A few months ago, I received a writing assignment that absolutely stoked me. I get excited over everything and everyone I write about, but this piece had me especially excited because it was my first decor-related piece for the paper. I was asked to interview a local furniture designer, Lacey Campbell.
Photo Credit: Heather Biddle
As if meeting someone who created something I love wasn’t enough, during my research on her I discovered she was a contestant on a reality show. Reality TV is my guilty pleasure, although I have to limit my viewing to creative shows. Double win: she was a contestant on a furniture design reality show! Just like when I interviewed Maya from Project Runway: Junior, I was starstruck. But Lacey’s warm, friendliness quickly erased any anxiety I had over meeting a reality star.
Lacey originally applied for Ellen’s Design Show but didn’t get accepted. She then applied for the debut show Framework and became a contestant, making it all the way to fourth place. Unfortunately, the show didn’t end up being a big hit with viewers so I believe they’ve scrapped it, but the experience was valuable for her nonetheless. (You can still watch Framework online at Spike TV.)
This piece was a dinged-up, homely chest of drawers before Lacey reincarnated it. Photo Credit: Heather Biddle.
Lacey designed and built this monastic, red oak table for the Black Cloister Brewing Company in Toledo. Photo Credit: Heather Biddle.
She’s now doing furniture design on her own, still at home here in Toledo. You can find out more about her experience on Framework, what it’s like being a female designer in a male-dominated field, and more in my Toledo City Paper interview here.
You can check out more of Lacey’s work at her website, Lacey Campbell Designs.
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