Interior designer, storyteller, and creator of spaces that feel like home.

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Shalmai was born and raised in Puerto Rico, a place that continues to shape the way she sees design, beauty, and home. There, color isn't something to be afraid of, old and new naturally live together, and homes carry the stories of the people who have lived in them.

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After earning her degree in Interior Design from The Art Institute in South Florida, Shalmai built a career around creating spaces that feel layered, personal, and a little unexpected.

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Her approach to design isn't about following a formula or creating the same recognizable look from one project to the next. It's about paying attention—to the architecture, to the details, and especially to the people who will live there.

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She wants to know how her clients actually live. What they love. What they collect. Where their family gathers. What they want to hold onto and what they're ready to change.

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Because for Shalmai, a home should be more than beautiful. It should feel like it belongs to you.

That idea of home is personal for her, too. Shalmai and her husband, Brandon, have been married for more than 20 years and have three boys, Julien, Jaden, and Sebastian, along with their cat, Loki, and golden retriever, Vinny.

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They live in a 100-year-old home in Goshen, Indiana, where Shalmai is still designing, changing things, and figuring out what the house wants to become.

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