Grand Rapids host
Kaila Piepkow
About the speaker

The Kathryn Chaplow design aesthetic is smart, stylish, approachable…and always offers a touch of the unexpected. Inspired by her Southern roots, the arts, love of family and play, Chaplow believes that great interior design elevates quality of life. Her work often incorporates colorful gestures and playful juxtapositions, reflecting the philosophy of her company: “Work with joy.”
Designing both residential and commercial spaces for over twenty years, Kathryn Chaplow’s work celebrates tradition and the future at once with a signature approach to design that puts the client’s vision first. Chaplow prefers creating from a collaborative standpoint and is known for her trademark ability to bring all the elements of construction and design together seamlessly. Her client relationships span over multiple years, projects and generations, and her work has been featured in Home, Midwest Living, Cottage Style, Better Homes and Gardens, on many design blogs and at Elledecor.com.
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“I do have a color story. I do have a signature, and I didn’t really know that I did! It’s warm and it’s vibrant. — Kathryn Chaplow
“Is this real? Is what people see on Instagram and Facebook … Is this really how people are living? — Kathryn Chaplow
“When the people fill up the room, empty wine glasses are sitting on the end table, it’s filled with the color of life, that’s when it’s really, really good. That’s when it feels alive. — Kathryn Chaplow
“This is the true color of our life. I’d much rather be in this room than the other room. It’s about creating and allowing room for that layer of life that is truly colorful and not minding doing something that isn’t quite so perfect. — Kathryn Chaplow
“My perspective is colored by where I grew up, where I live now, who’s in my life, what I’m doing today, what I’m going to be able to do tomorrow. It’s all shaping how I see the world. — Kathryn Chaplow
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Hosted by Conduit
Date September 12, 2014
Partners
Universal Mind
Atomic Object
coLearning
Videographer Adam Foster
Photographer Will McDermott