We must create change to our environment to transform how we see the world.
We are a client-centered design company constructing your space with multi-functional
ways to live, work, and play conveying your unique environment, vision, and brand.
Our Guiding Principles
| Collaboration |
We practice the need for calm conversations allowing for peace to grow through joint abilities to build better solutions and excellence.
| Integrity |
We commit to the worth and value of a person, accountability, and value honesty as well as being forthright through our actions in assisting and advising our clients.
| Service |
We are committed to listening, assisting, advising while
respecting our clients with best solutions satisfying their needs.
| Innovative |
We grow through creativity, imagination, and problem solving which advances our products and services allowing for improvements and making a change in the world.
Pam McPeak, ASID
President
Pam McPeak, ASID, owner of Southern Places, Inc. an Interior Design Firm, continues her straightforward and hands-on approach to rendering her client’s needs.
"Great design is more than just pretty pictures in a magazine, it is an essential part of everyone's life -- it takes you from point a to b allowing for multi-functional ways to live, work, and play -- achieving the environment you deserve."
Services in: Residential, Commercial, Healthcare, & Senior Living across the USA + Contactless design
Incorporated Southern Places, Inc. in 1986
100% Women-Owned Business
Education and Affiliations
Graduate, Kendall School of Design, Degree in Interior Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attended University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Summer Program
Penny started creating with a camera always ready to capture the story happening in front of her eyes. Using those skills learned at an early age, she started Penny & Lucy Lou Art 8 years ago to serve the Interior Design industry making art that speaks specific to her client’s needs.
Her undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.
TESTIMONIALS
Lynn Welch
Pam McPeak makes decorating dreams come true. I became familiar with Pam’s work when she decorated my sister’s new home. Although my sister and I have different tastes and styles, I loved everything Pam did. When we decided to redecorate our 36-year-old home, we immediately enlisted Pam for the task. She listened to our likes and dislikes and created a plan that has transformed the way we live in and enjoy our home. All of our walls were painted Greek Villa (an off-white), but my favorite colors are earth tones. I had no idea how to choose colors that would create a cohesive feeling while making each room unique. Now my rooms feel so cozy and inviting with the paint colors Pam selected and which I would have been afraid to try—such as Phoenix Fossil on my dining room walls and ceiling and Backdrop on my fireplace mantel. She combined our wildlife art and some favorite furniture with new furniture, distinctive lighting, stunning wallpaper, and unique art (Licorice the Sheep by Penny and Lucy Lou Art) and added texture and color with pillows, rugs, and window treatments. As a retired English teacher, I had always dreamed of having a library; Pam made that dream come true within the footprint of our home. We are now working on the laundry room and eagerly await that transformation: another distinctive light fixture, wallpaper on the ceiling, and custom-made storage. Stay tuned.Read More
Angela Mazurek
My husband and I bought a fixer-upper that needed attention. The amount of work needed demanded a designers touch. Having looked at several designers in the area, I kept coming back to Southern Places.
After meeting with Pam, we gave her quite a list of things we needed ; two offices that allowed each of us to work from home.
Pam listened to our ideas and incorporated some of her own and came up with designs that each of us loved. The “wow” factor was/is definitely there.
Her daughter Penny also incorporated her artwork into the design ;magical sprinkling of fairy dust. I absolutely love it.
Pam took the worry and trepidation out of the equation. She has her crew that executed all of the design to perfection. It was a pleasure working with such a consummate professional.
I have and will be calling on Southern Places for all of my upcoming design needs.Read More
Ann Byrd
I just kept returning to Pam’s website and the photos there while searching for a designer to help me with my new home — as I became overwhelmed with the many decision I needed to make. She was true to her words about good design allowing for “multi-functional ways to live, work, and play.” Her many years of successful experience are evident: she’s confident, flexible, creative, tuned in to the client, and always thinking about a variety of options, not just offering one solution. So what started out as a request for assistance with choosing paint colors and fixtures that would compliment my existing artwork, rugs, and some furniture pieces turned into a complete transformation of my home. I could not be more pleased with every room. I also asked Pam for help on some additional furniture pieces for my living room, dining area and office. For every decision, she always brought options that were on the mark and patiently talked through the decisions I made. She has a keen eye for that “extra” touch to allow each room to have its own personality that reflects the living that goes on there. I will continue to work with her in the future and know that each time I do, she will make sure I am 100% pleased before the job is done. She is stellar!Read More
Sara Fawcett
I truly enjoyed working with Pam on a major living room/den/kitchen remodel/redecoration project. She is certainly talented, but beyond that, she is flexible, open to ideas and creative in accomplishing design goals on schedule and within budget. I felt that she truly listened to what I wanted, and she certainly delivered a lovely product. I now have a home where my family and I can relax, enjoy and share with others. Thank you Pam!Read More
Ann Lang
Southern Places/Pam McPeak did an amazing job on my kitchen and half bath remodel. She did a wonderful job combining my style with a timeless design while being budget conscious. I was thrilled with how she incorporated items I already owned with new pieces as well. It was a well-planned job from adhering to a timeline to each detail that made the overall design absolutely perfect. Many thanks to Pam!Read More