After a successful career in fashion, Charlotte native Hadley Quisenberry left New York City in 2012 and returned home to raise a family and work alongside her mother, Lisa Britt, a longtime interior designer. Lisa Britt Designs rebranded to become West Trade Interiors, and by 2018, Britt retired and gave the reins to her daughter. The West Trade team continues to handle a range of design-build projects across the city, including a recent multi-room refresh in Myers Park. The client hired Quisenberry, whom she knew from their years at Myers Park High School, to update the living room, two bedrooms, and the dining room in her two-story, 3,500-square-foot brick home. As parents of two preschool-aged children, the homeowners wanted a grown-up space to host dinner parties and family gatherings. Quisenberry designed the room around the Schumacher wallpaper panels her client selected and incorporated some transitional pieces to give the space a contemporary twist.
COLOR YOUR VIEW
Quisenberry says her goal was to “find the balance between a space that can be restful but is also vibrant and inviting.” She installed custom white linen drapes and added a blue leaf trim from Schumacher to pull in some color from the wallpaper panels. The pale blue tones in the Oushak rug add another subtle pop of blue, and the coral in the chair’s upholstery repeats in the printed lampshade—a find from local vendor International Shades—on the sideboard. The flowers and soft tones in the wallpaper lean more toward spring and summer, but Quisenberry says they “present a mood rather than a season.” The homeowner also rotates the tablescape with seasonal botanicals and foliage throughout the year.
Krisha Chachra served eight years on the Blacksburg Town Council and has written for NRV Magazine for a decade. She is a member of The Mama Movement and a proud mom to a curious toddler. Krisha is a community advocate and connector and runs an event production organization that hosts Up on the Roof. Krisha has reported and hosted shows for public radio and television and has freelanced for USA Weekend Magazine, the Honolulu Advertiser and the Alexandria Gazette among others. Her book about returning to Blacksburg, Homecoming Journals, may be found online or in local bookstores.
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