About Us
Meet the Founder
Kristin Wiens Keyes (she/her/hers) founded Kristin Keyes Interiors to change the way Nashvillians think about designing their homes. Her low-waste approach to interior design has found resonance with an audience of clients, fans, and followers who appreciate great design but work to avoid excess consumption and waste. The result: artful spaces that are both sustainable and affordable.
Prior to launching her interior design studio, Kristin worked as a teacher, school leader, and relentless advocate for education reform. From those years, Kristin brings a strong sense of responsibility for community and environment to both design projects and business practices.
Kristin lives and works in a perfectly imperfect historical home in East Nashville that she shares with her husband, three young daughters, and very furry cat. She holds a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University and an M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard University.
Our Story
In the summer of 2021, I stepped away from my 15-year career as a middle school teacher and principal to take a year-long maternity leave with my newborn daughter. Her nursery reflected my postpartum mental state. It was chaotic: full of bins, boxes, and misfit furniture.
I started chipping away at it.
I had some time and a bunch of interior design ideas, but the idea of buying all new pieces broke my minimalist-heart and made my environmentalist-husband cringe. I committed to a secondhand first approach. I rearranged the bookshelves that we already had, bought a preloved crib on Facebook Marketplace, and scored a color-blocked vintage rug from a local dealer.
The result: Shopping secondhand wasn’t even a trade-off. It was an advantage. The nursery was interesting, artful, and timeless. The space made us smile every time we walked in.
I wanted to keep going.
I worked on spaces for family and friends and booked a few pioneering early clients, and, soon, Kristin Keyes Interiors was born.
Today, our mighty team includes four employees and a growing network of talented artists, vintage and antique dealers, and tradespeople. Together, we’ve systematized our secondhand first approach to interior design and used it to create artful, comfortable spaces for dozens of clients in and around Nashville, Tennessee.
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