Lori Backen Interiors

Lori Backen Interiors exemplifies the feeling of the California lifestyle. Her interiors are warm and inviting, comfortable yet sophisticated, casual with a touch of playfulness. Over the past 20 years she has created gorgeous environments for clients throughout California, Colorado, Georgia, Montana, Utah, Washington and New York. Lori has worked on several high-profile interior design projects including the Sundance Institute and Robert Redford’s private residence in Utah, the guest suites at George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch, the Aspen Institute and the Crown Family Private Residence in Aspen. Her work ranges from luxurious mountain homes, rustic fly-fishing lodges, highly acclaimed restaurants and hotels as well as high-end residences in Bel-Air, the Napa Valley, Silicon Valley, Reynolds - Lake Oconee, Aspen, Santa Monica, Malibu and the Hamptons. The restaurant French Blue that she designed and owned with her former husband, architect Howard Backen, in St. Helena was listed in Architectural Digest as “One of the 10 Most Beautifully Designed Restaurants of 2012”. Lori has been published in “From the Land” by Daniel P. Gregory and Howard Backen for Rizzoli, “Weekend Houses” by Penelope Rowlands for Chronicle Books, "California Cottages" and "California Wine Country" by Diane Dorrans Saeks for Chronical Books, and the "Pottery Barn Design Library" series published by Oxmoor House. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, California Homes, C Magazine, Forbes, House Beautiful and Metropolitan Home.