charlotte restaurant design

What’s Next for Charlotte Restaurants - 5 Reasons to Hope

“2020 was an unprecedented year for the restaurant industry.” Something we’ve all heard endlessly. But it doesn’t really capture the...

Creating spaces for people to enjoy in the ‘new normal’

The ‘new normal.’ Unprecedented. Pivot. Just a few of the words that defined one of the strangest years in living memory. It certainly...

Celebrating 6 Years as Carrie Frye Interior Design

This month marks CFID’s sixth year in business. This fall is also my 25th year in the design business. Whenever these anniversaries roll...

4 Things I Learned By Skipping Work to Surf

Last month, I played hooky from work to surf in Costa Rica. Well, actually I attended a leadership development program where I learned to...

Patio Power: Making your restaurant patio a priority

In the Carolinas, patios are spots to enjoy year round, with the exception of the dog days of summer and a few frigid days here or there....

Scary Strategic

Back when I started my career in design, it never occurred to me to turn down client business. My bosses at the firms where I worked may...

Thankful for another year of designing spaces for people to enjoy

It’s that time of year again. Tomorrow most of us will sit around the table with friends and family to stuff our faces with turkey and...

"There's a Massive Restaurant Industry Bubble and It's About to Burst"

As someone who designs restaurants for a living, I found the headline above really provocative when I saw it. It's from a reporter who...

The Third Place and Work

I recently spent 24 hours in Nashville, and a quick visit to Nashville’s Pinewood Social got me thinking about where we live, work and...

CFID Third Anniversary

This month marks Carrie Frye Interior Design's third anniversary! This was our first completed project: Luna's Living Kitchen. Our client...

A Week Eating at Some of My Favorite Restaurants

A Week Eating at Some of My Favorite Restaurants (Full disclosure: they’re all clients of CFID Studio or clients I’ve worked with in a...