About — 21 Interiors
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ABOUT

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BASED IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA

WHO WE ARE

We have a diverse team full of passion for residential interior design. We strive to give you the best client experience by focusing on you and your design goals. Our style is your style – well designed for your lifestyle needs. Connect with us today to bring your dream space to life!

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CHRISTINA FORREST

Founder + Principal Designer

The desire to improve lives drew Christina to interior design.  “Functionality can be beautiful and stylish, but it requires thought, engineering and detail” – it was on this idea that Christina started 21 Interiors in 2011. An Arizona native with a stint on the East Coast, Christina graduated from Boston University with a BS in Marketing.  After a few years in the corporate world, back to school for Interior Design she went.  Working for both architects and interior designer she honed in on the important piece of design - Functionality.  21 Interiors was found on the idea that functionality can be beautiful, but more importantly functionality is personal.  What’s functional to one may be different for another.  Designing with this principal has guided her in building what 21 Interiors is today - “Our style is your style, just well designed”.

Christina loves to travel, and has been all over the world.  If she’s not working on a project, or on a Catamaran in the Mediterranean, you can find her entertaining friends and family in the backyard by her pizza oven.

Jocelyn Abruzzese

Lead Designer

MEET JOCELYN ↓

Jocelyn has always been obsessed with architecture and interior design, creating a hand drawn full set of architectural plans for her dream home when she was in middle school. But it wasn’t until after working in retail and office management that she decided to pursue her passions. She went back to school and earned her AAS in Interior Design at Mesa Community College while her kids were still little. Jocelyn started her interior design career as a materials rep before deciding to dive into residential design and joined 21 Interiors in 2017. She loves the collaborative process of design with the homeowners and coming up with new ideas for every space, whether it’s in a cabinet layout or mixing materials and textures.

Jocelyn lives in Mesa, AZ and spends her time with her husband and three kids paddle boarding, snowboarding, skateboarding, wakeboarding, charcuterie boarding – just about any activity on a board – exploring Arizona and beyond. She’s still working on her dream home, room by room.

Lindsey Bellhorn

Associate Designer

MEET LINDSEY ↓

Lindsey is a born and raised native of Arizona. She doesn’t hail from a traditional design background, having pursued a degree in exercise physiology and psychology. However, she has a passion for helping others and while in an assisting role at 21 Interiors she quickly learned that design was for her and became an integral part of the team. Lindsey loves seeing the process of a design come together from the first meeting with a client to furniture install day. Helping clients build a dream space should be exciting, effortless and fun. And if there’s one word to describe Lindsey FUN would be it!

When Lindsey isn’t helping clients bring interior design visions to life, she spends time with her family. You will find her outside on the fields, or on a date with her husband.

 

NANCY RAO

Furniture COORDINATOR

MEET NANCY ↓

Nancy assists 21 Interiors with ordering and tracking furniture, art and accessories; a key component to the interior design process.

Kaitlyn Kropf

Associate Designer

MEET KAITLYN ↓

Kaitlyn comes to 21 Interiors from Arizona State University. She received a BSD in interior design in May 2022. Her love for interior design started when she was young and has been pursuing the career since high school. She loves how functionality can meet beautiful design to create spaces that can improve everyday life. She is drawn to organic, modern, and cozy interiors with elements of mid-century modern design. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her loved ones and her two poodles.