Today we’d like to introduce you to Angela Reynolds.
Hi Angela, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I grew up moving around a lot; born in Detroit, then Dallas, and eventually splitting my teenage years between Palm Beach and Richmond, Virginia. That contrast -Palm Beach’s casual chic and Richmond’s formal elegance- planted the seeds of my design sensibility early. I liked both worlds, but I knew I was more of an “imperfect is fabulous” kind of person.
I studied Art History at American University in Washington, D.C., and while I was there, I worked for Marion Smith, the wife of a British diplomat. She had a custom tassel-and-trimming business, and she saw something in me before I saw it in myself. At the end of my senior year, she told me I should become an interior designer and attend the Inchbald School of Design in London. I didn’t hesitate. I moved across the pond, and I ended up staying for five years.
London shaped everything. I opened a decorative antique shop on New King’s Road, then moved into working with major property developers: Taylor Woodrow, St. George, Berkeley Homes, designing entrance lobbies, lofts, and model flats. It was fast-paced and taught me to work at scale in both residential and commercial spaces.
When I eventually came back to the States and settled in Jupiter, Florida, life took a sharp turn. My marriage ended and I had two very young children relying on me. I needed to go back to work fast. So I set up my company in 36 hours. That was 2007, and it was pure necessity, but necessity turned into something extraordinary almost immediately.
Through a realtor, I was introduced to the developer of a home in The Bear’s Club. His client was Celine Dion. We went to lunch at the Ritz-Carlton, and after five weeks of starting my company, my first client in the US was Celine Dion. I went on to design her 40,000-square-foot Jupiter Island estate down to the toothbrushes, her Las Vegas home, and her dressing room at Caesars Palace. I was essentially her full-time designer for five years.
That project opened every door. Since then, I’ve worked from London, Palm Beach to Jackson Hole, designing homes for celebrities, PGA Tour golfers, and CEOs. My work has been published in People, the New York Times, Florida Design, and Palm Beach Illustrated, and featured in Coming Home with Tyler Cameron’s Amazon Prime show.
What I’m most proud of isn’t any single project; it’s the philosophy behind all of them. Creativity doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s inspired by the world around the people we meet and us. I’ve tried to live that every day, and I think it shows in every room I design.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Smooth? Not even close. The business was born out of one of the hardest periods of my life. My marriage ended, I had a one-year-old and a three-year-old, and I had to go back to work immediately; not “eventually,” immediately. I set up my company in 36 hours. I was broke when I walked into that lunch at the Ritz-Carlton in my Jimmy Choos to pitch to Celine Dion’s team. That was the starting line.
Landing Celine as my first client sounded like a fairy tale, but it meant I was instantly operating at the highest possible level with a new team and everything to prove. A lot went wrong along the way. What those moments taught me is that everything is fixable, clients don’t need perfection; they need someone who handles problems without creating more drama.
Then there’s the tension I still live with today. There have been seasons when I can barely breathe: projects piling up, the deadlines, and every instinct says to hire more people and scale up. But I’ve always intentionally pulled back from that edge. I run a small firm. I want to design every project myself and know my clients personally. The moment I become a manager instead of a designer, I’ll have lost what makes this meaningful. Staying boutique when you could grow is a discipline in itself.
It’s never been a straight road. But I think the winding path is exactly what shapes the work.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
My through line, in every single project, is comfort and peace. Comfort overrides formality. Always. I want guests to walk in and immediately want to take off their shoes. Beautiful should never mean untouchable. That philosophy is what separates my work from much of what’s out there — I’m not designing for a photo shoot; I’m designing for a life.
At its core, what I do is help people create spaces they never want to leave. I specialize in high-end residential design — homes that feel personal, layered, and storytelling; working across Jupiter, Palm Beach, London, Jackson Hole, and everywhere in between.
But what I’m most proud of has nothing to do with any of that. It’s the moment a client tears up when they see their finished home, knowing they are going to live differently inside it. That emotional shift is what I work for. We are forever connected after that because every single day they feel the impact of a beautifully designed space. That’s the real legacy of this work.
Let’s talk about our city – what do you love? What do you not love?
Palm Beach County is experiencing a real renaissance right now; new communities, restaurants, clubs. The energy here is extraordinary. It’s drawing a sophisticated clientele who want beautifully designed spaces to match the life they’re building. For a design firm like ours, it’s an incredibly exciting moment to be here.
I am obsessed with where I live and work. Jupiter is the perfect home base, and I mean that literally. I live and run my business on a two-acre compound that I’ve shaped entirely around the way I work. My farmhouse is home, but the property also has a barn converted into my sample room and a separate building where my team collaborates. Everything is intentional, and I think it shows in the work we produce. What I love most about being here is the proximity to my clients on Jupiter Island and Palm Beach, which are within 30 minutes of each other, which keeps us deeply embedded in every project.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.angelareynolds.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelareynoldsdesigns/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelakReynolds
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-reynolds-b06a6923/
