival as a full-time artist. And we’ll totally cover both, but first, let’s talk about this art. Dowd’s works are bright and abstract and…