Interior design in Downers Grove & throughout Chicagoland

Meet Paige Appleyard

Rooted in family.
Inspired by story.

“A home becomes more beautiful when it becomes more personal.”

Paige creates warm, layered interiors that honor what a family already loves while making room for the life still unfolding.

Read Paige’s story

A love of home,
passed down.

My love of interiors began with my grandmother, Rie Rie, and the hours we spent searching estate sales and resale shops for pieces with history.

Those days taught me to look past what was new and notice what had character—the worn edge, the beautiful grain, the object that carried a story into its next home.

My mother’s creativity showed me something equally important: with imagination and care, a home can always become more personal. It does not need to be perfect or entirely new. It needs to feel connected to the people living there.

Paige Appleyard · Founder & Designer
Paige Appleyard, founder and designer of Paige’s Parlor Interiors

Personal by nature.
Thoughtful by design.

Today, Paige brings the spirit of those early influences to every project: listening carefully, mixing old and new, balancing beauty with function and creating spaces that feel collected rather than simply decorated.

Her approach is grounded in the belief that meaningful design begins with the people, pieces and routines already present in a home.

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A home should feel
beautifully lived in.

Every project is different, but the principles behind the work remain quietly consistent.

Keep what matters

Meaningful furniture, art and collected pieces can become the foundation rather than something to design around.

Make beauty useful

Comfort, circulation, storage, children, pets and everyday routines belong in the design conversation.

Let rooms take their time

The most personal interiors often feel gathered over years, with old and new pieces sharing the same story.

Elegant enough
to inspire.

Welcoming enough to become part of everyday life.

Paige’s work is not about choosing between beauty and real life. It is about bringing the two together so naturally that the home feels elevated, comfortable and entirely its own.

Tell Paige about
the home you love.

Share what is working, what is not and what you hope the home can become.

No need to choose a service first. Every enquiry is personally reviewed by Paige.

A thoughtfully layered interior by Paige's Parlor Interiors