Shannon Smith Email & Phone Number

As Director of Interior Design, Shannon has worked side-by-side with Laura for ten years. Shannon brings a business savvy to the team with a decade of sales experience prior to leaving the business world to pursue her passion for interior design. She began her design career in the hospitality industry, designing luxury hotels all over Asia. Now, with over ten years of experience, Shannon is recognized for her distinctive Modern Glamorous style, inspired by her international travels and time living abroad. Shannon’s favorite stateside project locations have been Aspen and Miami, where she has completed both new construction and full-home remodels in a variety of styles, including Mountain Chic and French Contemporary. She has her B.B.A. in International Business and Marketing from Texas Tech and her B.S. in Interior Design from Texas State University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Always the jet setter, Shannon studied at the Catholic Institute of Paris and the University of Granada in Spain. Shannon’s award-winning interior designs reflect her strength in furnishing and finish selections and her work at LUDC has been selected for the 2022 Houston Modern Home Tour, as well as awarded by Luxe Interiors RED Awards, Design et al, and the prestigious 2021 PaperCity Design Award for Best Overall Interior under 3500 Sq Ft for her full interior remodel of an updated MidCentury Modern home in Tanglewood. Her notable furnishings and full interior finish selections for large-scale, new construction projects have graced the covers of Luxe Interiors + Design 2022 and Modern Luxury Interiors Texas 2020 and she has had numerous projects published online and in editorial publications such as Elle Decor, Interiors, Rue, Dering Hall, Modern Luxury Houston, Houston CityBook, Paper City Houston, and Houston Chronicle.When she isn’t in the studio, you’ll find her taking a Barre or Pilates class before hitting the museums and supporting Houston’s vibrant arts community. She loves to travel internationally and ski. She is a fashionable insider on all things to eat, see, and do in Houston.

Listed skills include Interior Design, Space Planning, Indesign, Revit, and 10 others.

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  Director Of Interior Design

  Laura U Design Collective

  Mar 2014 - Present

  Director of ID/ Senior Designer Project Highlights from the Laura U Design Collective Portfolio and Publications: - Highland Village: Bold Contemporary - Colquitt: California Casual, Afton Oaks - Sewanee: West U Contemporary, ASID Ruby Award 2024 - Sandalwood: Contemporary Palm Springs - The Allen: Modern Glamorous - Braeswood Place: Selected for Modern Home Tour 2022, Cover Story Luxe 2022 - River Oaks Contemporary: Paper City Design Awards 2022, Best Singular Space, Dining Room Honorable Mention - Drexel Drive ‘Oak Estate’: Modern Heritage - Rolling Oaks, Miami FL - Wilkinson Estate, Scottsdale, AZ - University Place: California Casual, Published on Rue Daily 2022, Cover story Houston Chronicle 2022 - Kirby Drive: River Oaks Classic - Garnet: Sophisticated Contemporary, Published in Interiors Magazine - Circle Drive: Global Glam - Greentree: Mid Century Modern - Published on Ann Sacks, Winner of Paper City Design Awards 2021, Residential Interior Under 3500 - Dunstan: California Casual - Friar Tuck: Contemporary, Published in Modern Luxury Interiors Texas (Cover Story) - The River Oaks High Rise: Contemporary, Published in Houston City Book - Mountain View: Aspen Chic - Drexel Drive: Contemporary, Published in Houston Chronicle - Harper: Mid Century Contemporary, Published in Modern Luxury Houston - Krist: Contemporary - Published Elle Decor India; ASID Ruby Award - Creekside: Contemporary French, Published in Southern Style - Neiman Marcus Window Design for Texas Design Week