Meet the Team
About Natalie O Design
Natalie O Design is a full-service design studio based in Louisville. We offer a highly specialized suite of expertise and services, including contemporary residential and commercial projects, art curation, and custom furniture and lighting design. Our three-person team approaches each project holistically and with keen attention to artful details. We work closely with our clients, from each project’s inception to its completion, advising on important decisions ranging from choosing the right build team to selecting tailor-made finishing touches.
Natalie Officer
The driving creative force behind Natalie O Design is first and foremost a storyteller — the narrator, interpreter and voice that allows clients’ stories to be told with clarity and beauty. With over 25 years’ experience in fashion and design, Natalie brings an earnest and fresh approach to her projects. From her work in the fashion industry in Chicago, New York and London to the leadership role she now holds at her firm in Louisville, Kentucky. Natalie has pursued unique projects that are fueled by imagination and expression. Natalie is a champion of local and regional makers and artists, whom she highlights in public gallery shows in her design studio. A native of Bloomington, Indiana, she currently lives in Louisville with her family.
Julie Metzinger
Julie has a fierce appetite for details and brings immeasurable strength to the team with a knack for planning and foresight. The combination of her accomplished event planning, unparalleled floral design, not to mention being a mother of five, makes her an unmatched force. Her heart for others polishes her skills with a rare and gentle grace. She fully understands the intention of the work and the importance of each element in the outcome. Once drawn to the artistic intent of the Natalie O Design brand as a client, Julie now ensures these results for others. Her extensive study and obsession with modern architecture and design lends weight in every project and tethers us politely in reality.
Sydney Alvey
A hire six years in the making, her addition makes us a trio of talents. A welcome hand of precision in every element of the NOD purpose, she refines our output and blends our senses with care. Her educational accomplishments lend to her field expertise and ability to communicate in a way that holds true to our intent. Working closely and communicating effectively and equally with architects, trades, craftspeople and clients in commercial and residential design and development, her passion for her craft began at seven. All roads since, including her love path, have explored and sharpened her skills, fueled by her pure joy for this work. Sydney’s respect for old forms and balanced modernity in renovation, coupled with her draw to boutique hospitality design, make her an asset. Dog lover, world traveler, spontaneous spirit and gentle heart…a soulful talent. The real deal.