About Wrenda Goodwyn

Professional Interior Decorater-Fort Myers, Florida

Favorites:

Design rule: There are no rules!  Maybe one: It must be comfortable.
Room: Porch.
Chair: Adirondak (preferably on sand!).
Personal style: Florida coastal living.
Artist: Matisse, Chihuly
Designer: Windsor Smith
Museum: Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy; Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia; Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Design element: Color (it changes everything).
Quote: “There’s no place like home.”  Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz.
Place: Any beach.
Season: Spring.
Color: All of them.
Collections: Antiques, driftwood, shells, Victorian magnifying glasses, Liliput Lane houses, design books.
City: Rome, London, San Francisco, Charleston, Williamsburg
Magazine: House Beautiful and Coastal Living
Flower: Sunflower

Personal details:

Home: Southwest Florida.
Born and raised: Virginia.
Occupation: Professional, certified interior decorator.
Decorating homes: Ever since I can remember!
Past life: Newspaper reporter; marketing for Walt Disney World, hotel companies, hospitality industry.
Inspiration: Nature, travels all over the world.
Passion: Creating beautiful rooms.
Professional credentials: A.S.I.D. Associate; Interior Design Society Associate;  Gold and Green certified member of the Interior Redecorators Network; trained and certified in New York by designer, best-selling author and founder of Use What You Have Interiors,  Lauri Ward.
When I’m not transforming homes: Speaking engagements, seminars, antique markets, shopping for clients, ongoing design education.
What I know for sure: You don’t have to be rich to have a beautiful home.