Style Influencer - Cheryl Luckett

Interior designer and owner of Dwell by Cheryl

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Though her career began on a different path, Cheryl Luckett always had a love for design. As a student at Tennessee State University—where she studied family and consumer science—Luckett first began to follow her passion for design, with her expertly styled dorm room often used as a model for prospective student tours.

After graduating, Luckett enrolled at Prairie View A&M for post-graduate work and went on to become a registered dietitian—a credential she maintains today. For more than 15 years, Luckett worked as a dietitian for a Fortune 500 company in Charlotte, but the call to design remained strong. So she enrolled in a local community college and earned a residential interior design diploma in 2017. After that, she took the leap and launched her own interior design company, Dwell by Cheryl.

In the years since, Luckett has built a successful career designing spaces in Charlotte and across the Southeast. Her work has been published in Traditional Home, Country Living, HGTV Magazine and Southern Living, among other outlets.

Luckett is a nine-time recipient of the Best of Houzz Award for Design and Customer Satisfaction, one of the Black Interior Designers Network’s African American Top 20 Designers and in 2019 was named one of Charlotte’s Best Interior Designers by Charlotte Agenda.

In 2018, Luckett launched a five-piece upholstered furniture collection—Belle by Cheryl Luckett—for Sylvester Alexander Fine Upholstery, and she also serves as design ambassador for Revolution Performance Fabric.

Accomplishment You are Most Proud of: Launching my first digital course for homeowners.

Colors or Color Combinations: I don’t design with them together often, but I’m definitely a pink and green kinda girl.

Go-to Paint Colors: Sherwin Williams Shitake and Marshmallow

What Color Would You Be? Mulberry bush. I love a rich, deep pinky purple—it has depth and range. It can be playful and sophisticated at the same time.

Sources of Inspiration: I often derive inspiration from textiles. My piano room was designed based on an African mud cloth I found balled up on a table at an antique mall.

Favorite Quote: “Never forget who you are, where you come from, and who sent you.” —Dad

Dream Project? I would love a project abroad. We have many clients who have landed in Charlotte but are originally from places outside of the U.S. It would be awesome to take on a second home for one of them.

Fave/Least Fave Trend: I like the return to warmth (browns, wood tones, earthy colors), and I wish accent walls with decorative molding would go away.

Favorite Charity: Furnish for Good, a Charlotte-based non-profit that helps those in need by donating well-loved home furnishings through a unique, empowering experience.