Marcelle Guilbeau is an award-winning designer who has been featured in StyleBlueprint, Elle Decor, USAToday, Rue Daily, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, nFocus, Apartment Therapy, and DesignSponge.
She has received Best of Houzz for the last five years and was asked to curate Wanderlust and Whimsy, a popular Joss and Main event.
Marcelle has accreditation through the National Council for Interior Designers Qualification and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
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For The Love of Rugs – Building A Room Around A Rug
Foundations VS Layers I often talk about establishing a timeless and classic base for your home first and then adding in the layers later after you have worked out the foundational purchases. That “base” is the larger furniture pieces in a room like a sofa and two...
The Agony of Choosing the Right Kitchen Tile
I was pleased to be featured this week in an article by Dering Hall aboutSubway Tile in the Kitchen and it reminded me of a common dilemma many home owners face... No matter how stunning, exciting, or luscious we find tile, for most of us, choosing a kitchen tile can...
Make A Splash – With Your Kitchen Backsplash
The kitchen is the heart of many a home and with the advent of "Open Plan" living, the kitchen backsplash has become a wonderful opportunity to make a bold statement. Recently, Dering Hall honored us by featuring one of our designs in their...
My Podcast Adventure: Million Dollar Decorating
A few months ago, I was approached by James Swann of the Million Dollar Decorating Podcast to join him on his show. I am not that familiar with the world of pod-casting so some research was in order. I was immediately impressed by his vision for the first interior design podcast…
A Shot of Sunshine for Your Home – Yellow
Dering Hall included one of our designs in their blog post all about yellow last week: 35 Bright Spaces with Pops of Yellow (click the title above and see if you can pick my work out of the 35 - no cheating!) In honor of the honor, so to speak, I thought now would be...
A Deco-Mod Pool House Combats the Winter Blues
Are your ready for a Sneak Peek into our pool house project in progress? This pool house has an Audrey-esque moment reminiscent of the feeling one gets when watching the movie "Charade." Chic, sophisticated, but not taking itself too seriously. Bold blocks of of black...
Rediscovering Wallpaper – Nashville Interiors Asks for My Thoughts on this Hot Trend
Nashville Interiors asked for my perspective on wallpapers in the home and why wrapping a room in gorgeous pattern and texture is a great choice for today's modern home. While this trend may be boiling over in 2016, studioGuilbeau has been all over wallpaper for a...
Hot New Feature Story! Our Moroccan Inspired Tudor Design in Curbed
Our most "viral" design to date on Houzz just snagged a feature on Curbed! Curbed is a wonderful resource for home design lovers and they are covering the Nashville home design world more and more. Working with Rick and Suellen to create a perfectly soulful home for...
It’s Here! Announcing Our Sensational New Article in Nashville Interiors Magazine
We travel to Chattanooga often and enjoy the walkability of the city. We have a few standards that we always try to visit while in town. One is Rembrandt’s Coffee House in the Bluff View Arts District. Their Breakfast and Lunch menu is creative and enticing and the food lives up to the inspired combinations. Just check out this entry for French Toast:
When A “Cockpit Office” Needs to Go from Fighter Jet to U.S.S. Enterprise
A typical “Cockpit Office” is a sleekly modern office with all its functions installed around the perimeter of the room. It’s usually so small you can only fit one chair in it. We upgraded the traditional “Cockpit Office” from a fighter jet to the U.S.S. Enterprise.

























