About LHK design
LHK design is a hospitality – focused interior design firm creating spaces that feel calm, intentional, and enduring. With deep experience across hotels and restaurants, our work is guided by wellness, sustainability, and a clear understanding of how people truly experience a space.
Rooted in hospitality, our approach extends naturally into residential work inspired by the feeling of retreat – spaces designed to offer a sense of respite, ease, and quiet luxury. Whether shaping a dining environment, a guest experience, or a private home, we focus on atmosphere, flow, and emotional connection.
The result: spaces that feel restorative, intuitive, and quietly elevated.
Our Approach
Thoughtful strategy, intentional design
We believe every successful interior beings with a holistic design strategy that integrates concept development, brand alignment, operational insight, and user experience. As a strategic design partner, we engage early with owners, operators, and brand teams to shape design strategies that align vision, budget, and functional requirements.
Our process considers wellness, sustainability, and human-centered design at every stage. By understanding how people move, gather, dine, and interact within a space, we create interiors that are cohesive, purposeful, and enduring. Every decision – from layout and flow to finishes and lighting – is informed by the overall experience, ensuring that the final environment performs as beautifully as it looks.
Why LHK design
Strategic insight, cohesive interiors, exceptional experience
Clients choose LHK design for our ability to translate vision into interiors that are cohesive, intentional, and carefully considered. We engage early to help define direction, refine ideas, and guide decision making – particularly for hospitality projects, where concept clarity and alignment are essential.
This collaborative approach allows us to anticipate challenges, streamline approvals, and ensure each design supports both experience and long term value. Whether designing a hotel, restaurant, or residential retreat, our goal remains the same: to create environments that are human – centered, brand – aligned and designed to perform beautifully over time.
Our Perspective
Design that performs and resonates
Design today is about more than aesthetics – it’s about creating environments that support well – being, tell a story, and deliver lasting value. As hospitality evolves, so do we, remaining attuned to emerging trends, operational needs, and guest expectations.
At LHK design, we believe strong interiors are felt as much as they are seen. By applying a hospitality lens to every project, we help clients create spaces that perform operationally, resonate emotionally, and endure over time.
Awards, Recognition & WBENC Certification
Award winning, woman owned, trusted
LHK design is recognized for both design excellence and leadership within the hospitality industry and is included on multiple hospitality brand Recommended Designer Lists, serving as a trusted design partner to leading brands nationwide.
- 2022 CID Award for Hospitality Tile Design
Beachcombers Restaurant & Wet Whistle Poolside Bar – Myrtle Beach, SC
- 2016 CID Award for Sustainable Design
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott – Waterbury, VT
LHK design is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBENC), affirming that the firm is women-owned, operated, and controlled.
Leadership
LHK design is led by Lori Kramer, IIDA, LEED AP, CEO and Principal Designer. Lori is a certified interior designer with extensive experience across hospitality interiors, including hotels and restaurants, as well as residential projects inspired by the sensibility of hospitality design. Her work reflects a deep understanding of brand standards, guest experience, and the operational realities behind successful hospitality environments.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Design and Environmental Analysis: Interior Design from Cornell University and a Graduate Certificate in Construction Project Management from New York University.
Lori’s leadership combines design excellence, technical mastery, and strategic oversight, guiding hospitality and residential projects from concept through completion while ensuring every decision supports both the client’s vision and the user experience.
