working with us
Donna Gilliam Interiors works with clients who value a thoughtful, structured approach to design and understand that enduring spaces require time, intention, and trust. We accept a limited number of full-service projects, each requiring a minimum overall investment consistent with comprehensive design engagements.
Our Approach
Our design starts with you.
Luxury Master Suite
Donna Gilliam Interiors begins every project by getting to know you. Our goal is to fully understand your vision right from the start. We begin our multi-step design process by providing you with a client questionnaire followed by a 30-minute complimentary phone call.
We listen.
During your initial phone conversation we listen. Donna has an uncanny ability to hear what you don’t say and can realize your unspoken dreams through her exceptional designs. If we both feel it’s a good fit, we’ll take the next step and schedule a design consultation with a pro.
We want to exceed your expectations.
One way we do this is by employing a tried and true multi-step design process. Step one: regardless of the scope, all projects begins with a two-hour initial consultation. This is not a meet-and-greet but a hardworking session to kick-start your project which also allows you to see how we would approach designing your space.
We aim to create surroundings that reflect your personality.
Each project evolves around your personal preferences and personality. We believe no two clients are alike and no two projects should be either. Whether your personal style is traditional, or modern or somewhere in between, we are here to create a space that looks like you and feels like you. It will be a space that could belong only to you.
“High functioning, beautiful interiors that withstand the test of time is good design”
MEET DONNA
Donna Gilliam is an award-winning interior designer creating refined, quietly expressive interiors through a highly considered design process. Based in Nashville, her work blends classical sensibility with a current point of view—classically current spaces designed to feel lived-in, layered, and enduring.
Donna approaches design as both craft and stewardship. Guided by a rigorous 15-step process, she brings order to complexity—allowing each project to unfold with intention, precision, and quiet confidence.
Her interiors are shaped by architecture, art, antiques, and the nuanced rhythms of daily life. Rather than imposing a signature style, Donna listens closely, translating both spoken and unspoken desires into spaces that feel deeply personal and intuitively right. The result is homes that evolve gracefully over time—never rushed, never trend-bound.
Working alongside an established network of master artisans, craftspeople, and trade partners, Donna oversees high-end residential and select cultural projects with discretion and rigor. While place and architecture inform the work, it is always the client’s lifestyle, values, and sense of beauty that guide the narrative.
Donna Gilliam Interiors is best suited for clients who understand that living beautifully is a practice—one that requires patience, intention, and a trusted guide.