About Us

Our highly specialized team works with residential and commercial clients for projects large and small from the planning stage through the completion of the project. We want our clients to feel proud of what we’ve done. We are not just decorators; we are planners and coordinators. We make beautiful, as well as functional spaces.

Meet Our Team

ASID, NCIDQ, Senior Designer

Nicole Norris

Nicole has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Interior Design from The Florida State University (1990). She sat for and passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification in 1994 and has been a Professional member of American Society of Interior Designers since then.

Nicole Norris Design Studio, Inc was founded in Sumter, SC in 1996 and a satellite office in Mt. Pleasant in 2014. Over the years Nicole has established herself as an award winning Interior Designer with numerous accolades from her peers through ASID and Houzz as well as having been published many times over the years. Her work is extremely important to her and is an extension of herself and her craft. She is blessed with many wonderful clients who have come back as repeat customers over the years.

Senior Designer

Randy Wallace Abbott

Randy is a Graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelors Degree in Studio Arts focusing in Graphic Design and Advertising.

He is an award winning, Senior Designer with Nicole Norris Design Studio since 1998 and has decades of set designer/builder experience for the Sumter Little Theater.

Interior Designer and Operations Manager

Mary Kathryn Hulme

Mary Kathryn is a Graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelors Degree in Business with a focus in Fashion Merchandising.

She is an Interior Designer at Nicole Norris Design Studio as well as the Operations Manager of the Studio since 2016. She has prior experience with management and visual merchandising.

Interior Designer

Madelyn Lacomba

Madelyn has been a designer at NNDS since 2021. She graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Production Design.

Interior Designer

Katherine Thompson

Katherine Thompson has joined the NNDS team in 2024. She has a Bachelors of Interior Design from the University of Arkansas (2010). She has 10+ years experience running her own design business in Arkansas before moving to South Carolina.

Administrator

Lisa Edwards

Lisa has been with NNDS, Inc. since 2019 as an Administrator. She worked as an administrator in the healthcare industry for twenty years with Tuomey Hospital in the human resources and payroll division. Lisa is a Sumter native.

Administrative Assistant and Librarian

Giuliana Mastrangelo

Giuliana has been with NNDS, Inc. since 2019 working as an administrative assistant and studio librarian. She has a background in the fashion industry and has been the proprietor of a high-end women’s clothing boutique. Giuliana hails from Naples, Italy.