Best Women Inspiring Leaders of the Year 2022
Cio Bulletin
The ancient Greeks believed in beauty so much that they made a word to describe the same—esthetics. The word went through many different variations, and today it is known as aesthetics.
Aesthetics means to be concerned with beauty and appearance. We try to maintain these aesthetics in our lives and our surroundings, and it also has an impact on our mood and the way we feel. Interior design helps uplift our spirits and effectively optimizes the space in homes, making the best use of the available space.
Interior design plays a vital role in today’s society, making our lifestyle more modern and stylish. It also introduces us to elegance and comfort and helps raise functionality in our lives.
One of the most critical elements of interior design is an interior designer. Designers put their best foot forward to make sure that people understand and appreciate the importance of their work. Designers understand the need of their clients and follow their hearts when it comes to designing the perfect homes and structures.
Beautiful, bespoke, detail-oriented, and personalized—your reasons to choose Susan Semmelmann Interiors to design your dream home
Susan Semmelmann Interiors is a turn-key design firm. The design firm can guide clients from construction to completion—from soup to nuts. Clients at Susan Semmelmann are provided with numerous levels of custom consultation and design options and access to hundreds of select vendor lines offering art, décor, and furnishings.
The team at Susan Semmelmann Interiors can envision, create, and incorporate bespoke, one-of-a-kind feature elements into homes during the construction phase of design. Floor-to-ceiling feature walls, fireplace surrounds, ceiling details, cabinetry, tile design, and integrated lighting are a few construction detailing options the design firm’s team can incorporate during construction. The company recently finished an industrial-style project with a stunning copper range hood sketched on a napkin and brought to life! This level of creative vision enables the Susan Semmelman Interiors’ team to make each home they design unique and personalized to the clients’ taste.
The interior design company also offers customers a custom-built line of gorgeous bespoke drapery and bedding with luxury fabrics hand-picked by its team and bought directly from the mills. These custom fabrics are also used in endless styles and combinations for personalized upholstery of sofas, chairs, and accent pillows to create a perfectly polished and beautifully buttoned-up seamless look. For clients with a specific design in mind, the firm builds beds, benches, ottomans, headboards, and ottoman coffee tables as part of its custom-made offering; the team at Susan Semmelmann Interiors custom crafts these pieces of furniture to meet every client’s personalized size, style, design, and material specifications. Quite simply put, if you can dream it, they can build it!
Bringing 23 years of experience in design and construction to give the world prodigious interior design services—In conversation with the owner of Susan Semmelmann Interiors
Susan, the owner of the Fort Worth, Texas-based interior design company, Susan Semmelmann Interiors, says that her drive and passion revolves around a solid foundation of faith, family, community, and good old-fashioned “fingers in the dirt.” Despite being the owner of her design firm, one can find Susan always working alongside her clients and her team. She says that when people often ask her why she does not have an office or a desk, her short answer is that her work is in the homes she designs, so that’s where you’ll always find her. According to Susan, “The Spirit of Living is in the Giving” is the motto that summarizes her purpose in life for doing what she does. It is profoundly beautiful and introspective when she says that she lives to share her heart and talents with the world around her.
Her design firm, Susan Semmelmann Interiors, has grown by leaps and bounds in three short years. With 70 projects currently in the works, Susan is beyond humbled by the success of her design firm. Far from being an overnight success, when her brand was launched in March of 2019, Susan brought 23 years of experience in design and construction to the table. Armed with her vast experience and a crystal-clear vision, she stepped out in faith to begin a new adventure with zero clients and a handful of employees willing to join the journey. The company’s numbers quickly increased, and fast-forward to its current need to hire more designers and key staff to manage an ever-growing client list. “It’s been a steep learning curve but worth every minute,” concludes Susan.
The obstacles Susan faced establishing Susan Semmelmann Interiors and the firm’s future
Challenges to scaling a business the right way are growth opportunities. According to Susan Semmelmann, quality of life lies in how you choose to see it. “It’s all about perspective,” she says. “Difficulties are guaranteed, and when they come, they reveal character. It’s crucial to safeguard integrity no matter what comes our way.”
Maintaining loyalty, relationship, and connection within her team are the primary objectives Susan is concerned with while building her business. When the focus rests on the importance of core values, the work will always reflect a high level of excellence, which results in a trusted brand.
Susan was initially nervous about taking on 2,300 square feet of office space when starting Susan Semmelmann Interiors. Today, Susan Semmelmann Interiors has a 10,000-square-foot building on Vickery Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas, and is acquiring another facility to hold all the orders!
The Vickery location will house the firm’s offices and Fort Worth Drapery and Fort Worth Design Studio. Susan wants to open these resources to the public, in addition to online availability through her manufacturer, and give other designers more options to offer their clients.
Giving the world stunning and personalized interior design services
Susan Semmelmann is the owner of her eponymous interior design firm, Susan Semmelmann Interiors. In March 2019, Susan took a leap of faith and followed her opening her own deisgn firm and launching her brand. Today, she is a distinguished and innovative designer and manufactures her own original, authentic and unique furnishings, and accessories.
Before launching her interior design business, Susan owned a home building business with her husband for 12 years. After achieving unbelievable success in such a short amount of time, Susan wants to inspire the youth to follow their dreams too.