
A true Florida girl, Joie has lived in Florida’s seaside
communities for most of her life…her love of the Gulf of
Mexico and daily beach walks provide endless inspiration.
She is a professional member of the American Society of
Interior Designers and has had her design work published
in Naples Illustrated and Gulfshore Life.
Joie’s career has encompassed many
areas of the design world…she has worked for Ethan Allen,
Drexel Heritage and many of the shelter magazines including
House Beautiful, Country Living and Victoria. She has designed
furniture showrooms, retail stores and private homes…often
involved in the renovation and construction projects. Joie
has worked as a consultant for the Antiques Roadshow to
select antiques for reproduction by a major furniture company.
Her love for historic architecture
has inspired her to rescue and renovate a National Register
circa 1920 apartment building in High Point, North Carolina
that she christened “Villa Valencia” in tribute to its
unique Mediterranean style. While earning a Master’s Degree
at East Carolina University, her research on turn of the
century homes in North Carolina published. In 1994 Joie
was engaged to design a bed and breakfast in Bar Harbor,
Maine that in a past life it was the summer cottage of
John Jacob Astor
In Naples she fell in love with
the charming cottages of old Naples, and wrote a
book, Dream Houses of Naples, published by the University
Press of Florida. It is now
available on Amazon. Joie also
renovated a vintage 1960’s Florida block house in Coquina
Sands, one of Naples earliest neighborhoods
that borders Lowdermilk Park.
In the past three years her design
projects in Naples include major renovations in Sancerre,
LeParc, and Monterrey and new construction projects in
Lely and Aqualane Shores.