OUR PROMISE
Your home will feel like the natural extension of the life you've built: thoughtful, welcoming, and unmistakably yours. This isn't just interior design, it's the reflection of your story.
18+ years building relationships in The Dallas/Fort Worth area, creating a seamless collaboration that delivers spaces perfectly suited to your lifestyle.
Kari LaRusch, RID offers full-service interior design specializing in custom residential new construction with over 16 years of experience in the DFW area and across the US. Starting with a relationship rooted in trust and communication, Kari creates an individual experience for each client as she designs the unique composition of their home.
An aesthetic based on classic forms, refined comfort, and unexpected details are what drives Kari in the creative process. By learning the client’s end-use goals of their spaces, Kari employs her trained eye, organizational skills, and expertise in working with other trade professionals to bring their vision to life.
Background & Credentials
Kari graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of North Texas in 2008 with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Interior Design and a minor in Real Estate. In 2011, Kari became a Registered Interior Designer through the rigorous NCIDQ exam process that ensures designers are held to the highest industry standards.
Since then, Kari has worked to gain over 18 years of experience in the Interior Design industry. During this time, Kari’s collaborative projects have been featured in DHome (Sept/Oct 2023), Modern Luxury Interiors Texas (2022), Holland and Sherry Sourcebook Volume II, Paper City Design Awards (2017), FD (February 2013), DHome (May/June 2010), DHome (July/August 2009).
Our Mission
To create refined, custom interiors that serve as the perfect backdrop for our clients' most meaningful moments—spaces where life's biggest celebrations and quietest family times happen with equal comfort and elegance.
Our Vision
We envision a future where Kari LaRusch Interior Design sets the standard for collaborative, relationship-driven design that proves beautiful spaces can work perfectly for real life, inspiring other designers to prioritize genuine partnership over personal ego and showing that the most impressive homes are those designed around the people who live in them.
Studio Values
We believe the best design happens through genuine partnership. We listen to understand, respect every voice in the process, and create spaces that reflect our clients' vision, not our own agenda.
Collaboration Over Ego
Relationships First
Every project is built on trust, appreciation, and mutual respect. We value long-term partnerships with clients, industry professionals, and team members because great design requires great relationships.
We refuse to choose between beautiful and livable. Our spaces must work flawlessly for real families while maintaining the elegance and sophistication our clients deserve.
Beautiful and livable
Integrity in Every Detail
We're honest about timelines, transparent about budgets, and committed to delivering exactly what we promise. Our word is our bond in every relationship we build.
