ONYX + ALABASTER is a full-service interior design market with an adjoining design-forward coffee shop called ONYX + ALABASTER Coffee Lounge. This design experience is uniquely curated with an exceptional attention to detail offering award winning Interior Design Services inside a shopable market. Located on the square in downtown Franklin the jaw-dropping 1890s historic building envelops a modern and timeless environment that will captivate you the moment you walk through the door. With over 20 years of award winning design, and a recent feature in People, the heart of hospitality and attention to detail behind this brand is like no other.
"WE CREATE TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO LIVE A LAVISH LIFE."
HOW it all STARTED...
TANYA
Owner + Principal Designer
"I love inspiring others through experience and environments."
As a teenager, Tanya decorated her bedroom choosing black and white furniture and pairing it with high contrast wallpaper, a black floral on the top and a black and white stripe on the bottom. Her love for black and white has always been apart of her story.
Marrying young and buying her first home with her husband at age 22, decorating, sewing, and remodeling quickly became a passion. Tanya quickly learned that designing and remodeling brought great value to a home, it created a space for memories and love to abound! Her new found passion resulted in many home builds and moves, ultimately resulting in Tanya getting her builder's license. Although she would work in various industries, entrepreneurship, service, and excellence would remain a common theme.
After moving to Nashville in 2011, her passion for design would remain. In 2013, she began helping locals with their projects and ultimately building an Interior Design business from her side-hustle. Initially calling it Tanya Hembree Design, it would later take on the its own lifestyle brand called ONYX + ALABASTER.
Where'd did the name come from?
ONYX + ALABASTER, was founded with an emphasis on deep meaning and design. The word Alabaster, derived from the story of Mary on the pages of scripture, was captured as a reference to gratitude and adoration, an outpouring of her best to the Lord. Onyx came quickly after, also significant and mentioned in both Genesis and Revelation. Together they were Black + White, design-forward materials, and rolled off the tongue as though they were always meant to be. ONYX + ALABASTER has emerged to be a leading interior design studio/interior design market and has its very own coffee shop called ONYX + ALABASTER Coffee Lounge, a design-forward coffee experience. Its unparalleled and unique style draws guests from coast to coast to experience the beauty that has been curated at ONYX + ALABASTER.