MAKING SPACE WITH LISA SHERRY: THE LATEST LIVING.
- kathy0048
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THOUGHTS ON THE FOURTH EDITION OF MY NEWSLETTER––AND WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE SPACE.
APRIL 16, 2025 | CHARLOTTE, NC
My LIVING newsletter doesn’t land on a set schedule. I feel inspired to create a new issue when I have something to share.
The latest LIVING started to percolate as my partner Jonathan and I moved into a new home. A change of address often sparks a change in thinking, seeing, discerning. This move did just that. It opened me up. New walls, new rhythms, new rituals. And, ultimately, a new LIVING.
So I got the band back together. First, I rang up Alexandra Cabral, the LIVING photographer for all four editions. Ali is an amazing talent and had moved to Paris since our last shoot. She said yes to the bon voyage and booked a flight to Charlotte. My LSI team was all-in, and so were a cadre of friends. Even Jonathan cleared his schedule. I love it when stars align. It’s a sign.
Skimming and contemplating the pages, I think this might be my favorite LIVING yet. The thread that runs lightly through this edition is all about opening up and making space. It mirrors my mindset. Lately, I’ve been feeling especially creative and energized—the new home, the freshness of spring, a sense of renewal. Journey with me, and I’ll explain a bit more…
To begin at the beginning...
The first pages of LIVING show how mornings set the tone with intention. A quiet moment. Awareness—the morning light, birdsong, the waft of hot coffee. It’s when I feel most present. A time to journal, make a list, or simply breathe before the current of the day carries me forward.
Beginnings matter in design, too. I love first meetings with clients. New construction and renovation projects can be lengthy and layered, with relationships unfolding over months or years. But those first conversations are so revealing. I learn about hopes and desires for home, how people want to live in their space, what feels essential. It’s the start of something beautiful.
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Mastering the juggling act...
As an interior designer, no two days look quite the same. It’s the nature of design—and life. Some days flow beautifully. On other days, I might find myself paddling harder to right a course. I’ve learned to lean into both.
Interior design isn’t just creative—it’s complex. There are many moving parts: furniture, floor plans, textiles, timelines, and so on. Problems are inevitable, but in my world, they’re just opportunities in raw form.
I am present for my clients, my team, resources, suppliers—and myself. I get my steps in and drink lots of water, but lunch breaks seem to skip right by me. Creative banter is better sustenance. Sheer perfection is not the goal, but effort and equilibrium? Absolutely.
How home shapes us...
I’ve often wondered: do we shape our spaces, or do our spaces shape us? It’s a yin-yang bit of both. That balance is very much top of mind as Jonathan and I settle into a new home.
I can feel it. A home holds energy. It reflects how we live, how we love, and how we feel. When a space is right, it’s beautiful and ineffable.
In a Lisa Sherry Interieurs home, I like to think clients think more clearly, breathe more deeply, and live more beautifully. That’s the essence of LIVING. That’s making space.
The in-between spaces...
Homes aren’t static. We come and go, move through, pause, shift, begin again. I hope you feel that rhythm in the pages of LIVING—a sense of flow, not just form.
I’m drawn to the quiet transitions. Not just the rooms themselves, but how we move between them. A door opens. A conversation begins. A friend pops in. Life unfolds in motion.
I design for that kind of living—beautiful, yes, but never hands-off or precious. My brand of luxury is easygoing: come in, kick off your shoes, stay awhile, you have found your home (at last).
The in-between spaces...
I spend most of my waking hours plotting and planning beautiful interiors for amazing clients. I truly love what I do and feel fortunate to have found myself in design.
That said—and I hope LIVING reveals this—beautiful spaces are inanimate, and perhaps irrelevant, until they’re filled with friends, family, quiet moments, and peak experiences.
The LIVING is all.
PHOTOGRAPHY: ALEXANDRA CABRAL