Community Can Vote for Richesin as “Favorite Young Traditional Designer” in Duralee-Sponsored Online Contest and Enter for Chance to Win Custom Room Design
Knoxville, Tenn. – “Southern charm and lots of it” — that’s how the editors at Traditional Home describe Knoxville’s Todd Richesin in the March 2010 issue now on newsstands, which features Richesin as one of the “20 Young Designers to Watch.”
“This is a huge honor in the interior design world,” said Richesin, owner of Knoxville-based Todd Richesin Interiors.
Associated with Traditional Home’s accolade is an online contest for “Favorite Young Traditional Designer,” where voters have the chance to win a custom room design makeover and $5,000 worth of Duralee fabric.
Richesin is among 20 designers nationwide vying for the prestigious title.
“This contest has been an eye opener for me,” Richesin said. “The support I have gotten has been truly humbling.” Richesin is currently in the lead but just by a few votes and hopes the generous people of East Tennessee will throw their support behind him.
Todd’s supporters can cast their vote every day between now and March 23. “Of course, voting more often significantly increases your chance to win the contest and the free room design,” Richesin adds. “We can do it and a southern boy can win, but we need to keep the votes coming.”
The winner will be revealed in the October 2010 “Designers on a Design” issue of Traditional Home.
Also in recent months, Richesin was selected as one of House Beautiful’s “Next Wave of Top 20 Designers” in the December / January 2010 issue.
According to Richesin, along with such national recognition comes the stigma of being inaccessible and too expensive.
“That’s the biggest myth out there about me,” Richesin said. “Whether I’m renovating an entire home or simply rearranging furniture for a client, I’m always available for a consultation and flexible with how much or little to spend on a project.”
Yet Richesin has made such a good impression on Traditional Home, they are featuring his stunning Key West conch design home in their June 2010 issue. His experience spans a 20-year period, and he has built a sizeable portfolio of upscale client projects throughout East Tennessee and the United States.
“My goal when meeting with a client is to design a space that allows its owners’ personalities to shine,” Richesin said. “That’s why I’m proud to say I don’t have just ‘one look’ because I truly drill down to the heart of a home. Each project is distinct and unique to the owner.”
Frequent client Jennifer Talbott has worked with Richesin for more than 15 years, on everything from an intensive renovation of an older home to improvements on a new vacation home.
“Todd possesses a rare ability to adapt to unexpected issues that almost always arise when working on complicated projects on an older home, without compromising the integrity of the result,” Talbott said. “My home looks like my home and is not duplicated on any other projects.”
Spreading design knowledge and providing the best service possible is Richesin’s top priority.
“By learning how my clients live in their homes, I’m able to interpret their design dreams and make them a reality,” he said.
Originally from Sweetwater, Richesin manages a fully appointed studio located in West Knoxville at his French manor house, which for the past ten years has played host to a complete interior design service. It is here where clients will find one of the South’s most exclusive fabric and furniture resource libraries.
“It would be such an honor to bring home the title of ‘Favorite Young Traditional Designer’ to a community that I treasure dearly and invest much time in – both personally and professionally,” Richesin said.
Click here to vote for Richesin.
About Todd Richesin Interiors, LLC
Based in Knoxville, Tenn., Todd Richesin Interiors, LLC, is a full-service interior design studio that utilizes custom furniture, antiques and luxury fabrics to express each client’s individual style. The firm’s services include floor plan design; pre-construction analysis of floor plans and furniture layouts; flooring, plumbing, tile and lighting selection; selection of all interior finishes; cabinetry consultation and design; custom furniture, draperies, rugs and accessories; artwork selection and antiques.
Richesin is also a business partner with Bobby Brown in Bobby Todd Antiques. Founded in 1999 and located in the heart of downtown Sweetwater, Tenn. (near Interstate 75 between Knoxville and Chattanooga), Bobby Todd Antiques features unique furniture pieces, garden accessories and gifts as well as intangibles such as scent and sound to enhance the design of every home.
Recently, Richesin integrated social media tools to give back to community members interested in gaining interior design knowledge, along with offering helpful decorating tips and answering design-related questions. Todd’s blog, “On the Fringe,” hosts a variety of colorful blog posts. Todd’s fan page on Facebook is also growing daily.
