Lauren Ashley Design is honored and humbled to have been selected as Top of the Trades of Virginia for 2022 award. Thank you to the Lynchburg, Virginia Community for your tremendous support as we transition to this new area.

Business, Interior Design, Press

March 28, 2022

Lauren Ashley Design Receives Virginia Living’s Top of the Trades Award

In recent months many social media platforms including Pinterest and Instagram have updated their platforms to include shoppable tags that allow consumers to shop images. It is important for all of us to remember as designers, these are consumer-driven platforms their goal is not to assist a designer in their own consumer-driven business. However, their […]

Business, Business Tips, Interior Design

March 14, 2022

Designers Guide to Not be “Shopped” by Social Media Platforms

Lauren Brantley of Lauren Ashley Design entered the Fall 2021 contest by Chief Architect with a modern Cali coastal-inspired kitchen, focused on what is to come in 2022 in kitchen design.

Business, Interior Design, Press, Rendering

January 5, 2022

Lauren Ashley Design’s Entry in Chief Architect Kitchen And Bath Contest

Hello Everyone!! Today is the day! We are finally unveiling our final room, Max’s room! Can you believe it? I know I can’t. The second year of Christmas Rendered has been one heck of a ride. I honestly couldn’t do all this without the motivation of all my fabulous clients, readers, and of course family. […]

Business, Christmas Rendered, Interior Design, Rendering

December 22, 2021

Christmas Rendered 2021 | Max’s Room | The Grinch

Christmas Rendered has begun, and this year is a little different because we are highlighting Small Businesses. To encourage other designers to shop small this holiday season, Lauren Ashley Design will be highlighting small businesses throughout the country. I will say that these small businesses did not pay me to speak about their companies or […]

Business, Christmas Rendered, Interior Design

December 21, 2021

Small Business Highlight | Enchanted Paints | Christmas Rendered 2021

Hello Everyone, I can’t believe we are already more than halfway through the Christmas Rendered Home! After the Bedroom and Bathroom, there is only one room left!! Our Suprise Room!! Stick around this for the fun announcement about how that will be. I will announce it during the VR Tour so be sure to register […]

Business, Christmas Rendered, Interior Design, Rendering

December 20, 2021

Christmas Rendered 2021 | Bedroom & Bathroom | The Grinch

Christmas Rendered has begun, and this year is a little different because we are highlighting Small Businesses. To encourage other designers to shop small this holiday season, Lauren Ashley Design will be highlighting small businesses throughout the country. I will say that these small businesses did not pay me to speak about their companies or […]

Business, Christmas Rendered, Interior Design

December 18, 2021

Small Business Highlight | Say It With a Note | Christmas Rendered 2021

Today is the day! The long-awaited Living Room & Dining Room Reveal! I loved designing this space. Such a moody, intimate vibe in this luxury apartment space. As we come to the middle of December I know things are getting quite busy for you all ( or they are for me at least) Let’s take […]

Business, Uncategorized

December 17, 2021

Christmas Rendered 2021 | Living Room/Dining Room Reveal | The Grinch

Heather started Modern Comforts Home by Innovatus Design as a way to help regular people make their homes feel pulled together. She created an affordable pillow and home goods line that’s designed to be mixed and matched to remove the guesswork from accessorizing the perfect home. Select your favorite colorway and corresponding patterns, then order pillows in various sizes to mix and match. It’s an instantly curated look without any fuss. Now anyone can achieve a designer look for their home.

Business, Christmas Rendered, Interior Design

December 13, 2021

Small Business Highlight | Modern Comforts Home | Christmas Rendered 2021

“I tell you Max, I don’t know why I ever leave this place. I’ve got all the company I need right here.” The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Grinch first appeared in a children’s book written by Dr. Suess in 1957. Since the first appearance of the Grinch, the character has become synonymous with the […]

Business, Rendering, Uncategorized

December 12, 2021

Which Grinch Tale is The Grinchyest? | Christmas Rendered 2021 | Joshua Brantley