PRESS & BIO PAGE

Two long-time friends and creatives coming together to make pretty stuff. Check out our press page. But, first, Let’s tell you a little bit about us….

Tamara Stephenson and Susan Young are the co-owners of interior and product design company root cellar designs. The design team has extensive experience creating beautiful and quality homes for their clients. They also create and manufacture a line of American-made fabric, wallpaper and products such as table linens, bedding, pillows and fashion accessories sold exclusively to seventeen trade showrooms around the country. Their designs are a perfect bridge for varying aesthetics, and a root cellar designs' fabric feels equally at home in a classically decorated home as it does an ultra contemporary space. 

In 2019, they were awarded Rising Stars of Design for their product design by the IFDA NY Chapter.  In 2021 they ventured into collaborating with other brands to design private label collections for other artists and license products for other brands including tile and tabletop.  As working designers, they understand what other designers are looking for on their projects. The team prides themselves on offering stellar customer service to their designer clientele while offering over 100 wallpaper and fabric designs from their collections available on several different materials for both residential and commercial application. When designers ask for custom, the team works quickly to create and manufacture a design. 

about Tamara- for two decades, Tamara has been a residential interior designer, writer and author of Nest by Tamara blog. She often speaks at design trade shows and events and writes for a plethora of magazines on the subject of design. She learned the ins and outs of textiles in the early days after graduating from Parsons School of Design when she worked for several designers shopping for fabric and wallpaper.  Over the years, she has gleaned design inspiration from journalist travels, and her musings have taken me from Deco off in Paris to Mercantilefieri in Parma, Italy. 

about Susan- Susan has extensive experience as a faux finish and decorative painter and worked as a commissioned artist for several years with fashion designer Joseph Abboud painting the interior of his home and the homes of other clients. She then went on to create  women's contemporary sportswear line, Launch by Susan Young where she learned on the job to create her own printed textiles, source textiles from around the globe, work with boutique shops to sell her line, and produce runway shows during Fashion Week.

Pittsburgh Quarterly, Betsy Wentz’ Project, Summer, 2023

Congratulations to our client for this full feature showing a beautiful home with our textiles

We debuted our Spring Collection on the LODGE TABLE we create for the black-tie Spring Gala for Lenox Hill Neighborhood House in New York City at Cipriani at Grand Central Station. Grateful for all this lovely press following the event…

NYC&G

story 2, May 2023

Time Square Chronicles, May 2023

our table featured from the Lodge collection

Lenox Hill Neighborhood Association, May 2023

MORE FEATURES OF OUR WORK & THE WORK OF OUR CLIENTS USING OUR TEXTILES & WALLCOVERINGS

Elle Decor Magazine feature designer Lori Deeds and Celerie Kemble of Kemble Interiors Palm Beach Project, February 2023

Thank you designers Lori Deeds and Celerie Kemble of Kemble Interiors for showcasing our tandoor fabric on pillows for this Palm Beach Home.

Homes & Gardens feature of designer Courtney Elias of Creative Tonic, 2022

Designer Courtney Elias of Creative Tonic utilizes our fabric in her project

Designers Today, 2022

featuring our New Grasscloth Wallpaper

NYC&G, 2022

Our Table Design for Lenox Hill Spring Gala showing the new Enchanted Collection

2022
Lenox Hill Gala

NYDC Newsletter, 2022

Profiles Showroom To Represent Root Cellar Designs.

New England Home, 2021

Trends in wallpaper story featuring our papers

Hamptons Real Estate Showcase, 2021

Our Summer Table for Holiday House Hamptons at Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton

Furniture Today, 2019

Press for our Rising Star Award given by the IFDA New York Chapter, 2019

NYC&G magazine, 2019

House Tipster, 2019

Interviews Tamara in their Holiday House Showhouse space

House Hipster Live Segment with Tamara, 2019

AD Magazine, 2019

Tamara’s Interview following NYNOW on design trends

Aspire’s Interview in Makers Monday Column, 2018

Veranda, 2017

Our table design featured for the Lenox Hill Spring Gala

AD Home magazine, 2016

OTHER PRESS…

More about us….

Tamara Stephenson and Susan Young are the co-owners of interior and product design company root cellar designs. The design team has extensive experience creating beautiful and quality homes for their clients. They also create and manufacture a line of American-made fabric, wallpaper and products such as table linens, bedding, pillows and fashion accessories sold exclusively to seventeen trade showrooms around the country. Their designs are a perfect bridge for different aesthetics, and a root cellar designs' fabric feels equally at home in a classically decorated home as it does an ultra contemporary space. In 2019, they were awarded Rising Stars of Design for their product design by the IFDA NY Chapter.  In 2021 they ventured into collaborating with other brands to create products. They are currently designing a tile collection with Country Floors. 

As working designers, they understand what other designers are looking for on their projects. The team prides themselves on offering stellar customer service to their designer clientele while offering over 100 wallpaper and fabric designs from their collections available on several different materials for both residential and commercial application. When designers ask for something custom, the team works quickly to either tweak something from their collection, or completely start from scratch and create and manufacture a design. The two are long-time friends and met in college at Castleton University in Vermont. After graduating from Castleton, they worked in different industries. 

about Tamara- for two decades, Tamara has been a residential interior designer, writer and author of Nest by Tamara blog.. She often speaks at design trade shows and events and writes for a plethora of magazines on the subject of design. Over the years, she has gleaned design inspiration from journalist travels, and her musings have taken me from Deco off in Paris to Mercantilefieri in Parma, Italy. 

about Susan- Susan has extensive experience as a faux finish and decorative painter and worked as a commissioned artist for several years with fashion designer Joseph Abboud painting the interior of his home. She then went on to create  a women's contemporary sportswear line called Launch by Susan Young where she learned on the job to create her own printed textiles.