About Us

Founder

Donna Fedor

Designer and Head Creative

When people first meet Donna, they immediate feel her joy, kindness, and compassion. She has an enthusiastic zest for living. One of her favorite activities in the design process is meeting the clients in their homes and figuring out their whys – what makes them happy, what inspires them, what makes them unique. She is very intuitive and loves to translate those qualities into a bespoke design truly unique to the client.
Influenced by her engineering major in college, Donna has an honest, no-nonsense approach to her communications and processes. Being both right and left brained, she balances creative, out of the box ideas with the details contractors and builders need to execute on a project. It is a rare combination for an interior designer, and it shows in her deep relationships with tradespeople and her love new materials and technology.
Donna’s personal style is a mix of modern and vintage, a bit of timeless, classic elegance with layer of serenity and a hint of glam. Donna grew up about 30 miles north of Manhattan and has traveled the world extensively. One of her industry honors was being selected as a Design Hound by KBIS, the leading Kitchen and Bath Industry Association. Donna, as one of 20 designers across the Americas selected as a trend setter / design influencer, voted for the Top Five Picks at the 2024 KBIS conference in Las Vegas.

Design Assistant

Lisa Merkow

Budget Keeper and Resident Eagle Eye

Most of our clients have commented that they love the collaborative energy between Donna and Lisa. Lisa is more pragmatic and grounded in her approach to design which balances Donna’s out of the box thinking. Lisa is a bit of a hippie and loves organic design with lots of texture. The places she has lived have formed her own personal style – Southern California’s laid-back attitude with the simple, modern, stark and earthy feel of the Arizona desert. Lisa brings a fabulous design eye to our team, constantly looking at new vendors that an bring unique elements to our designs.
One of her superpowers is her ability to discover and source products that are unique and perfect for our client’s homes and range of budgets. Lisa also keeps track of the pulse of the clients’ budget at all times. Early in her career, Lisa owned her own design firm and she is thrilled to be back in the industry working at Donna Brann Interiors.

What we think about design ?

Our homes are our refuge from this crazy beautiful diverse world.

It is where we can truly be ourselves.

It is where we can change into our most comfy clothes and do what inspires us and relaxes us the most.

Home is where we spend our precious time with our loved ones.

We believe your home should not look like anyone else’s home.

We ask a lot of questions to get to know you well.

We help you prioritize where to splurge your hard-earned cash and where it makes sense to pull back and budget.

We love designing for each style.

We love pushing the creative, especially with materials and technology, and especially when it enhances the design considerably.

We love to play off the external environment, to enhance views from your home or even create views when there are none to be had naturally.

We bring out of the box ideas while keeping within the realities of budgets.

We design with layers in mind.

Just like individuals have many layers, so do designs.

We trust our vendors and have established solid relationships over the years.

We ask that you trust the process.

We do what we say we will do.

Featured Projects

Mid Century Remodel
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Guestroom
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Flagstaff Vacay
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Arcadia, Phoenix
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58th Street, Scottsdale
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Rose Lane, Paradise Valley
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Coronado Refresh
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