Interior Designer: Laura Burton Interiors
As part of an on-going series on the journal I am profiling some of the interior designers whose work I admire, and who have used my products and patterns so beautifully. I find it so inspiring to see how these wonderfully talented designers use my wallpapers and fabrics in their own unique way and with such unexpected combinations. I am hoping that they will inspire you and give ideas of how you can incorporate pattern into your own home.
Seascape wallpaper at The Current. Photograph by Erin Holsonback
Today I would like to introduce you to Austin based Laura Burton Interiors. Laura has a clean and open aesthetic, with strategic use of natural light and subtle layers of texture. “I love natural materials and tone on tone colour palettes and believe that interiors are an ecosystem, with each layer of hard and soft surfaces working together towards a desired effect,” says Laura.
With a mix of urban and country roots, Laura was born in New York, grew up in Dallas and then went to high school in a small mountain town in New Mexico. She went on to study at the UT School of Architecture in Austin and never left. “Austin is the perfect combination of big-city life and down-to-earth priorities for me, it feels like home” says Laura. After graduating Laura worked for several architecture firms before side stepping into the world of tech and climbing the corporate ladder. Missing creativity in her life but still wanting a sense of order, Laura retired from tech and went back to her true passion and set up Laura Burton interiors in 2004.
Seascape wallpaper at The Current. Photograph by Erin Holsonback
Laura always looks for the meaning conveyed by a graphic as well as scale and colour when searching for a pattern. And for a recent project, LBI senior designer, Casey Cunningham selected Seascape at Winter wallpaper for The Current- an apartment community in New Braunfels in Texas, which Laura was involved in from the conceptual phase, through branding and into the finished design. “New Braunfels is known for the rambling Comal River where people come and "float the river" (hence the name for the community: "The Current"). Seascape wallpaper was chosen as a subtle nod to this activity, a layer of interest while still providing the clean and neutral backdrop that we needed for the walls,” says Laura. A moss wall is opposite Seascape wallpaper in the entry with a bright teal walkway guiding you through the space, all elements of the design beautifully connect with the concept of flowing water and nature.
Laura Burton founder of Laura Burton Interiors