Bringing Style Home

Julie Morris has amassed a dazzling portfolio of design triumphs. By continually changing up her game and tailoring each job to her client's needs, she's not leaving a recognizable trail.

Since then Morris has amassed a dazzling portfolio of design triumphs. Her company has grown to have its own in-house construction arm.

What's surprising is that Morris has been able to do so much under a veil of great anonymity. By continually changing up her game and tailoring each job to her client's needs, she's not leaving a recognizable trail.

"Because we don't have a signature design style," Morris explains, "You can't walk into one of the home we've done and say, 'Oh this is a Julie Morris design.’” She contends people are much more likely to walk in and simply say, "I love the house." This gives the client and not her, the opportunity to bask in the adulation. Morris declares this I'll-do-the-work-and-you-take-the-credit arrangement has "turned out well."

Many of the clients who work with Morris tend to go back to them as they go from one home project another. Morris says she feels the same charge of excitement whether she is tackling a job with a budget of $40,000 or one with a $400,000 price tag.

Although the Morris doesn't build homes from the ground up, they are adept at overseeing large life-changing alterations. "We can go and remove walls," Morris explains, "We can do additions, and move staircases a lot."

But through it all Morris contends what is never lost is the determination who the work is for. You may see her signature on a contract but you'll not see it in the look of your very personal living space.