By Ashley Hotham Cox

Sarah Catherine Garvin

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When Sarah Catherine Garvin designs, she looks for inspiration inside herself. “I’m an introverted extrovert, and that translates a lot into the environments I create,” she says. “I have two modes: the fast-paced energy of city life and the contrasting serene environment of solitude, centered with Mother Earth. Inspiration to me is more of a feeling than a tangible item,” she explains. Depending on the mood and overall feel her clients want their homes to evoke, the designer looks to texture and pattern and color to bring each space to life. The extrovert in her looks to the busyness of urban life—“the action, the chaos, the synergy,” she says— to influence her design choices, which ultimately result in a clean, streamlined look. But Garvin is able to carefully balance that modern edge with softer, more organic finishes, a nod to the designer’s self-described introverted personality. “That side of me is where I recharge and reset. I surround myself with pieces from earth such as cottons, gems and crystals, oils.” It’s the combination of the two wholly different aesthetics that define Garvin’s signature look. “My urban, sporty vibes mix with my earthy vibes,” she says. “My environments transform into an effortless cohesion of stylized shapes, soft textures, and street-style expressions.”

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