Meet Norris...

After designing and managing the renovation of her 100-year old bungalow in Atlanta, Georgia, Norris began informally helping friends and family refurbish, furnish, decorate and accessorize their homes. What started as a hobby turned into a borderline obsession and eventually a knack for the art (and encouragement from her ‘clients’) led Norris to pursue a career in the field of interior design.  

Eager to gain professional experience, Norris began working for Atlanta architect and interior designer Heather Kerwin. Initially, she put her finance degree and business background to work helping with organizational processes and invoicing. Today she also helps with many sexier aspects of the interior design business including product sourcing and purchasing over the lifecycles of the firm’s varied new construction, renovation and redesign projects.  

While she continues her work with Heather Kerwin Designs, in 2019 Norris launched her own firm. Norris Nelson Designs caters to homeowners in all phases of the decorating process who are looking to take their interiors to the next level. 

Norris is strongly influenced by her Southern roots in Georgia and the lowcountry of South Carolina. Her loves of travel, architecture, art, and interesting objects impact her design as well. While she thinks it’s important that a home has a style or esthetic, she doesn’t necessarily have one favorite. If you put Elle Decor, Veranda, Coastal Living, Traditional Home, Architectural Digest, Southern Accents, Domino, and House Beautiful (may some of these RIP) in front of her and told her to pick one, you’d be there for a while.  

Norris appreciates traditional Southern and New England design, elements of modern and contemporary living, the whimsy of Hollywood Regency, mid-century simplicity, bohemian details, and a rustic farmhouse. She believes that with good design you can achieve a fresh take on any of those looks while incorporating elements of the others. Norris thinks a home should tell the story of the people who live in it, should have character, should be current, and should not take itself too seriously. (And if you like them, yes, she probably can make your grandmother’s sideboard and your husband’s bust of Elvis work.)