ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Interior Designer, Kara Hughes

The team at Kara Hughes Design understands and incorporates our client's desires and ideas with the knowledge and experience that only comes from an innate sense of style and vision as well as, years of on-site, hands-on expertise and vision. She designs and manages projects ranging from single room re-designs, to consulting on multi-family condominiums, to complete single family residential home construction. Her expertise and experience, combined with her creativity, result in beautiful and functional spaces.

Kara Hughes' creative, professionally designed projects have been featured in The Daily Press and she was a guest on the local television talk show, Workforce on the Greater Peninsula, discussing her role and those other businesses can play in service to the community. Kara worked on a wide reaching community service project, the Youth Career Café. Kara Hughes designed the stage for the sold out fundraising event, Cooking with Paula Deen, held in the Hampton Roads Convention Center.

Kara is versatile in her design style – tailoring her suggestions and recommendations to fit the individual client, all the while keeping current with forecasts and trends in the design world to bring her clients fresh new ideas to suit their style. She has traveled widely shopping for her clients & decorated homes from Alaska to Virginia and New York to Florida. Read some of the Raves to see what clients have to say about Kara Hughes.

In a recent project, Kara Hughes Design proudly participated in the Peninsula Home Builders Association 2008 Parade of Homes. Kara Hughes teamed up with Jim Duguay of Performance Contracting and Barbara Schuler of Creative Garden Design, and produced a stunning home both inside and out with finely tuned attention to detail and mass curb appeal. This home was presented the following prestigious awards:

Gold Award -- Best in Show
Silver Award -- Best Interior Merchandising
Gold Award -- Best Kitchen
Gold Award -- Best Master Suite
Silver Award -- Best Bathroom
Gold Award -- Best Landscaping
Gold Award -- Best Patio/Deck

Kara Hughes resides on the Peninsula with her husband, daughter and dog, Kipp.