Design Perspectives

Merry Christmas, good people! Today's episode is short and sweet. 

Enjoy your family and count your blessings.

XO

Brooklyn based designer and artist Rebecca Atwood believes in the art of making. I believe that how you get to a finished product is just as important as the final design. Each step of my process, from first sketch to production techniques to our shipping methods, is so important. I don’t believe in perfection, but I do ask myself, “How can I do things better?” frequently. I like to think you can see that when you purchase one of our pieces. And I like to think that our process is part of the reason you can feel truly good about bringing our pieces into your home.

https://rebeccaatwood.com/

https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_atwood/?hl=en

Kelly founded Joy Street design in 2011 with a simple idea in mind—that everyone deserves to live in a home they love which can only be achieved when the space is personal, functional, and comfortable.

As a former lawyer, Kelly is no stranger to managing large, complex projects. With her fun personality, energy, and love of bold colors she brings the perfect combination of project management, creative design ideas, and unparalleled service to her clients.

Kelly loves working with young families to bring life, fun and color to older homes. Her signature style fuses vibrant colors and contemporary designs. When she isn’t designing, you can find Kelly traveling the world with her family, and gaining inspiration for her projects, or working on her non-profit, Joy Street Initiative.

https://www.joystreetdesign.com/about/joystreet

https://www.instagram.com/joystreetdesign/?hl=en

Chicago native Kabria Cummings has interior design in her DNA. Her parents, Sam and Ella Cummings were quite the dynamic decorating duo. They scoured thrift stores for items that they could breathe new life into. They made drapery, reupholstered furniture, gardened, collected global art and her father even built his own furniture. Additionally, Kabria was influenced by her cousin Thea Nerissa Barnes, who collected artisanal items while traveling the world as a professional dancer with Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey.

Decorating and collecting art from her travels became part-time hobbies while Kabria established a career in graphic design and marketing. However, the deaths of her parents two months apart and other life-altering events that included the end of a long-term relationship, surgery, and the loss of her job of 10 ½ years, prompted her to reevaluate things. Kabria knew that she wanted to pursue her passion for interior decorating full-time.  In 2016, she founded Global Attic LLC.

Global Attic sells a carefully curated collection of one-of-a-kind home décor sourced and sometimes designed by Kabria. The statement pieces transform bland living spaces, convey individuality, and help to support the global community. They are handmade by artisans from around the world using natural and sustainable materials in places such as Africa, Indonesia, India & Haiti. ​

https://www.globalattic.com/

https://www.instagram.com/globalattic/?hl=en

Erika Hollinshead Ward is an award-winning, published interior designer and the founder of Erika Ward Interiors, a design firm and showroom specializing in a contemporary meets classic interior design aesthetic.

With a strong foundation in business and finance and over a decade of experience as an interior designer, Erika has become a leader in East Coast design while also serving clients nationwide. Since the firm’s inception in 2006, Erika Ward Interiors has grown exponentially and thrilled countless design clients with her team’s attention to detail and client-focused services. In fact over eighty percent of her business is from repeat clients and referrals.

Erika also works closely with brands such as Home Depot, High Point Market, ADAC Atlanta, S.C. Johnson and Company, and Rowe Furniture as a spokesperson and brand ambassador in targeted marketing campaigns.

However, her proudest roles are as a wife to her husband, Chris, and a mother to their five children, Evan, Ava, Dallas, Cameron, and Brooke.

http://erikaward.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mrserikaward/?hl=en

Joyce is a Los Angeles based interior designer and owner of JDP Interiors. After traveling throughout her childhood, Joyce's love of design was born. She strives to create beautiful, comfortable and textural spaces, while providing her clients with superior customer service and project management. She continually collects and curates to achieve the perfect blend between vintage and modern and consistently enjoys watching her visions come to life - there's nothing better than a good "before and after"!

https://www.instagram.com/jdpinteriors/?hl=en

https://www.jdpinteriors.com/

With a background in painting and conceptual art, Brian Paquette brings a singular point of view to the Seattle and San Francisco interior design scene. Rather than following a particular style, he draws inspiration from a variety of sources: architecture, travel, and the natural world, to name a few. For Brian, interior design is not something sterile or static; it’s a living extension of art, meant to be touched, used and admired.

That mindset is at the heart of Brian Paquette Interiors. We are a high end design firm and we build custom spaces that are at once open and intimate, grounded yet light. Our Seattle interior design team works through a close, collaborative process, creating homes that reflect our clients’ identity, history and aspirations. We partner with local craftsmen to ensure every element in our projects is unique and carefully considered, with its own story that adds to the greater whole.

Founded in 2009, Brian Paquette Interiors provides full-service interior design. Our Seattle and San Francisco interiors have been featured in Architectural Digest, Dwell, Luxe Magazine and more. We also regularly work in Los Angeles, New York City, British Columbia and beyond.

In addition to interior design, we offer furniture, textiles and décor through Brian Paquette at Home. Our online shop is yet another extension of Brian’s personal aesthetic. Experience it for yourself.

https://brianpaquetteinteriors.com/

https://www.instagram.com/brian.paquette_/?hl=en

Grace Bonney is an author, blogger and entrepreneur. Bonney wrote In The Company of Women, a book featuring more than 100 stories about women entrepreneurs who overcame adversity. She also wrote the DIY interior design book Design*Sponge at Home.

Joy Moyler Interiors influences of textiles, color, depth and pattern seep into projects carving their own place. They are punctuated with bespoke details often found in haute couture and men's haberdashery.

http://www.joymoylerinteriors.com/

https://www.instagram.com/joymoylerinteriors/?hl=en