Love, loss, and decades of interior design seen through a new perspective on time.
FROM FOUNDER & TOP INTERIOR DESIGNER SUZANNE FALK:
When I was 4 years old, I Updated my parents’ brand new, yellow velvet sofa with a smiley face stamper.
They were horrified. I was delighted. Looking back, it was my first design instinct: space is malleable and should be made to feel like you.
I grew up surrounded by texture, color, and the science of aesthetics. My father was in the textile business, and my uncle was an architect who eventually encouraged me to pursue a formal interior design degree. I was captivated instantly. The way a room could shift someone's mood, the puzzle of making a space both beautiful and functional, the thrill of stepping into a blueprint and seeing exactly what it could become.
My career took me from selecting finishes for luxury new builds to heading a design department across 30+ buildings in Chicago, Houston, and Miami, to six years as a ghost designer for HGTV's Kitchen Crashers, where I designed under intense pressure and impossibly tight timelines.
Each chapter deepened my craft, but it was the moment I started working directly with homeowners that truly changed everything.
Watching people cry in their new kitchen.
Designing new builds for families to grow up in.
Fully renovating a home for a client whose husband passed away so she could feel comfortable staying in the space that held his memory.
These experiences taught me that interior design is so much more than aesthetics. It's deeply, profoundly personal.
When I lost my husband to ALS, the concept of home took on new importance.
Time became my most valuable asset that I would never take for granted, and home became the focal point where so much of our precious time is spent.
Today, I'm a passionate advocate for ALS research through the Les Turner ALS Foundation, and I actively support Art Impact, a charity that brings art therapy to high school students because I believe creative expression can heal at any age.
Twenty-five years into this career, what drives me hasn't changed. I still need to create. I still see rooms that don't work and feel compelled to make them better. But the part of this work I treasure most is the people. Getting to know my clients deeply enough to design a home they didn’t know they could love so much, and watching their lives change inside of it.