Karyl Pierce Paxton is a nationally-acclaimed designer of home products that are licensed and sold worldwide. Her creations feature a hint of the past, yet they are ideally suited for today’s homes. Her award-winning designs combine Old World elegance with modern sensibility.

Influenced by the centuries-old patinas and classical architecture of her adopted hometown of New Orleans, Karyl creates lighting collections and home products ranging from chandeliers and furniture to bathroom fixtures. She currently produces a diverse range of lighting collections for Savoy House and is creating a bathroom furnishings and fixture collection for a national home improvement retailer. She is also known for her exquisite signature furniture, which showcase 18th-Century style and the lost art of hand-painted finishes.

Karyl grew up on the desert plateaus of West Texas. After graduating from high school, she briefly showed and trained horses before moving to Mississippi to study art, architecture and antiques. Upon receiving a BFA in graphic design from Mississippi University College for Women, Karyl moved to New York City and attended Parsons School of Design for advanced study in fashion design. Karyl then moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where in 1991 she opened her namesake business – Pierce Paxton Design Studio. There, she created award-winning commercial and residential interiors. Because she was often frustrated in her pursuit of the perfect appointments for her discerning residential clientele, she began producing and hand-painting signature furniture and lighting. Her clients loved them, and so did other discriminating interior designers. Meeting the demand for her custom furniture and lighting quickly became the focus of Pierce Paxton Design Studio.

To meet the need for additional artists and craftsmen to produce her line, Karyl moved her business to New Orleans. Today, she creates products that are destined to become heirlooms.