The Current

Two members of a supremely creative family, Mark Maresca and Kathryn Faull are a father-daughter duo whose individual pursuits have impacted the worlds of design and architecture. Mark is a renowned architect whose talents extend to everything from interior concepts to product design. Kathryn is a gifted artist whose Maresca Textiles fabrics and wallpapers are increasingly sought after by interior designers. Their professional successes alone would make their story worth sharing…

“I do love the beach because I do a lot of walking,” says Amelia Handegan of her Folly Beach escape. “And this is my dream. I see my life revolving around low tide right now, and it's great because I know that today I will be with the wind and the storms, watching the tide shift. I've been sheltered…” Sheltering is something the famed interior designer knows a thing or two about. In her own life, she toggles effortlessly between her flat in downtown Charleston to this shorefront outpost roughly 11 miles away—a beautiful saltbox she has restored, extended, added interior layers to and made completely her own.

Some things never go out of style and when it comes to color-centric rooms, some of the most inspiring blue covered ones we’ve come across feel as modern as ever. Whether recalling oceanic tones or more of a poolside palette, these soothing spaces give a nod to the nautical while instilling an endless summer state of mind. Paired with a variety of our most classic, clean-lined fixtures, they serve as the ideal backdrop that’s as easy on the eye from powder blue wet bars to aquamarine powder rooms and everywhere in-between. 

In the recently released Volume 3 The Current, our annual publication, we mined the homes and minds of seven women whose styles represent the multiplicity of interior design in Charleston (and whose visions have shaped the looks of countless high-profile properties throughout the US and abroad). The resulting profiles comprised a feature-length tribute to their collective strength—but, of course, there’s always more to the story. And with this lot, that old trope rings especially true; their expertise and insights could fill an entire publication and then some, nevermind a single story. In an effort to lend a bit more daylight to their wisdom, we’ve revisited the transcripts to compile some of the choicest pearls that haven’t yet been published. Enjoy.

Seven of Charleston's most innovative and prolific interior designers open the doors to the places they call home. The result is a rare visual feast, an all-access tour into private rooms and personal spaces as eclectic and exciting as the visionary women who occupy them.