Laura Keeler Pierce Discusses The Impact of Moving Fourteen Times

Interior Designer Laura Keeler Pierce (pronounced “purse”) lived in fourteen different houses before she graduated high school. Each move had an impact on what music was available to her—a move to Connecticut marked her introduction to the radio station Z100 and living in Montreal led to her discovery of her favorite band, Stars. A hyperfixation on her surroundings was also a “leveling up” she experienced because of this nomadic lifestyle, so to speak. New construction because of needed renovations and then the decorating that would follow formed a bedrock of experience. A somewhat circuitous career eventually led Laura to RISD—Rhode Island School of Design—where she finally found her way into interior design. While she was still a student, a friend of hers asked Laura to design a condo in Charlestown. She accepted, and with support from a studio she was interning at, she took on the project and never looked backed.