Interiors & Procurement

High-end residential design grounded in real-world building experience.

For decades, Mark Lynn Design has been trusted by Nashville builders, developers, and homeowners to create some of the area’s most recognized custom homes.

Our interiors and procurement division brings architecture, interior design, and material sourcing together under one roof — for a more cohesive, efficient, and financially thoughtful build from start to finish.

Nashville, Tennessee Est. 1991 Architecture · Interiors · Procurement
Daphne Harding-Smith, Director of the Interiors and Procurement division at Mark Lynn Design
Daphne Harding-Smith · Director, Interiors & Procurement

Our Approach

Integrated design. Practical execution. Better results.

The best homes are not created through disconnected decisions. Our process brings drafting, interior design, material sourcing, and builder collaboration together early — while the plans are still evolving.

That means every decision can be evaluated through multiple lenses at the same time: aesthetics, functionality, constructability, pricing, long-term value, and project cohesion.

The result is a smoother process, stronger execution, and homes that feel intentional at every level.

One Process · Every Selection

From plans on paper to materials on site.

Instead of treating architecture, interiors, and product selections as separate conversations, we bring them together from the beginning — aligning the homeowner, builder, designer, and draftsman before construction begins.

  • Interior selections
  • Cabinetry direction
  • Plumbing fixtures
  • Lighting
  • Flooring
  • Tile and stone
  • Hardware
  • Paint palettes
  • Windows and doors
  • Specialty materials
  • Material sourcing
  • Vendor coordination

Leadership

Where design meets investment discipline.

The interiors division is led by Daphne Harding-Smith, a Nashville-based developer, designer, and real estate professional with a background in residential development, finance, and high-end home design.

Daphne holds an MBA in Real Estate and Finance from The University of Alabama and previously worked with BlackRock and Harbert Realty Services before transitioning into residential development and design. Her experience spans custom development, interior design strategy, construction collaboration, and investment-focused project planning across Middle Tennessee.

By combining practical construction knowledge with a strong understanding of design, marketability, and value creation, Daphne helps clients make informed decisions that improve both the home itself and the overall project outcome.

Education
MBA, Real Estate & Finance — University of Alabama
Career
BlackRock · Harbert Realty Services · Residential Development
Press
Featured in Southern Lady
Markets
Nashville · Middle Tennessee
Instagram
@nashvillemodernliving

A Look at the Work

Recent projects. Daphne’s portfolio.

Photography · Nashville Modern Living · Pixel Crew Media · Built by Broadway Builders

Aerial view of completed residential project, Nashville
Sitting room with a tufted leather chesterfield sofa, ribbed swivel chairs, and a round wood coffee table
Upstairs landing with a fluted wood accent wall, sculptural pendant lights, and black horizontal stair railing
Kitchen pass-through window over the sink framing a pool with a tiled water-feature wall
Home office with a geometric wood inlay accent wall, wood desk, and shearling accent chairs
Great room with vaulted ceiling, dual skylights, and a ribbed fireplace wall behind a boucle sectional
Entry foyer framed by open black steel front doors, wide-plank floors, and a wood console table
White oak switchback staircase with black metal railing below a fluted wood accent wall
Open-concept great room, kitchen, and dining area under a vaulted ceiling with pendant lighting
Symmetrical living room with facing boucle sofas around a round wood coffee table and ribbed fireplace wall
Living room with vaulted ceiling and ribbed fireplace wall, sightline through the foyer to the front door
Kitchen with full-height white oak cabinetry, a waterfall marble island, and fluted island paneling
Kitchen with waterfall marble island, brass hardware, and a paneled range hood over the range
Kitchen counter with brass fixtures opening to a vaulted great room with sculptural pendant lighting
Galley butler’s pantry with ribbed tile backsplash, wood cabinetry, and a paneled stainless refrigerator
Vaulted great room with stone fireplace in a Mark Lynn Design transitional farmhouse, Nashville
Large white and wood island kitchen with custom range hood in a Mark Lynn Design home, Middle Tennessee
Dining room with round table, chandelier, and black steel door in a Mark Lynn Design transitional farmhouse
Moody media room with dark walls and fireplace in a Mark Lynn Design Nashville home
Vaulted primary bedroom with warm staging in a Mark Lynn Design custom home, Nashville
Primary bath with double vanity and freestanding soaking tub in a Mark Lynn Design home, Middle Tennessee
Modern contemporary kitchen with dark cabinets, waterfall island, and pendant lighting in a Mark Lynn Design home

Concept Study

Middle TN Equestrian Concept

AI-assisted concept renderings · not photographs of built work

Members of our team have designed in equestrian communities across the country — Hidden Hills, California among them. This concept study brings that language home to Middle Tennessee: reclaimed white oak, Tennessee limestone, and hand-troweled plaster set against the rolling Williamson County countryside we’re so proud to call ours. The polish of the country’s great equestrian enclaves, done the way Franklin does everything — warm, grounded, and uniquely Heartland.

Concept rendering of the arrival at a long, low contemporary ranch home behind a white three-rail fence and gravel motor court
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the front entry approach to a contemporary equestrian ranch home
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the front corner elevation of a contemporary ranch home with board-formed concrete and timber
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the rear of a contemporary ranch home at dusk, a glazed gable and timber loggia over a zero-edge pool
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the zero-edge pool and timber loggia at dusk
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the rear corner elevation overlooking the pool terrace
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of a courtyard built around a retained oak, with a stone fire bowl and timber barn beyond
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the timber barn structure adjoining the courtyard
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the courtyard stone fire bowl at low eye level, retained oak overhead
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the great room, a planked vaulted ceiling, skylights, and a stone hearth
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the kitchen opening into the great room
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the stone hearth and vaulted ceiling in the great room
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the primary bath, a carved stone soaking tub at a steel-framed window wall
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the primary bath vanity
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design
Concept rendering of the carved stone soaking tub
Concept Rendering · Mark Lynn Design

The Full Deck

Read the long-form Interiors & Procurement deck.

The full presentation walks through our integrated approach, why builders and developers benefit, and a deeper look at recent work.

View the deck

Common Questions

Asked often. Answered plainly.

What does Mark Lynn Interiors actually do?

Mark Lynn Interiors is the firm’s interiors and procurement division — the practice that carries a home from plans on paper to materials on site. The team handles finishes, fixtures, lighting, cabinetry direction, tile, stone, hardware, paint, and the decisions that shape how a home feels once people live in it. Procurement is the second half of the job: because Mark Lynn Design works across hundreds of residential projects, the division carries product knowledge, vendor relationships, and pricing context most individual clients cannot get on their own, and uses that leverage to buy better products at better pricing. The division works from the plan, the budget, the builder’s schedule, or the selections already underway. The goal is simple: a beautiful home at a developer’s price — finished, cohesive, and financially thoughtful from start to end.

Who leads Mark Lynn Interiors?

Mark Lynn Interiors is led by Daphne Harding-Smith, Director of Interiors & Procurement. Daphne is a Nashville-based developer, designer, and real estate professional whose background runs through residential development, finance, and high-end home design. She holds an MBA in Real Estate and Finance from The University of Alabama and worked with BlackRock and Harbert Realty Services before moving into residential development and design; her work has been featured in Southern Lady. That resume is the point of the division: interiors decisions are investment decisions, and Daphne reads them both ways — what a selection does for the way a home feels, and what it does for the way a home performs as an asset. The Interiors studio works by appointment from Ampersand Studios on Music Row, at 1030 16th Ave S, Suite 200, Nashville.

How does Mark Lynn Interiors get clients better pricing on finishes and materials?

Volume and knowledge. Mark Lynn Design works across hundreds of residential projects, which gives the interiors division three things an individual client shopping alone cannot assemble: relationships with vendors who see the firm again and again, product knowledge across every category from cabinetry to hardware, and real pricing context — what things should cost, not what a showroom says they cost. The division uses that leverage on the client’s behalf to get premium finishes and materials at the best possible price, and to keep every selection making sense for the budget as a whole. Finishes matter: they are part of how a home feels, how it sells, how it lives, and how the money shows up in the final product. The mission is to put the firm’s experience and buying power to work for the client — so the home feels finished and the money feels well spent.

What selections does the Mark Lynn Interiors team handle?

The full run of decisions that turn a construction project into a finished home: fixtures, lighting, cabinetry direction, tile, stone, hardware, paint, and the finish materials that have to work together in one coherent whole. Each selection touches the others — the stone answers the cabinetry, the hardware answers the lighting, and all of it has to answer the budget. That is why the division treats selections as one integrated body of work rather than a shopping list, sequenced against the builder’s schedule so decisions land before they become delays. The team can carry the whole scope from the first finish conversation to materials on site, or pick up selections already underway and bring them home. Either way the aim is the same: a home that feels cohesive and deliberate, delivered through a process that respects both the construction calendar and the client’s money.

When should the interiors team join a project?

Before the decisions stack up. The earlier interiors are part of the conversation, the better the home usually gets — early involvement means selections are made with the plan, the budget, and the builder’s schedule instead of against them, and money is allocated deliberately rather than absorbed by whatever was chosen last. Mark Lynn Interiors can start from the plan itself, working alongside the Design division while the drawings are still moving; from the budget, before a single finish is chosen; from the builder’s schedule, sequencing selections so nothing holds up the field; or from selections already underway that need direction and a firmer hand on pricing. Late is still workable — the division picks up mid-project regularly. But the pattern after hundreds of projects is consistent: homes where interiors joined early feel more cohesive and spend their budgets better. Bring them in before the decisions stack up.

Bring us in before the decisions stack up.

The earlier interiors are part of the conversation, the better the home usually gets.
We can work from the plan, the budget, the builder’s schedule, or the selections you already have underway.

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Mark Lynn Interiors · Ampersand Studios · 1030 16th Ave S, Suite 200, Nashville · By appointment