LEAH G. BAILEY
Principal Designer
Raised in Savannah, Leah Giroux Bailey knew from an early age that she wanted to be an interior designer. “When I was in fifth grade, we had a career day. I dressed up as what I thought an Interior Designer looked like, with big jewelry and cork boards with fabric. I thought designers wore big jewelry.”
After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Leah began working for local companies like Creative Stone and Garden State Tile. It is through these businesses that she learned the ins and outs of construction and practical application of design from behind the scenes giving her the experience she needed to expand.
Leah began LGB Interiors, LLC over two decades ago, working as an Interior Designer for homes at Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, SC, and at the Landings on Skidaway Island, along with residential projects throughout the area. After becoming pregnant with her second child, Leah decided she needed to expand her business to accommodate her growing career and family. She began conceptualizing the Design House for as a local hub for designers to source their products and rent space. After finding the perfect group to share their concepts and space with Design House Interiors Group opened in 2007. This innovative concept has lead to the growth of now 5 interior designers in the area.
MEET THE TEAM
As 2020 businesses grew in the Low Country due to the unexpected global pandemic, so did Leah's design business. As her design services continued to grow, she opened an interiors boutique in July of 2020. Placed in the heart of downtown Bluffton, this shop offers the community a glimpse of the creative vision that Leah Bailey has on every project. Now more than ever, Leah felt it was time to show not only her existing clients but her potential new clients what her interior design could bring to their homes.
Through the doors of her shop, Leah shares her talent and refined collection of decor, art, and more. As she shops for each unique project, she collects rare finds to share in the shop - offering inspiration and an opportunity to have a piece of Leah Bailey inspired design in many homes.
Furthermore, she has now added a new layer of clothing throughout the shop as an unexpected surprise. Now Leah's dream of an interiors boutique has turned into a lifestyle and she's never looking back!
LINN GRESHMAN
Senior Designer
linn@leahbaileyinteriors.com
Savannah’s convivial designer, Linn Gresham, brings her time-tested Southern style to luxury homes and hospitality interiors as Senior Designer at Leah Bailey Interiors. Linn brings her signature look centered around gracious living, sense of place, and lifestyle expression. Over the last 20 years, her tastemaking has shaped many noteworthy homes, corporate offices, restaurants, clubs, showrooms, and hospitality spaces in Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama. She has cultivated a breadth of resourcing for fine finishes from around the globe and has a network of remarkable artisans. Her architectural training, construction know-how, and NCIDQ appellation serves her clients, architectural, and construction partners with an edge.
Linn has received several awards for her work, including the 2010 International Interior Design Association Best of Best Award of Merit in Retail Design for the Showroom at Savannah Hardscapes and 3 Historic Savannah Foundation Preservation Awards. She has notably been featured on HGTV and in other media, including local and national publications. Some projects of note include interiors for the historic Hamilton Turner Inn as featured online at House Beautiful digital, the Georgia Historical Society’s Jepson House, corporate interiors for the Savannah Economic Development Authority, renovations to Savannah Quarters Country Club, Port City Logistics brand experience, and countless historic homes. She attributes her success to her incredible influences in Savannah, Georgia, including her MFA and time teaching and mentoring at the Savannah College of Art and Design, her prior work experiences, unbelievable clients, and the lovely setting and city plan of Savannah.
An Alabama native, Linn Gresham has a BS from the University of Montevallo in Interior Design. She stayed in Savannah after receiving her MFA in Interior Design from SCAD, where she found "her landscape" in the Low Country. Linn’s collected and traveled life is centered on the Wilmington River with her son, with whom she shares a love for fishing and the richness of the marsh.
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RACHEL ELLIS
Design Director
rachel@leahbaileyinteriors.com
Rachel attended the University of Richmond before heading off to Birmingham, AL to work for Southern Living for nine years. Starting as an intern and making her way to Production Director, she grew her organization and management skills. She was always drawn to the home design portion of the magazine and after making the decision to move back home to Savannah, Rachel was lucky enough to join Leah Bailey Interiors as Design Director for the shoppes. She works closely with Leah and Adrienne to bring the best of home decor and fashion to you.
KATIE MARLIN
Junior Designer
katie@leahbaileyinteriors.com
After earning her undergraduate degree in Furnishings and Interiors from the University of Georgia, Savannah native Katie Marlin moved to New York to pursue a career in interior design. She joined iconic interiors firm Dorothy Draper & Company as a project manager at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, and later became the Creative Director for luxury textile design firm Carleton V Ltd. Her role at Leah Bailey Interiors represents a homecoming in every sense—the opportunity to return to designing thoughtful residential interiors in the place she loves most.
KRISTIN PETERS
Design Project Coordinator
kristin@leahbaileyinteriors.com
Kristin was born and raised in Savannah and graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors in Business Management. She worked at Savannah Hardscapes, where she fell in love with the building and design industries. She loved working with architects, designers and homeowners and watching a project come together and beautiful spaces being created. She then worked at a construction company as a project coordinator, where she helped new homeowners meet with different trades and kept their projects organized. Kristin’s position at Leah Bailey Interiors is a perfect blend of her love and appreciation of design and her organizational skills.
