Leslie Speir-Bowman
Interior Designer | Design Director
- Role
- Design Director at The Design Bar
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Leslie Speir-Bowman
Since opening her eponymous design firm, Leslie Bowman has become the go to expert in the western suburbs for interior design and custom building. With her incredible success, Leslie opened a retail shop and showroom, The Design Bar, located in The Burr Ridge Village Center in 2015. The showroom carries 40+ lines of fine furnishings, gifts, accessories, tabletop and window treatments. Current expansion to a larger SF showroom is slated to open Spring 2018, and will serve as an avenue for homeowners to design, build and decorate their home effortlessly. The new venture adds space that includes a lighting and art gallery, cabinetry, tile and much more! About The Design Bar Offering a collection of Interior Design services and a wide range of products, The Design Bar (formerly Brandys of Burr Ridge) has been a Burr Ridge institution for over 40 years. Run under the new ownership and direction of Leslie Bowman, The Design Bar offers a unique and unparalleled experience to designing your home. Leslie holds a Master’s of Art in Interior Design from the prestigious Harrington College of Design.
Experience
Design Director
Aug 2005 — Present · Burr Ridge, IL, US
Design DirectorServes as Design Director of The Design Bars, a resource for homeowners to shop for the finest lines in tile, cabinetry, lighting, hardware, wallcoverings, and paint under one roof. The Design Bar Studio is the ultimate design center with hundreds of samples and inspiration boards to assist clients looking to design, build and renovate their home effortlessly. In addition, Bowman and her design team are available for interior design services from big to small projects. Bowman opened her retail showroom, The Design Bar, which serves as the ultimate showcase for the latest trends and finest designer brands of furniture, lighting, accessories and window treatments in one, bright shopping haven. Knowledge of construction processes, comprehends the built environment, is able to streamline client buildout process and selections process as well as extensive owner\'s representation experience. Skilled at model home design, implementation, staging and working with all levels of clientele. Technical Skills: conceptual design, design development, space planning, materials selections, furniture selection, procurement, construction documentation, project management, branded environments, graphics and logo design, client representation, RFP preparation and research.
Education
California Institute for Human Science
Pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology
Harrington College of Design
Master's Degree, Interior Design
Illinois State University
Bachelor's Degree, Accounting
Skills
- Renovation
- Rendering
- Construction
- Furnishings
- Submittals
- Space Planning
- Sketching
- Interior Architecture
- Graphic Design
- Project Management
- Furniture
- Space-Planning
- Indesign
- Drawing
- Due Diligence
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Interior Design
- 3d Studio Max
- Design Research
- Sketchup
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