Designers are a knowledgeable bunch. Want to know the best height at which to hang your art? The pros and cons of marble countertops? Or which fabrics are most adept at surviving stains and spills? Designers have the answers. But tapping their advice usually comes at a price.
As D Home celebrates 20 years of recognizing the top design minds in Dallas, we asked them to share their secrets—go-to tiles, trusted paint shades, trends they love, and those they wish would get lost. They more than delivered. Read on for designer-approved picks for every room in your house. Plus, get the complete list of the Best Designers in Dallas 2024.
The Best Designers in Dallas
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Alexis Pearl Design
What’s your most perused coffee table book?
“Dogs by Tim Flach. His photography is so beautful, and my entire family loves this book. It’s a good go-to for our clients as well.” —Alexis Pearl, Alexis Pearl Design
Alice Cottrell Interior Design
Allison Seidler Interiors
Amy Gibbs Interiors
Amy’s Interiors
Angeline Guido Design
Anne Williams Design
Avrea and Company
Baker Design Group
What light fixtures look good in any house?
“Trick Question! Lighting should be intimate, the proper scale, spark connection, and provide function. This can look different for every space in every home.” —Lisa Floyd, Baker Design Group
Barbara J. Vessels Interiors, Inc.
Betty Lou Phillips Interiors
Bobbitt & Company Interior Design
BODRON/FRUIT
Burkle Creative
What’s one design trend you wish would go away?
“Open-concept floor plans and big box houses. Smaller, well-designed rooms are more conducive to curated design and purposefully used spaces!” —Javier Burkle, Burkle Creative
Caitlin Wilson Design
Cameron Drinkwater Interiors
Canon & Dean Design
What’s the best piece of design advice you ever received?
“Every room should have a little bit of black in it.” —Mary Elizabeth Canon, Canon & Dean Design
Carrie Barron Interiors
Carrie Hatfield Interior Design
Cathy Kincaid Interiors
Chad Dorsey Design
Chambers Interiors & Associates
Charlotte Comer Interiors, Inc.
Chelsea Hargrave Interiors
What is your designer pet peeve?
“When one says ‘drapes’ instead of ‘drapery’. Drapes is a verb.” —Chelsea Hargrave, Chelsea Hargrave Interiors
Cheri Etchelecu Interior Design
Cheryl Van Duyne Interior Design
Who is the local artist you most admire?
“There are many, but Polly Gessell does amazing art with glass.” —Cheryl Van Duyne, Cheryl Van Duyne Interior Design
Collins & Sweezey
Collins Interiors
Dallas Design Group Interiors
Dana Bass Designs
Deborah Walker + Associates
Debra Stewart Interior Design
Deleo & Fletcher Design
Denise McGaha Interiors
Dona Rosene Interiors
Doniphan Moore Interiors
Dunbar Road Design
What are six items every house should have?
“Natural Sunlight, items that mean something to you, built-ins so you can hide your clutter, lamps for low lighting at night, fresh flowers, and a great candle.” —Carla Fonts, Dunbar Road Design
EJ Interiors
EJM Interior Design
What commercial or hospitality space in Dallas whose interior design most inspires you?
“The Crescent Hotel. It’s like Paris in Dallas. —Ellett J. Miciotto, EJM Interior Design
Emily Summers Design Associates
Emory McKim Design
Erin Sander Design
Fagan White Design
Heidi Arwine Interiors, LLC
Hillary Littlejohn Studio Design
What’s a design trend you’d like to start?
“Fabulous artwork in the powder bath.” —Hillary Littlejohn, Hillary Littlejohn Studio Design
Holly Hickey Moore Interior Design
House of Amelia
IBB Design Fine Furnishings
Ike Isenhour Inc
J. Wiley Designs
Jan Jones LLC
What’s your MVP appliance or electronic item?
“The exhaust fan in the exterior wall adjacent to the cat boxes in my laundry room. It runs 24/7 and gets rid of cat box odor … designed by my husband!” —Jan Jones, Jan Jones LLC
Jan Showers & Associates
Janet Gridley LLC
Jase Jones & Associates
Jean Liu Design, LLC
What china do you use when you want to impress your guests?
“All my artisanal Japanese ware from Toiro Kitchen.” —Jean Liu, Jean Liu Design
Jenkins Interiors
Joanie Wyll & Associates Inc.
John Phifer Marrs Interiors
Joseph Minton, Inc.
Joshua Rice Design
Josie McCarthy Associates
Kara Adam Interiors
What’s your signature design detail?
“A cafe curtain with a contrasting or funky trim.” —Kara Adam, Kara Adam Interiors
Kirsten Kelli
Kristen Fegale Interiors
Kristin Mullen Designs
Lark Interiors
Laura Lee Clark Interior Design, Inc.
Layered Dimensions Interior Design
Linda Fritschy Interior Design
Lindley Arthur Interiors
What wallpaper is guaranteed to wow?
“Hand-painted wallpapers from Gracie is worth the splurge every time.” —Lindley Arthur, Lindley Arthur Interiors
Lisa Henderson Interiors
Lynn Sears Interiors Inc.
Maddie Hughes Designs
MADRE Design
Maestri Studio
Mary Anne Smiley Interiors LLC
Mary Beth Wagner Interiors
Meredith Ellis Design
Meredith Steinhart Interior Design
Michelle Nussbaumer Design
Michelle’s Interiors
What’s the one item you’re dying to put into a project right now?
“I really want to do a floor-to-ceiling tiled green bathroom! So chic.” —Michelle Kopfer Roberts, Michelle’s Interiors
Monica Wilcox Interiors
Morgan Farrow Interiors
What’s your signature candle and scent?
“Santal in all forms.” —Morgan Farrow, Morgan Farrow Interiors
Morrissey Home
Neal Stewart Design Assoc. Inc
Noel Pittman Design
What’s the first thing you’d get for your home if money were no object?
“A Diego Rivera or [Alfred0] Ramos Martínez painting.” —Noel Pittman, Noel Pittman Design
Nuance Interiors
Pam Kelley Design
Pamela Fitch Design
Paul Draper Design
Paul Duesing Partners
Peters Cates Design, Inc.
What’s your sure-to-make-a-statement tile?
“Current favorite: Clé’s ‘zellige | tea ceremony | square.’” —Bill Cates, Peters Cates Design
Peyton Riley Design
Pickering House Interiors
Poppy McGough Design House
Pulp Design Studios
R. Brant Design
Richard Gordon Design
Richard Trimble & Assoc., Inc.
Rick Rozas Design
Robyn Menter Design Associates, Inc.
What is a chair that every design hound should have?
An Eames chair. “It’s a classic that works with both traditional and modern.” —Robyn Menter, Robyn Menter Design Associates, Inc.
Roz Murphy Design
S.B. Long Interiors
Salem & Associates
Samantha Fisher Interiors
Sara Johnson Interiors
Schooler, Kellogg & Co
Sees Design
Seitz Design
Shannon Bowers Designs
Shelby Wagner Design
What’s your best Amazon design find?
“Vintage coffee table books.” —Shelby Wagner, Shelby Wagner Design
Sherry Hayslip Interiors
Simms Hayes Design
What’s your can’t-go-wrong paint color?
“Spanish Red by Benjamin Moore. A great way to make a statement and it blends surprisingly well with a lot of colors.” —Julie Hayes, Simms Hayes Design
Smith & Ragsdale Interior Design
Studio Thomas James
Studio White Interiors
SWOON, the Studio
What’s your favorite rug?
“Vintage Turkish rugs look beautiful in every room, regardless of the aesthetic.” —Joslyn Taylor, SWOON, the Studio
Ten Plus Three
Tiffany McKinzie Interior Design Inc
Tori Rubinson Interiors
Traci Connell Interiors
What is one question a client should always ask when meeting with a prospective designer?
“Can you give me an example of your best client experience and your worst client experience?” —Traci Connell, Traci Connell Interiors
Traci White Designs
Tracy Hardenburg Designs
Trish Sheats Interior Design
Urbanology Designs
Wendy Konradi Interior Design
Williams Design, Inc.
Woolery Associates
Yates Desygn
What’s a design trend you wish would stay?
“Curated maximalism.” —Bryan Yates, Yates Desygn
