Team
Our team is made up of talented artists and designers. Collectively, we are a driven and engaged group, passionate about beauty and design innovation, and dedicated to the process of bringing your vision to life. Our designers don’t specialize in one specific style; instead, they are proficient at bringing our clients’ styles to life. The Castle Design team helps clients experience the utmost in comfort and luxury within their spaces.
Emily Castle
Owner, Principal Interior Designer, ASID
Emily is Castle Design’s founder and one of the region’s most sought after and celebrated residential interior designers. She is widely recognized and admired for her exquisite taste, unrivaled industry knowledge, and unsurpassed level of client care.
An incredibly versatile designer and artist, both Emily’s residential and commercial projects are highly individualized expressions of those that live, work, and play within them. She designs with thoughtful purpose and intention, composing one-of-a-kind environments that go above and beyond expectations.
Meghan Heeter
Interior Designer, Allied ASID
As a former writer, Meghan Heeter believes that thoughtful interior design tells a unique story – one of form, function, culture, and style. Her passion for design and decorative arts has led her to Castle Design, where she works closely with clients to bring their unique vision to life through cohesive, schematic design. She loves to layer colorful prints and textures and mix classic elements with modern pieces for a fresh, curated look.
Laurie LeBoeuf
Interior Designer, Allied ASID
With her background in studio art, Laurie draws inspiration from color, artwork, and fashion. These wide-ranging influences allow her to affect the overall experience and aesthetic of a space while adding finer elements to surprise and delight. She especially enjoys working with clients to realize and surpass their vision through architectural detail, color, lighting, finish palettes, and artwork procurement. Whether it’s mixing and layering styles, or creating finish palettes, every project with Laurie is entirely unique. With more than 10 years of experience in hospitality, senior living, and residential design, Laurie is creating her own unique influence on St. Louis design.
Jill Brown
Interior Designer, Allied ASID
From a young age, Jill found herself intrigued by interior design and its ability to transform a house into a home. Jill has over 20 years of experience conceptualizing and creating beautiful spaces and is known for her whimsical, eclectic style. She loves to mix modern elements with pieces that hark back to earlier eras, creating a fusion of contemporary nostalgia.
Linda Phillip Gaydos
Interior Designer, Allied ASID
Linda Phillip Gaydos loves working with homeowners to create a home that reflects their personality. She is intrigued with the effect an interior space has on its inhabitants—its power to ignite joy or create a sense of calm refuge.
Jess Mendenhall
Interior Designer, Allied ASID
Jess Mendenhall enjoys exploring the relationships between people and spaces, and crafting designs that are distinctly personal. Her aesthetic is fresh and vibrant with an eye for blending colors, textures, and patterns. With a master’s degree in social work from Boston College and a Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of Illinois, Jess believes homes should provide more than just shelter; they should inspire connection, happiness, and comfort.
Liz Basler
Interior Designer, Allied ASID
Liz has turned her personal passion for design into a flourishing second career. Graduating with honors in design school, she now provides interior design services, construction support and project management to both residential and commercial clients. With an eye for timeless design, Liz helps her clients realize their dreams, creating luxurious, yet comfortable and inviting spaces. When not working, Liz enjoys family, friends, cooking, travel and the outdoors.
Emily Quinn
Design Assistant
An integral part of the team, Emily uses her creative problem solving abilities and organization skills to assist Castle’s principal designers with design drawings and concepts, client meetings, project management and product selection.
Sabryn Englert
Design Assistant
Sabryn Englert believes interior design helps people enhance and transform their space to find happiness, comfort and balance. She brings this philosophy to her work at Castle Design. As a Design Assistant, Sabryn finds collaborating with Castle’s lead designers in client meetings, project management, and product selections to be rewarding in many ways.
Marissa Laube
Design Assistant
Marissa believes that design is most successful when attention is paid to the small details. This helps to enhances the overall functionality of a space. As an essential member of the design team, she incorporates this philosophy into her work assisting our lead designers. By giving attention to every detail – from presentations to furniture and fabric selection – Marissa contributes to the success of each project.
Laura Nikolaisen
Office Manager
Laura Nikolaisen brings more than 18 years of experience in the interior design industry to Castle Design. She has been with the firm since 2008 and performs a wide range of administrative and operational tasks in her role as office manager.
Cassie Jansen
Accounting/Administrative Assistant
An essential part of Castle Design’s accounting department, Cassie fills a variety of bookkeeping and administrative roles within the office. In addition, she helps to build new and foster ongoing relationships with all of our vendors as our lead purchasing agent.
Billie Powell
Accounting/Administrative Assistant
A key player within the Castle Design administrative team, Billie brings more than 15 years of interior design industry experience. In the Castle Design office, she oversees the life cycle of orders as well as a variety of accounting and administrative tasks.
Shelly Wise
Accounting/Administrative Assistant
Shelly brings more than 18 years of experience in both back of office skills and design execution to Castle Design. With a background in accounting, she plays an essential role on our administrative team focusing her efforts on Accounts Payable. In addition, she offers insight to the team through her extensive knowledge of window and textile design.
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