Happy Black History Month!!! I’m so excited to kick off Season 5 of The Mood Board podcast with interior designer Joy Williams, the Principal Designer of Joyful Designs Studio. On our interview this week, I wanted to talk with Joy about how has her interior design business been able to thrive in the new normal with manufacturing delays and travel issues being commonplace. Plus, I was excited to learn about her recent interior design projects that are submitted to the LUXE Red Awards, and I wanted to know how listeners could vote to help Joy win.

Joy Williams is the Principal Designer and Creative Talent behind Joyful Designs®️Studio, a nationally recognized full-service residential interior design firm with offices in Chicago and Augusta, GA. The firm specializes in creating cultured, curated and colorful interiors. She describes her style as artfully eclectic and believes that the homes she designs should evoke a feeling as unique as their owners and cultivate curiosity. Her design process is informed by connection to culture and place and bends towards functional artistic beauty. The firm’s portfolio encompasses residential and commercial projects, full-gut rehabs, new builds, and remodels at all stages of the design process. Joy loves designing furniture and has been offering her unique designs to her clients since 2019. One of her designs was recently a finalist for the International Society of Furniture Designers Pinnacle Awards in 2021. She is currently working on her own capsule collection that she plans to offer in a limited run to the public.

Joy’s approach to design ensures that clients receive personalized and function-forward spaces that stand the test of time. The firm’s design work has been featured in various outlets including Elle Decor, Sheridan Road Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Apartment Therapy, Forbes, My Domaine, Lonny Magazine, Business of Home, and Facebook for Business. Joy’s take on design trends has been featured by Architectural Digest Pro, Martha Stewart, Better Homes and Gardens, My Domaine, The Zoe Report, and High Point Market Authority among others. She was recently named to the 2022 Advisory Board for the Design Influencers Conference, named a 2021 Design Influencer, named to Sheridan Road Magazine’s 2021 List of Power Women, named an Ambassador for the New York Design Center's What's New, What's Next Conference and is one of the newest members of the Design Leadership Network whose membership includes titans of design and architecture.

To Vote for Joyful Designs Studio at the LUXE Red Reader’s Choice Awards:

• WOW Factor Room
• Furniture Design
• Interior Design
• Bath Design

***Make sure to vote by February 4th (you can vote every 24 hours)