New Orleans Chapter member Penny Francis and her daughter Casi Francis St. Julien of Eclectic Home were recognized by New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles Magazine as the Face of Interior Design and Retail. Additionally, Eclectic Home was one of the Best of Home Winners in the category of Best Place to Buy Modern and Contemporary Furniture.
When Penny Francis was a little girl, she and her sisters often helped her father with projects around the house. And because he was in construction, he taught her important lessons very early in life.
“I learned I liked to get dirty, that I liked to do things with my hands,” said Francis, a member of the American Society of Interior Designers. “People think being a designer is glamorous, but there is nothing I won’t do or can’t schlepp to get the job done right.
“And because of the projects my father involved me in, I developed the imagination to be able to picture in my mind how something would look when it was finished even before we got started.”
“There is a certain feel I like, and I think my clients are drawn to that feel,” Francis said. “But if a room or house ends up looking like me and not like my client, I have done them a disservice. My role is to help them realize their vision, not to impose my vision on their project.” Excerpt – August 1, 2014 – The Advocate Newspaper.
Read more about Penny’s Face of Interior Design and Retail and Best of Home Winner recognition.
Bravo Penny!
