What Our Clients Are Saying

​​I wanted to thank you again for all of your help. It has been a pleasure working with you and I really appreciate all of your advice. It is sadly quite rare to find someone like you that is willing to go the “extra mile” to help the customer out! Thanks again.”  

J. Stagemeyer

“We met Lauren a few years ago and knew she was someone special. When we started to build our house, we contacted Lauren to help us.

Lauren is a true professional. Her knowledge and expertise as a designer is incredible. She is very passionate about what she does and is always there for her clients. She has always helped us in meeting deadlines with our builder along with her help in keeping within our budget.

Her work quality is amazing. We can’t begin to tell you how beautiful everything is that she helped us pick out for our new home.

We consulted Lauren on every aspect of building our home from the exterior color of our house to everything you can imagine for the interior.

She can create each room that has its own character and at the same time blends seamlessly throughout the house. She helped us with everything in the rooms from choosing the right paint color, to choosing the type, color and placement of furniture and rugs.

Lauren has a true gift in looking at something and in her mind’s eye can envision something wonderful. She is a wonderful woman and we are blessed to have her as our friend.” 

J. Leechan

We recently received our sofa, loveseat, and chair we ordered from Hickory Chair.  My husband and I are very pleased and we have Lauren Brown to thank for all her invaluable help. Ordering online for a big purchase, like this was a bit intimidating, but Lauren helped us through the process with patience, thoughtfulness and a lot of professionalism.

Lauren’s suggestions on the color and type of upholstery material were very much appreciated. In addition, because Hickory Chair did not have the coffee and end tables that suited us, Lauren went beyond her duty by providing us with the stain color so it would exactly match what we found in Ohio. Overall it has been a wonderful experience.”  

T. Maish

“Lauren helped us with a total home renovation, remodeling and interior design job. She has a unique combination of talent, experience, and excellent people skills.

She can visualize and decorate spaces from afar, which is a skill she honed over her many years of advising national and international clients. She came in on-budget and on a tight deadline, and was an absolute delight to work with.”  

M. Hurst

I wanted to take a minute to tell you how much I enjoyed working with you on our outdoor furniture purchases. It was like shopping with a friend! Your customer service was exemplary. I appreciate the time you took to listen to what I was trying to do, look at my pictures and make great suggestions which helped me visualize the look I was going for. I won’t hesitate to contact you for future purchases and I will definitely recommend you to friends and family.”  

K. Davis

“Exceptionally gifted and talented. Draws out our needs, desires and wishes without shading. We are EXTREMELY happy and pleased with her work. My husband and I cannot express how gifted she is. He was skeptical at first but he constantly sings her praises.

We invited her into our home to help us select a paint color for our interestingly shaped living room. We had just changed the floors from dark hardwood to light hardwood and the old color did not work. Also, we have a dark corner.

She got to know us. She learned our needs and desires and was amazed that she looked/examined our home – the entire house – to understand it and us – the lighting, configuration and unchangeable items.

She then asked me about 2 different color families – one I did not care for so we worked with the other – She started determining the color from our KITCHEN – I was amazed – I would have started out with the Living room area – but she started from an area where we had unchangeable things – such as the color of our tile floor, cabinet colors and our granite countertop.

Let me tell you – our Kitchen finally looks complete and cohesive. It looks professional and very, very comfortable. We feel so much more comfortable in our home when friends stop by. Also, the color that we selected did wonders for our stone fireplace.

My husband and I have called her at times just to tell her how pleased we are. I have to admit – it has taken me time to adjust to the color – I am very slow to change but the pleasure in her works grows all the time. She has also helped us select new furniture — and the biggest thing was the color and fabric selection.

We have a painting in the living room that we love and wanted to highlight– before it was hidden with the many conflicting colors that we had – and the new furniture now accents the painting. She also came to help us ‘polish’ up – placing our furniture and accessories in the right areas and picking up a few more but with a color & height scheme in mind while removing some items that did not work.

She gave me the encouragement to replace a mantel that was lopsided and twisted. I was very afraid of the project but after seeing and experiencing all her wonderful work – we braved ahead – the change in mantel completely enhanced our living space. When she would come, I would take notes and then did as she said. She lovingly let us take the changes at our pace. But – She was RIGHT on all the changes.

We value her opinion and even asked her about our outdoor window shutters. The house now is much more pleasing to our eyes.

I also need to mention that she stayed within our budget.
I cannot say enough about her talent and her warm & caring personality.
”  

K. Connolly

The furniture came today and it is gorgeous. Thank you so very much for your kindness and for being so prompt and professional. My new year is starting out great with this, beautiful furniture. 

Thanks so very much Lauren!”  

C. Huston-Kinworthy

Lauren helped me pick out, coordinate and buy all the furniture for my vacation home in the mountains. She has the best eye for design and color, and in all aspects of the design process she went over and above my expectations. I highly recommend A Designer’s Touch by Lauren.”  

D. Williams

“Lauren is a delight to work with, always upbeat and cheerful, and very professional. She will guide you in your choices or if you prefer, she’ll do all the work for you, floor to ceiling. Either way, you’ll LOVE the finished project. I love my home and wouldn’t change a thing! Can’t wait for my next project! Thanks Lauren!

S. Noble

What Our Trade Partners Are Saying

​​I met Lauren in 2020 and it has been a pleasure to work with her. She does such a great job forming the ever so important tie between the client, product suppliers and sub-contractors. She treats all parties involved in a project with the same respect she gives her clients.

As a cabinet and countertop provider, she quickly knows what style and color will look the best in the space and is a great partner for seeing projects succeed!”  

Jeremy Bertrand

CW Home Wellborn Cabinets

​​We are always excited to see Lauren in our showroom with clients.  Her professionalism and design experience along with a smile are always on display.

Our salespeople know that Lauren will help navigate the challenges of picking just the right items to make the customers home more beautiful.

Good’s Home Furnishings and the design client are always happy with what Lauren has to offer to make the furniture buying process much easier.

Randy Good

Owner, Good's Home Furnishings, Hickory Furniture Mart

“A Designers Touch by Lauren and Phipps Construction have partnered together to provide the ultimate experience in Luxury Custom Home Designs in The High Country.  Our collaboration brings over 55 years combined exceptional experience and expertise. 

My invaluable knowledge in the construction industry and Lauren’s invaluable knowledge in the interior/exterior design and home furnishings industry ensures you are working with the best in The High Country. 

Lauren and I have a mutual respect for each others’ ability to create the desired vision of our clients while working together with timelines and budgets to ensure the best experience from Concept to Completion.”  

Chris Phipps

Owner, Phipps Construction

“Lauren is a wonderful person to work with! She has a great eye for color and design. She is very enthusiastic about all of her jobs, big or small! I always know that a job will be done well with some fun sprinkled in when Lauren is involved!”  

Kathryn Goff

Sew Bee It

​​Lauren is an absolute pleasure to work with. I have nothing but praises for working with her on different projects. Would highly recommend Lauren.”  

Cody Powers

Appalachian Blind and Closets

“It is always such a pleasure and a great experience working with Lauren, owner/ CEO of A Designer’s Touch by Lauren as a trade partner with Appalachian Flooring and Tile. Super professional and knowledgeable. Highly recommend!”  

Brandi Phipps

Owner, Appalachian Floor and Tile

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