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Jennifer Smith Design

Jennifer Smith is an interior designer in Asheville, NC. She loves making a home unique to the needs and desires of the individuals who live there.

She enjoys working with a diverse range of styles for her clients, all with a clean, fresh aesthetic.

10/31/2026

Nothing scares a designer quite like a matching furniture set. Or a ceiling fan in every room. The good news is that I know how to exorcise them, no séance required.

The skulls on my mantel, on the other hand, are staying. Happy Halloween from my house to yours!

10/29/2026

Stand in any doorway in your home and look around. You can probably see two or three rooms at once.

That’s why the rooms around a space matter as much as the room itself. Rooms are rarely seen one at a time, so they shouldn’t be designed one at a time.

Color is the obvious thing to borrow, but it’s not the only one. Try a wood tone, a metal finish, or the scale of a pattern.

Next time a room isn’t coming together, look at what you can see from it.

The wallpaper is up, and this room is already starting to feel like it was always meant to be here. There’s still more to come, and I can hardly wait to show you the finished space!

10/27/2026

Before: a 1950s ranch living room with good bones and very little personality. After: an English cottage that feels like it has been here for generations.

Over sixteen months, we added on, brought in beams overhead, and built in bookcases. A new Dutch door opens the room to the courtyard. Soft pastels keep everything light and bright, and pattern does the layering. There’s a trellis pattern on the drapery, a stripe on one sofa, florals and a pink zebra on the pillows, and an antelope print rug layered over natural fiber.

The room is designed for how the homeowners actually live. On one side, an upholstered bench stands in for a coffee table, made for putting your feet up. On the other, a more formal cocktail table holds its own. Comfortable, personal, and just a bit cluttered, like any good English cottage should be!

Good design takes time. This home was worth every bit of it.

10/24/2026

Canopy House: What Stayed and What Changed

The living room sits at the center of this home in The Ramble, and it sets the tone for every room around it. The cherry built-ins and stone fireplace had the craftsmanship were used throughout the home, so we kept them.

What changed was everything around them. A palette of camel and blues with a touch of green brings warmth and style without competing with the wood and stone. Stylish and comfortable furniture made in North Carolina invites the homeowners to settle in. An oversized chandelier and a large mirror over the fireplace give the room the scale it always deserved, and the shelves are styled to feel collected rather than filled.

The result fits the way a younger family lives. It works hard for kids every day without ever looking like it has to.

Deciding what to keep is a design decision. It honors the house, and it lets every new piece do more.

10/20/2026

A foyer sets the tone for the entire home and it has to handle the everyday: shoes, bags, coming and going. In this Tudor cottage, we refused to choose between the two. The adjacent wall had original tongue and groove paneling that worked well, so we carried the tongue and groove through the foyer as wainscoting. The architecture was decided first, and everything you see here was chosen to live within it.

Blue wainscoting, botanical wallpaper, woven shades, pink ranunculus, a gilded frame. That’s a lot of color and pattern for one small space, and it all comes together because of a single line: the chair rail. Below it, Oval Room Blue by Farrow & Ball. Above it, wallpaper by York Wallcoverings. That line gives every layer a place to sit.

This is the wall that started it all. It’s hard to believe this home began as a 1950s ranch. Over a comprehensive renovation, it became an English cottage, and this original tongue and groove, painted in that same rich blue, now gives the foyer its character from floor to ceiling.

Now look a little lower. That bench is shoe storage. Its drawers are clad in the same paneling, so they read as part of the wall rather than a piece of furniture. When storage is planned from the very beginning, it stops looking like storage and becomes part of the architecture.

📸 : Andy Frame

10/20/2026

A foyer sets the tone for the entire home and it has to handle the everyday: shoes, bags, coming and going. In this Tudor cottage. The adjacent wall had original tongue and groove paneling that worked well, so we carried the tongue and groove through the foyer as wainscoting. The architecture was decided first, and everything you see here was chosen to live within it.

Blue paneling, botanical wallpaper, woven shades, pink ranunculus, a gilded frame. That’s a lot of color and pattern for one small space, and it all comes together because of a single line: the chair rail. Below it, Oval Room Blue by Farrow & Ball. Above it, wallpaper by York. That line gives every layer a place to sit.

This is the wall that started it all. It’s hard to believe this home began as a 1950s ranch. Over a comprehensive renovation, it became an English cottage, and this original tongue and groove, painted in that same rich blue, now gives the foyer its character from floor to ceiling.

Now look a little lower. That bench is shoe storage. Its drawers are clad in the same paneling, so they read as part of the wall rather than a piece of furniture. When storage is planned from the very beginning, it stops looking like storage and becomes part of the architecture.

10/17/2026

There are a few weeks every year when the mountains around Asheville turn gold, rust, and red, and the best seat in the house is outside.

This covered deck was furnished for a young family to spend those weeks together. Everything here is meant to be used: cushions deep enough for a nap, seating that fits the whole crew, and a fireplace and television nearby for game day. The view is the showpiece. The furniture is there to keep everyone in it a little longer.

10/15/2026

In the Canopy House, the foyer makes the first promise, and every room after it keeps that promise.

This Biltmore Forest home had beautiful traditional bones, and the homeowners wanted to honor them while making them feel current, all within a quiet palette of neutrals, blues, and greens. A Schumacher forest mural became the starting point. Its soft, layered canopy sets the tone for the entire house and gives the foyer a sense of arrival that feels both timeless and fresh.

A mural wallcovering changes how a space feels to stand in. Rather than a pattern that repeats, the scene unfolds around you, wrapping the room in branches and leaves the way a forest does. In tonal neutrals, it feels enveloping without ever becoming loud. The walls hold your attention gently, and the architecture, the warm wood, and the light from the window all have room to breathe.

That is what cohesion does. It is the difference between a house filled with beautiful things and a home that feels intentional from the moment you walk in. When every room speaks the same language, the whole home feels considered, settled, and unmistakably theirs.

10/13/2026

This basement room was the place where everything ended up. Knotty pine paneling, a drop ceiling, and years of storage. It also had the one thing you cannot add later: good natural light.

During this whole home remodel, that was reason enough to turn it into a much needed guest bedroom.

The hard part was the closet. A bedroom needs one, and there was no place for it that made sense. So we built two, one on either side of the bed, and let them form a nook around the bed
Everything is clad in tongue and groove, closets included, so it feels like a charming guest room, not a finished basement. The closet doors are tap to open, with no hardware to disturb the lines. Reading lights face the bed, and a niche on each side holds a book or a glass of water, *with* hidden outlets for charging overnight.

Same room, same two windows, and now a place guests look forward to staying in.

10/08/2026

A breakfast nook only looks effortless once the decisions have been made.

Swipe to see an important moment from this project: the contractor Established 1991 sitting on the banquette while we talked through the details. We worked out the angle of the back so it stays comfortable through a long, slow breakfast. We placed the light fixture so it centers directly over the table, not the room. We made sure the bench is easy to slide into and still feels like the coziest seat in the house.

Then came the color, the pattern, the beautiful finishes and the cafe curtains that give this corner its charm. This is traditional at its most relaxed, and it is the reason to hire a great team.
Beautiful and functional are designed together.

📸 Andy Frame

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