Laurette Shaw

An entrepreneur and experienced interior designer, Laurette Shaw has owned CLS Interiors since 2014. As an independent designer, she has worked on projects throughout Atlanta as well as on assignments in Colorado, Iowa, and Florida. She also has partnered with J. Davis Architects to remodel the individual units and community spaces for the Yards, an apartment home community in the NoDa district of Charlotte, North Carolina. Among her current projects, Laurette Shaw is overseeing renovation and design work for resorts in Alys Beach, Florida, and the Bahamas.

While completing a BS in interior design at the University of Georgia, Laurette Shaw began her career as an intern for Phillips Incorporated. Following graduation, she continued working with Phillips and assisted builders and clients with the design of new homes for The Landings residential resort community on Skidaway Island, near Savannah, Georgia. She then joined Interior Design Atlanta, where she planned the layout and interior design for homes in Atlanta's northern suburbs and condominiums in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

In her free time, Ms. Shaw enjoys playing doubles tennis and golf, as well as going on ski trips with her family. She travels both domestically and abroad, utilizing the opportunity to acquire new art and home furnishings. A Savannah native who supports local institutions, Laurette Shaw and her spouse donated a 100-acre parcel of land to the Savannah College of Art Design (SCAD) for use as a covered pavilion by the school's equestrian team.