Marea was raised in Kentucky by a family of architects, interior designers and creative entrepreneurs who introduced her to the arts at an early age, spurring her toward design from the very start. She grew up in a home surrounded by horse fields, offering her an upbringing that was immersed in the casual elegance of southern culture, but balanced with her family’s experiences of globe-trotting through Europe and the Americas.

Marea was exposed to many facets of beauty, from the antique heirlooms in her childhood home to the revered architecture of the South.

Equally influenced by Marea’s Southern sensibility and West Coast experiences, the firm takes a fresh approach to traditional decorating by nodding to the past, while looking to the future.