About Carrie Barad & Barad Interiors

Asheville Interior Design Studio

Barad Interiors creates homes shaped by the people who live in them: their individual tastes, experiences and way of life. Working closely with each client, Carrie considers not only how a home looks, but how it feels to live there every day.

Projects span town and country, from city apartments to mountain estates, beach-front homes, and charming farmhouses. Regardless of setting or scale, each is approached with a thoughtful eye and an easy, highly personal sensibility. Carrie is as attuned to the people who inhabit a house as she is to the objects within it, resulting in interiors with warmth, character and a natural sense of belonging.

We begin with what is already there: the character of the house, the way clients live, the things they've collected, and the places and experiences that have shaped their taste. Rather than imposing a prescribed look, Carrie builds upon these elements to create a home that feels collected, personal and entirely its own.

Carrie approaches a room much as she would a composition, considering the relationship between color, form, pattern and texture. Antiques sit easily alongside contemporary furnishings and bespoke pieces, bringing depth and individuality. Each element is considered as part of the whole, creating rooms that feel layered and expressive, yet comfortable and uncontrived.

From initial concept and design development through sourcing, procurement and installation, Barad Interiors provides a considered and highly personal approach to the design process as they work collaboratively with architects, tradespeople, and builders.

Raised among New England's historic architecture, antiques and a family of decorators, these early influences remain a touchstone for Carrie’s appreciation for rooms that mix periods, patterns and provenance with ease.

After attending Syracuse University and studying art history in Madrid, Carrie began her career working with internationally renowned photographers before moving into art direction. Over the course of a fifteen-year career, she developed a discerning eye for composition, light, color and visual storytelling. During five of those years, she also managed a fine art and antique gallery, deepening her knowledge of craftsmanship, materials and the beauty objects acquire with age.

These influences come together in Barad Interiors: an appreciation for old and new, a sensitivity to the character of a house, and a belief that the most memorable homes aren't defined by a particular style, but by the lives lived within them.

Based in Western North Carolina, Barad Interiors works nationally with clients on residential interiors ranging from individual rooms to whole-home projects.