About

In 2001, Heather moved to Durham NC from NYC, where she had attended Parsons for interior design and honed her skills under the tutelage of legendary French designer Robert Couturier.  The move prompted Heather, who then opened her own firm, to fine-tune an ability working within a variety of interior styles and settings… from French Modern to Southern Traditional.  She has readily developed an accessible, signature style which combines practicality (kids, pets, and red wine are facts of life!) with a variety of sophisticated surface texture – plaster, hide, velvet, linen – and  extraordinary lighting. Heather’s belief in organic ornamentation (that nothing made by man is as beautiful as that found in nature) helps define her spaces as living and subtly grounded, which Apartment Therapy twice featured (House Tour, here, and Store Feature, here)  In 2009 Heather opened a retail boutique, where one can find an assembled group of things she loves (an asymetrical necklace, chair slip-covered in leather, or antique chest of drawers). Elle Decor celebrated its success by highlighting the shop in it’s July 2010 “What’s Hot” feature.

Exciting news:  Heather will soon be launching her online store, hgHOMEdurham.com, along with an online design service!  Thanks to the online DIY movement, powered by ultra-chic design blogs of all sorts, motivated amateur designers are calling out for a little professional direction as they go (but, please, could it be more accessible?).  The online store will feature Heather’s favorite designer pieces, in addition to her HG SIGNATURE line (think: wallpapered furniture, pillows made from designer fabric scraps). The online design service will offer, for an affordable flat fee, a custom design for your space with a shopping list of items and finishes to assemble all on your own!  We’re preparing for success!