Marcia Moore Design

Marcia Moore Design TOP 200 INFLUENCER IN INTERIOR DESIGN | Award-winning designer in STL creating interiors that are artistic, visionary, unexpected and memorable. Louis.

New home design + decoration, kitchen and bath renovation. Check it out: https://lnk.bio/marciamooredesign Marcia Moore Design is an interior design firm that specializes in home remodeling, additions, and new construction. Services include floor plan design, furniture selection, space optimization, project management, paint color selection plus lighting, flooring, window treatments, and more. Pro

jects begin with an initial two-hour consultation to determine how much design help is needed and to formulate a plan of action. The company is run by Marcia Moore, Associate ASID and owner and principal designer. Practicing for 30 years, she trained at Ringling School of Art & Design and is reputed as a top designer in St. Moore is experienced with many different design styles and local publications have featured many of her own designs. She’s also a design article writer and public speaker. With her partnership with the Rockwood School District Career Shadowing program, Marcia speaks to high school juniors who want to become interior designers. Recognitions include winner of Best of Houzz 2015 Award for Design, and also St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles Favorite Spaces Winner. The company has also been featured in publications such as St. Louis At Home Magazine, Studio 3 Magazine, Active Lifestyles News Magazine, and St. Louis Women’s Journal. Marcia Moore has provided judging and consulting work, serving as a contest judge for the Paint & Decorating Retailers Association and consultant to LEK Consulting. She’s also provided community service work for various charities in the local area. The business has a long portfolio of home remodeling including kitchens, bathrooms, master suites, coastal homes, custom work, and much more.

There's a moment in every project when clients stop thinking about what things cost and start thinking about how they'll...
06/02/2026

There's a moment in every project when clients stop thinking about what things cost and start thinking about how they'll live. That's when the real design happens.

I've watched people make one of two choices. The first group treats design like a purchase — get in, get out, check the box. The second group treats it like infrastructure. The first group redoes things. The second group doesn't.

A home designed with intention doesn't just photograph well. It holds your routines, supports how you actually live, and earns more of your trust every year you spend in it. That's what we build.

If you're in the planning stages of a renovation or new build this summer — let's talk.

This is a music room that actually gets used. Imagine that.Textured acoustic panels, a serious high-end stereo setup, an...
05/29/2026

This is a music room that actually gets used. Imagine that.

Textured acoustic panels, a serious high-end stereo setup, and one very intentional chair, because this space was designed for one thing: listening. Really listening.

This is luxury that lives, built around what our client actually loves, not what a home is "supposed" to look like.

What room would you love to add to your home?

Aging in place and luxury design aren't opposites. People have been treating them that way for decades, and they're wron...
05/27/2026

Aging in place and luxury design aren't opposites. People have been treating them that way for decades, and they're wrong.

Step-free transitions that don't announce themselves. Fixtures sized for a body at 65, not 35. A room that moves with you without making you feel like a guest in your own house. That's not clinical. That's just good design.

The clients who get this aren't planning for decline. They're planning to keep living exactly how they want to; they just need their home to keep up.

Nobody walks into this property and thinks "accessibility." They think: "I want to live like this."

That's the whole point.

More on the blog. Link in bio.

05/20/2026

Some rooms cost a fortune and feel like nothing. Others pull you in the moment you cross the threshold.

You've felt it before, that warmth you can't quite name. The French call it je ne sais quoi. We just call it the difference between a room that's assembled and one that's thought-through.

Check out the full breakdown on our YT channel.

Your dog deserves a room with good design too.This pet station was born from an awkward nook, designed as a proper vigne...
05/19/2026

Your dog deserves a room with good design too.

This pet station was born from an awkward nook, designed as a proper vignette: a custom built-in shelf in warm greige, a sculptural bonsai, a bold abstract overhead. The crate slides underneath with purpose. Nothing is hidden. No apology here.

And yes, even though Benji doesn't look very happy here, he really does love his bedroom.

When you plan for the way you actually live, even the awkward corners become beautiful.

Who else is designing with their pets in mind from the start?

This home had great bones. It just needed someone to be honest about them.The barrel vault in the main living room was p...
05/18/2026

This home had great bones. It just needed someone to be honest about them.

The barrel vault in the main living room was painted white when we arrived. It was there, but it wasn't saying anything. A little bronze metallic paint changed everything. Now it sings.

That one decision set the tone for everything that followed. New furnishings, considered layering, nothing gratuitous. We started by finding the thing the room was truly about and designed everything else in service of it.

What's the architectural feature in your home that deserves to be featured?

That tub had to go.Jetted tub, tile platform, honey maple cabinets, black granite. It had been there a long time, doing ...
05/14/2026

That tub had to go.

Jetted tub, tile platform, honey maple cabinets, black granite. It had been there a long time, doing its best. But nobody was using the tub. Nobody ever uses the tub. And it was taking up a third of the room.

So we let it go. And what we put in its place isn't just a better shower. It's a better morning.

The angled half wall was the move. It creates a bench that lives both inside and outside the shower. You step out, and it's still there. You're getting ready, and it's a landing spot. And if your knees aren't what they used to be, or someday they won't be, it's already designed for that. Aging in place doesn't have to look like aging in place. It can look like this.

The vanity went L-shaped to finally use that wasted corner. Each sink got its own mirror with lighting around the entire edge, which is the best for putting on makeup and feeling like you look your best.

Small shifts. Big difference in how the room feels to live in every day.

05/11/2026

Most powder rooms are an afterthought. This one had a brief.

The clients wanted it to feel like a discovery. Small room, full commitment, nothing held back.

Here’s how we sequenced it: The botanical wallpaper came first, because the wallpaper always leads. The countertop followed, because once that pattern was on the wall, only one material could hold its own. The cabinet color came next, grounding the whole thing. Then the sink, then the faucet, and finally the petal-glass sconce. That last choice wasn’t random. The fixture’s flower design echoes the wallpaper motif. It’s a whisper of intention that most people won’t consciously notice, but they’ll feel it.

Six decisions. Made in the right order. Now it’s the room every guest talks about.

The smallest room in your house is the one you can take the furthest. The question is whether you’re willing to commit to it.

What would full commitment look like in yours?

Great design isn't just about the pieces you choose. It's about the order you choose them in.Every material in this room...
05/08/2026

Great design isn't just about the pieces you choose. It's about the order you choose them in.

Every material in this room earned its place because of what came before it. The sequence is the strategy.

This is what we call design from the foundation up. When the logic is right, everything that follows feels inevitable.

Swipe to see the full room.

Which room in your home deserves this level of intention?

This kitchen wasn't designed to impress anyone.It was designed for a family that actually cooks. That entertains loudly....
05/07/2026

This kitchen wasn't designed to impress anyone.

It was designed for a family that actually cooks. That entertains loudly. That has opinions about where the wine goes and exactly how much counter space they need after Thanksgiving.

When they came to me, they said they wanted warmth, not a showroom. I heard that. The maple perimeter cabinetry was in great shape, so we kept it and built around it. The new darker-stained alder on the island and oven wall, the sculptural chandelier — none of it was chosen to photograph well. It was chosen because it would feel exactly right every single morning for the next thirty years.

That is a very different brief than "make it beautiful." It's harder. It requires listening just as much as it requires designing. And honestly? It's the most interesting kind of brief to me.

The rooms that hold up are the ones where every decision was made around how the people inside them actually live. Not how they imagined they might live. How they really live.

What's the one thing in your kitchen that never quite works the way you actually use it?

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