A corkboard covered in fabric swatches hangs on a wall behind Lindsey Herod, the Houston interior designer known for her eclectic style using plenty of color and pattern.
“I like rich saturated colors. And there are always florals unless the client doesn’t like them,” Lindsey said. “Teal, turquoise, plum, blues, pinks and chartreuse, lots of greens and blues and I use them all in the same room. I love a lot of bold color.”
Lindsey recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her Houston-based firm, Lindsey Herod Interiors, which she founded after working for several years in the New York office of the celebrated designer, Celerie Kemble. In August, Lindsey will be honored as a Leader In Design by the Houston Design District.
“Celerie is a big personality and so is her mother, so the color, sense of place and personality – all of that came from my experience with her. They operate on a whole other level of design, and I learned a ton more than I could have gotten from any degree,” said Lindsey who earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Texas A&M then earned a master’s at the Pratt Institute in New York.
She met her husband, Clint Herod, at Texas A&M, and while she was working for Celerie Kemble in New York, Clint, a live sports producer, worked for ESPN in Connecticut. He now works for Space City Home Network, handling Rockets and Astros games. The couple has three children.
A couple of home products Lindsey loves right now are cordless, re-chargeable lamps that can be used all over the house in places where electrical outlets are nonexistent or hard to get to, plus performance rugs that come in all styles. She recently put a performance sisal rug in her own living room.