Tell Me A Story

If you want to see how dedicated Grace Mitchell is to interior design, just look at her current home. After seven years of renovation, Mitchell is finally happy with her 1919 foursquare. And she definitely should be, as her family experienced plumbing pipes exploding, a ceiling collapsing on their car, and a bathroom literally falling through the downstairs ceiling. After so much time, energy, and creativity put into the renovation project, Mitchell has a unique, defined vision of what a home should be.

In 2012, Mitchell launched her website “A Storied Style,” which encapsulates both her creative design work as well as her personal philosophy, “Start with your story.” In Mitchell’s eyes, utilizing personal stories, travel experience, and distinctive interests to create an abode is much more important to design than simply trying to recreate something you’ve viewed online. This vision can be seen on Mitchell’s HGTV program , where she collaborates with homeowners to turn Victorian homes, lake houses, and historical properties into reflections of themselves. The creative designer shares the story of her current home renovation