Emmye Cherry Designs

Award-wining designer Emmy Otto Cherry has been honored over and over for her innovative design and timeless style. She first became interested in interior design in the seventh grade. "All of the other girls were taking home economics while i was in shop class." says Cherry. "I took mechanical drafting and immediately loved it." That initial interest in perspective drawing ultimately led toa successful career, one that specializes in kitchen and bath design.

Whether she's concentrating on a specific room or designing a whole house, Cherry is intrigued by the architecture of Atlanta. "I love Atlanta for its variety of architecture-from Spanish Colonial to Craftsman to contemporary", she says. "One day Ill be working on a ranch, the next split level and-maybe the week after that- a Neel Reid house."

Her design touch reaches beyond city limits, too. When she and her husband were married in 2007 in Costa Rica (where the couple owns a 100 acre farm) they designed and built a chapel for the ceremony. No project is beyond her scope, though she has the same goal for each one: "Making the client's dream come true," Cherry says, "makes my own dreams come true, too"