Stephanie Cowdrey is the founder and principal designer of Velvet Oak Home, a design studio known for creating interiors that feel layered, timeless, and deeply lived in.

Raised on a farm surrounded by lakes, gardens, and towering oak trees, Stephanie developed an early understanding of the quiet way environments shape how we feel. That connection to warmth, texture, nature, and home continues to influence her work more than 25 years into her design career.

That perspective continues to shape her work today, bringing a sense of warmth, restraint, and authenticity to every project.

After stepping away from the design industry for several years, Stephanie returned with an even deeper appreciation for the emotional role a home plays in our lives — not simply as a place of beauty, but as a place of comfort, restoration, and connection.

Her approach is rooted in the belief that the most beautiful homes are not the most perfect ones — they are the ones that feel personal, grounded, and effortlessly lived in over time.

With a design style that blends refined comfort with natural materials, soft light, aged textures, and thoughtful restraint, Stephanie creates homes that are both elegant and deeply welcoming.

Every space is designed not simply to be seen, but to be experienced — calm enough to exhale in, beautiful enough to remember, and timeless enough to evolve with the people who live there.

At Velvet Oak Home, the goal has never been to create showrooms.

It has always been to create homes people never want to leave.