Natalie's career path was not linear. She has worked in different places with a vast range of people and clients, designing across project types, learning and exploring along the way. She has delivered projects on time and on budget, with results her clients love, always prioritizing listening, collaborating, and looking out for their best interest. Whether a home or a hotel, there is always a story to tell through interior design, and Natalie aims to tell it in a way that aligns both creatively and practically.

While Natalie calls the Pacific Northwest home, her early years were spent growing up in historical Lexington, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. Family trips went to the New England coast and to other historical towns like Newport, RI. Whenever they moved to a new (old) house, Natalie's mother would paint and re-wallpaper every room, all before DIY was a thing. Growing up in this environment, with a father who was an architect, taught Natalie early on how much interiors matter, and how a single change could make a space feel completely different.

For education, Natalie attended Rhode Island School of Design for Interior Architecture and Fine Arts, graduating with a bachelor's degree in each. The curriculum focused on creative exploration and design-minded problem solving. With a solid academic foundation in art and design, Natalie went on to work in high-end retail and residential interior design at what is now known as Groves & Co. Later she moved to the Hamptons, where she gained hands-on experience in new-build and renovation projects for high-net-worth clients' vacation homes. During her time there, she launched an interior design firm with artist, textile designer, and luxury home goods retailer Elizabeth Dow.

When her family migrated back to the west coast, Natalie went too, landing an interior design role in Seattle at GGLO. There, she carried on her work in high-end residential design while launching into hospitality for boutique hotels. That work continued at Susan Marinello Interiors, where she took on luxury high-rise properties, boutique hotels and dining experiences, and private homes. By 2026, Natalie was in a leadership role at MG2, having worked on multiple hospitality, bar and restaurant, and multi-family properties.

That same throughline now shapes every project at Fayemor Studio, the practice Natalie founded to bring this full range of experience to her own clients.

Natalie believes there are three important phases which don't land on a timeline. The first is the trust gained at the start of a project. Both between the client and the design team. The second is the experience and journey of working together to create something unique and custom. The third is the big reveal and move-in, when the client is finally able to live, stay, dine, play, and connect with friends and family in the space.

If the spaces we design bring our clients joy, we have succeeded. Bonus points if we had fun along the way.