Kelly Wearstler Interior Design (Kwid)

The Avalon Hotel

In 1995, Wearstler opened her design firm, Kelly Wearstler Interior Design (Kwid). In 1996, she decorated the house of real estate developer Brad Korzen whom she married in 2002. Eventually providing design services for residential properties owned by Korzen's Kor Realty Group., Wearstler would go on to redo the interior of the Avalon, a late-1940s era hotel in Beverly Hills owned by Korzen .

The BG cafe

After working for Korzen her foray into hotel interior design launched. She created what the New York Times has described as "retro-theatrical" interiors for Korzen's collection of boutique hotels, Viceroy Hotels and Resorts. Her work within the hotel industry built her reputation as a notable west coast designer. She also designed the restaurant and lounge, BG, at the Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman store. 





That same year, she introduced a line of decorative home goods for New York-based department store Bergdorf Goodman, which continues to carry her line. Kwid also designs exclusive bed sheets for Sferra, rugs for the Rug Company, fine china for Pickard China, and wall treatments for F. Schumacher & Co.

Rugs for the Rug Company

As an interior designer, Wearstler finds influence in Modernism and old Hollywood glamour as created by Dorothy Draper and William Haines, and the work of architect Aldo Rossi. Her style has been described as "Hollywood Regency" and "Maximalism". 

Wearstler visits auction houses to collect furniture and decor items for projects. In 2008, she was deemed a "mega decorator" by Domino, being described as reaching out to "the hip design public," in the many hotel interiors she has designed. Wearstler believes clutter to be the biggest faux pas in home decor.