Since 1982, designer Ellen Kennon has been creating environments often described as magical and healing.
She
combines years of study in both design and transpersonal psychology
with her natural intuitive talent in working with color, light
and space and their effect on the balance of body, mind and spirit.
After working in
New York for "designers' designer" architect Peter
Marino and on numerous residential and commercial design projects
there; Ellen returned to her native Louisiana where she created
the Shadetree Inn Bed & Breakfast (shadetreeinn.com).
Ellen's holistic approach to creating interiors is embodied in Shadetree Inn. Country Roads Magazine described Shadetree's romantic retreats this way:
"There is a touch of the enchanted about this place, as though magic lingers just out of reach, bringing the energies depleted by day to day life flooding back into the body and soul. . . Ellen's creations are simple, luxurious and beautiful to behold. Never is one allowed to forget the role of Mother Nature. The design is employed to maximize, rather than minimize the role of nature in the living spaces as a tonic to the strains of day-to-day existence."
In addition to the renovation and interior decoration of numerous residences and offices in New York and the Gulf South, Ellen created the architectural design for Harmony House, St. Francisville's first interior decorator showcase house, and several other country retreats.
One of Ellen's specialties is designing second homes. She completely furnished and decorated a Colorado vacation home "via remote control". In other words, she never personally visited the project site until after it was finished. She worked strictly from photos and measurements supplied by the client. See Colorado Zen article in Design Projects.
