Meet Laurel Mustafa of Elite Designs by Laurel in Westview

Today we’d like to introduce you to Laurel Mustafa.

An island girl at heart, Laurel’s upbringing in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, was the perfect inspiration for her design passion. With a wealth of sights, sounds, and textures to incite the senses, Laurel first tested her skills in creating inspired interiors with her first fixer-upper home purchase in 2003. But she began getting everything she needed long before that, surrounded by a family of construction professionals, carpenters, and seamstresses. Since then, her goal is always to immerse her clients in a total experience by designing up, down and all around. She believes that a person’s ability to function in the world starts at home. So, she designs all spaces to be inspired and functional everyday getaways. For her, the best results for her clients are always twofold. The first is on reveal day when the client is so overwhelmed with the joy and beauty of the space they find it hard to blink. The second is after the client has lived in the space for a while and continues to realize the details that went into space.

Her experience in Hospitality Management introduced her to a world of conferences, catering, and events. Assisting in planning events held at the hotel where she worked and seeing the look of excitement on the faces of the clients, gave Laurel the motivation she needed to begin designing events of her own. A natural at service, coupled with her creative eye, she is able to connect with her clients and bring their vision from out of their minds into reality.

Laurel is as excited on the day of reveal just as much as her client and experiences the design from the lens of her clients. This innate ability to connect with others, makes her clients feel like family and friends and is the reason why they continue to call on her for all their events and interior design needs.

Laurel managed and designed special events and interiors for the past 10 years. She is skilled in staging, design, planning, and coordination. She has worked in various private and corporate venues and has experience planning large scale fundraising events, conferences, and special meetings. She has also design Residential and corporate interiors for clients in California, Georgia, and the Virgin Islands, and have created set designs for plays in Atlanta Georgia.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
No, it has not been an easy road. Even after almost ten years, I continue to be challenged, stretched and pressured to be innovative in the way I do business.

Some of the lessons I learned along the way were:

1. You can’t do everything (I was creating the design concepts, building all the design elements and installing them all on my own).
2. Understanding my value (first, I thought I could work with everyone, with any budget, I quickly realized that I was working twice as hard to make smaller budgets work and was losing money in time).

Alright – so let’s talk business. Tell us about Elite Designs by Laurel – what should we know?
Elite Designs by Laurel is an Atlanta, GA based Event and Interior Design Firm. We believe a persons’ surroundings has a direct effect on their ability to reach their highest potential. The mission of Elite Designs by Laurel is to create a space that inspires you to reach your highest achievement and celebrate with you in those moments. No matter what the occasion is, our goal is to design an experience that celebrates YOU!

Our full-service event and interior design firm celebrates and grows with every aspect of their client’s legacy. Listening to the hearts, dreams, personal interests and relationships of our clients give us insight into how we can create Luxurious and personalized designs that offer a better quality of living and an experience that will resonate in hearts and minds for years to come. ‘

Elite Designs by Laurel is proud to announce our NEW Home decor accent line call “Elite Interiors” that includes africentric home decor products such as accent pillows, curtains, bedding, etc. We have launch two collections within the line. Our Ankara Elite line features African print fabrics imported directly from Nigeria and Ghana. Our second collection, Adinkra Luxe features West African Adinkra symbols imprinted on luxurious fabrics and textiles.

Is there a characteristic or quality that you feel is essential to success?
It is important that we connect with our clients, that they feel comfortable and we build a family like rapport. Our intention is to follow the family and grow as their lives grow. Our clients feel secure that they can rely on us for all their events and interior design needs.

Contact Info:

• Address: 1541 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd
  Atlanta, GA 30310
• Website: www.elitedesignsbyLaurel.com
• Phone: 678-693-2402
• Email: [email protected]

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