COURTNEY JERNIGAN
Hi there. I’m Courtney Jernigan. My husband and I are Carraway House. He has his own full-time business, which I support from time to time, while I lead Carraway House, which he supports from time to time. But I’m the creative face here, the one you’ll be trusting with your home.
My career began in television and theater production, where I happily worked until my children came along. Ahh, children... If we’re willing, they teach us more than we teach them. After a bit of an identity crisis and much prayer, counseling, and reflecting, I decided to pursue an interior design education.
Design and creation in all parts of life have been paramount since I was a little girl drawing endless floorplans and clothes in my playroom; a teenager redecorating my bedroom; a young adult just living for the next event I could design and host.
And now interior design is the perfect marriage of my passion and talent for visual aesthetics, and my driving purpose to create a home for others that’s deeply personal, one they love and are proud to call theirs.
I have a mishmash of styles that I love in my home, and I think it’s beautiful and perfect for my family and me. I love all the moldings, all the bright colors, and a house full of great big plants. But my purpose is not to copy and paste my style or anyone else’s onto your home. Every style can be incredible, if done well.
When I’m not gobbling up design podcasts or memorizing every Veranda magazine feature, I’m usually running around with my adventurous husband and three kiddos. I also love all things health and wellness, and man, if there were 48 hours in a day, I’d be a functional nutritionist, too. I always have a good thick novel going, and I just started crocheting the sweetest little stuffies for aformentioned kiddos; it keeps my hands busy while the husband and I binge old TV shows or the newest iteration of Yellowstone.