Catherine French Design was hired last year to help this busy Southern Village family update their home, showcase some of their favorite pieces, and to bring balance and warmth to a house full of three kids, two busy doctors, and an au pair. Every project needs a starting place, and the priority was the living...Read More

We ended 2018 with a bang. Quite literally, as we were moving our studio space from Glen Lennox to Southern Village the week between Christmas and New Year’s, and the new space required a little… refresh. We changed out the floors, repainted all the walls and trim, moved cabinets, installed large pinup boards, and moved...Read More

Hello, my design lovelies! It’s been awhile since we had a long, juicy project recap post. Probably because this summer has been bananas – in all the right ways. We’ve been growing (see our Meet the Team updates!) and traveling, and generally just getting our design on. If you follow all of our behind-the-scenes action...Read More

It’s been a little while since we last visited the Artist Retreat series, and there are a few more spaces left to explore, including this composer’s studio. Since my last post, an article in the Winston-Salem Monthly was published about this house! It is a fantastic read (despite my bias as the designer) because it really...Read More

Good morning, y’all. I’m back on the blog today with an image heavy post in a continuation of our Artist Retreat series. Today, it’s a photograph explosion of the breakfast area and den. I am going to dub this as my orange crush, because let’s be serious, I am truly crushing on this space. When...Read More

Welcome back to the Artist’s Retreat. Today in part 3 we have a few gorgeous images of this glamorous, modern meets Asian-inspired dining room. A rich wall color plays the perfect supporting role for blending different wood tones in the furniture pieces, and sets the stage for perhaps my favorite chandelier in the whole wide...Read More

Let’s talk first impressions. A big part of our work here at Catherine French Design is bringing both balance and that “wow” factor into a space. This can happen in many different ways, but one of my favorite personal design challenges for each new client we take on is to set the stage and hint at...Read More

Every client has a design problem that leads them to reach out for help. In the case of this client, it all started with their living room. A long, rectangular formal living room in a traditional historic house is often resolved here in the South with a traditional color palette and endless symmetry. For this  accomplished, artistic...Read More

When I was first approached about this project, the client was downsizing from a lovely house into a small loft apartment in the city center of Winston-Salem, NC. His plan was to move into the Residences at the RJ Reynolds Building, which had been recently listed to the National Register of Historic Places. The Historic...Read More