Design Philosophy

Lela Knight, founder and design principal, has built her business by making clients like you delighted with their homes. How does she do that?

By putting the essential elements of her business philosophy to work, making your design dreams a beautiful reality:

  • Passion matters: Lela loves what she does. You can see that passion in the finished work, and you will notice it in the way she approaches every project, from the smallest to the most complex.
  • The work is about the client: There is no diva in her design work. Whether she is helping you add decorative elements to a room or transforming an entire home, your wishes and needs drive her solutions and suggestions.
  • Client confidence is first and last: Ask the clients Lela has worked with, some for more than 10 years, and they will tell you that she instills trust, comfort, and confidence. When you work with her, you will be a partner in the process, consulted at every step so that the finished work is the realization of your vision.
  • Process is as important as product: Lela enjoys what she does and she makes sure her clients do too. Business-oriented and design-savvy, she is capable of unleashing creativity while keeping costs contained. Consider it a marriage of creative design and common sense.

A talented designer with a good head for business and a knack for putting people at ease, Lela relies on her 15 years of experience as principle of her firm, her education at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the years she worked at a prestigious Baltimore design firm to make your dreams a beautiful reality. She has extensive experience in both residential and commercial design and has worked in a variety of locations up and down the East Coast.