Meet Sheri
I've been organizing and designing spaces since my youth — not by choice at first, but by necessity, and then by love.
As the eldest daughter, I became the household organizer early on. I used to lose myself daydreaming as I worked, imagining the spaces I'd create someday. I had my first paid job at 13 — unpacking and organizing a kitchen for an overwhelmed mom with two small children and a husband who traveled constantly. Around the same time, I discovered I could spend my babysitting money on Architectural Digest. Those magazines opened everything up. I started drawing house plans, design dreaming, creating beauty in my mind I couldn't yet create in reality.
That early inventiveness became the foundation for everything that followed. I've always followed the path that needed following — even when it looked like a detour. For years, I followed my husband's career, moving often, reinventing my work more than once. That journey took me through office management, bookkeeping, and legal work as both assistant and paralegal. I didn't plan that résumé — but looking back, every chapter required the same core skills: radical organization, attention to detail, the ability to learn new systems quickly, and showing up with excellence every time.
I founded Order By Design in 2014, and for years the work felt like exactly what I was meant to do. Then came COVID. Like so many, my world contracted — and I found myself running a business while homeschooling my children. When things reopened, I craved something I hadn't had in years: a desk, colleagues, the rhythm of an in-person workplace. I trained as a kitchen and bath designer, then spent two years working for a nonprofit organization. That season clarified something: the best way I can serve is by forging paths through chaos and creating spaces of clarity and sanctuary.
Now I'm back. More prepared than ever. I understand now that every one of us needs beauty to thrive — not luxury, not materialism, just spaces that let us breathe, think clearly, and feel most alive.
Outside of work, I'm usually reading, exploring with my family, or catching up with friends. These relationships anchor me — and they're a constant reminder that home isn't just about beautiful spaces. It's about the life that happens inside them.
“The best way I can serve is by forging paths through chaos and creating spaces of clarity and sanctuary.”
