Houston interior designer creates glamorous homes using fashion sense and serious design principles.
Article by Diane Cowen
Originally published in River Oaks Lifestyle
Lucinda Loya’s Louisville, Ky., vacation home is intentionally eclectic, filled only with things that date back to its 1875 origin through 1976, the year her family moved away from that area.
Loya, one of Houston’s most glamorous and approachable interior designers and a Houston Chronicle Best Dressed Hall of Famer, combines couture-level style with serious interior design principles in every project.
In this Kentucky home, you’ll find vintage Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chairs and antique bed frames, mod prints and deep, saturated paint colors throughout.
“What I discovered over the years was that I didn’t want a single aesthetic to hold me back,” said Loya, who with her husband of 25 years has two daughters, 19-year-old Elena and 21-year-old Ana Luca. “What guides me is the architecture, the client’s lifestyle and the location of the home.”
Every home is different, from New York pied-a-terres to sprawling East Coast mansions and oversized Houston abodes.
Loya’s affection for great style began at a young age, and even when she babysat as a tween, she’d move furniture around after the kids had gone to bed. Then in her 20s, her great apartment style turned friends into clients and her career as an interior designer was born.
In business for more than 30 years, Loya has created beautiful interiors for homeowners in Houston and all over the world. Her recent projects list includes the pool area of the new Thompson high rise in Houston and the practice facility and common areas of the Boston Celtics. She’s also designed the homes of Boston Celtics owner Wycliffe “Wyc” Grousbeck and his wife, Emilia Fazzalari.
Her designs are driven by simple principles: incorporating a sense of emotion or soul, using contrast, warmth and texture, and mixing patterns and unexpected colors.
