A living room with green paneled walls, a central abstract artwork, green velvet sofas, a wooden coffee table with a chessboard, a black vase with yellow flowers, and a bust sculpture, with a fireplace beneath the artwork. 
Our Approach

Every home begins with a story—our clients’.

At Melanie Turner Interiors, we start by listening closely to understand how each family lives, what inspires them, and what makes them feel most at home. From there, we translate those insights into a cohesive vision where architecture leads the conversation, balance and light guide the details, and comfort is never sacrificed for beauty.

We believe in shepherding each project from beginning to end, collaborating with architects, builders, and artisans to create spaces that feel seamless and deeply personal. The result is a home that is as edited and elegant as it is warm and livable—never cookie-cutter, always reflective of the people who inhabit it.

Our philosophy

We believe the most successful projects are not monuments to a designer’s style, but reflections of the people who live within them. Each home we create is a portrait—sophisticated and functional, deeply personal yet universally beautiful.

Our philosophy rests on three timeless tenets: balance, light, and scale. With these as guideposts, we craft interiors that are serene and soulful, yet never static. Sometimes color sings; other times, silence is its own luxury.

Always, the goal is the same:
to create a home that reflects, comforts, and inspires.

Bright living room with white tufted sofas, a beige rug, a black side table with a houseplant, and two large framed photographs of women in traditional dresses hanging on white walls. There are decorative pink and gold butterflies on the wall and hanging star-shaped chandelier from the ceiling.
A group of six women gathered around a table, looking at color samples and fabric swatches, in a bright room with a large chandelier and artwork on the wall.
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FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL

Melanie Turner

operations manager &
senior designer

Katie Runyan

senior designer

Jill Tompkins

senior designer

Hannah Cosgrove

senior Designer

Hanalee Springer

senior Designer

Hannah Habif

Designer

Allie Ogletree

Designer

Paige Prettyman

DESIGNER

Julia Morris

STUDIO manager

Kristy Turner

FINANCIAL MANAGER

Tabitha Ellenburg

At Melanie Turner Interiors, collaboration is both our process and our spirit. Guided by Melanie’s vision, our team of eleven brings together a thoughtful mix of designers, project managers, and the essential behind-the-scenes support that keeps every detail on track. Each person contributes a distinct perspective, but together we share a common goal: creating spaces that are as functional as they are beautiful.

Melanie has cultivated a studio culture that values both rigor and joy, where ideas are exchanged freely and each voice is heard. That spirit of collaboration is what allows us to transform houses into homes—interiors that feel edited yet layered, sophisticated yet comfortable, always reflecting the lives of the people who inhabit them.

Interior design office with two women, one blonde wearing glasses and a black top sitting at a table, and another woman with long brown hair in a white dress standing to the side, with design samples, color swatches, and fabric samples on the table and mood boards on the wall.

Melanie Turner, ASID

For Melanie, interiors are never just rooms—they are living, breathing environments where architecture, light, and human experience seamlessly converge. Since founding her namesake firm, she has cultivated a versatile body of work that feels edited yet layered, fresh yet timeless, sophisticated yet utterly comfortable. Specializing in whole-home transformations, Melanie Turner Interiors creates spaces that balance beauty and function with effortless grace.

Her work has been featured on the covers of Veranda, House Beautiful, Luxe, and Traditional Home, among others. Her first book, Inviting Interiors: A Fresh Take on Beautiful Rooms (Rizzoli), is a love letter to her belief that design should be as artful as it is livable. Her forthcoming second book with Rizzoli continues that conversation, exploring bold new ways in which thoughtful interiors can elevate everyday life.

Accolades

Four-time recipient of Southeastern Residential Designer of the Year

Recipient of over 40 ASID awards

1stDibs 50 List

Luxe Gold List 

Author of Inviting Interiors: A Fresh Take on Beautiful Rooms 

Second book forthcoming from Rizzoli (Spring 2027)