With a background in art history and business administration, Cynthia McCullough has over twenty years of design experience in residential interiors. After working for both the The Art Institute of Chicago and The Smithsonian Institution, Cynthia transitioned to opening a furniture and home accessories store in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood. Her tenure in the retail environment proved to be an invaluable resource, creating relationships with national and international vendors and collectors in the home furnishings marketplace.

Her years producing editorial shoots and consulting on interior styling for clients including Williams-Sonoma Inc, Kohler, Target, Flor, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Home & Garden gave her a unique ability to listen and translate dialogue and personality into residential environments.

Cynthia creates uniquely intimate, warm, multi-layered interior spaces that transcend both time and trend. Through her thoughtful approach of respecting client desires while carefully considering a home's architecture, completed projects take on a cohesive, seamless design that live and feel natural, not forced, not definable and capable of evolution. Vintage, treasured and inherited pieces are woven into all her designs, creating a backdrop where her client families share wonderfully rich experiences. Her strong sense of color, scale,  judicious editing, and reasoning skills all contribute to the successful outcome of her projects. Eschewing placing a signature stamp on her projects, McCullough’s elegant style bends itself into inviting and gracious environments which reflect her unique clients, their histories, what they are passionate about, and how fully those individuals live their lives.

Cynthia resides in the Chicago area of Lake Forest, IL with her husband and two young boys.