Laura Bowden founded Laura Bowden Designs Inc. in 1986 as a small firm specializing in full-scale residential design in South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach area. In the ensuing years, LBDI has expanded into the commercial arena, growing into an award-winning powerhouse with a client base throughout the Carolinas and beyond. LBDI has earned a reputation for creating comfortable spaces that are infused with drama, mystery, and often humor. LBDI’s design philosophy is simple: Expect the unexpected. At the helm, Laura is passionate, highly detailed, and fearless with color and combining design elements, finishes, and styles. Her integrity and unwillingness to accept anything less than phenomenal results endears her to her clients who appreciate her firm’s ability to capture their personalities, desires, needs, and lifestyles in interiors of uncommon beauty and vivacity. Laura’s strong command of proportion and scale bring a lively balance movement to LBDI’s projects. LBDI is often invited to partner with architects and builders to help bring clients’ projects to life, assisting in every aspect of design, from space planning and electrical and plumbing placement to interior and exterior finishes, colors, cabinetry, and fixture selections. Whether designing a primary residence, second home, bank, hospital, health club, or hotel, no detail is ever overlooked, making LBDI the firm of choice for those who possess uncompromising taste and style.