About Catherine Ward

Catherine Ward, an Atlanta designer who relocated to rural North Carolina, studied interior design at Converse College in South Carolina. Since then, she has worked in the furniture and design industry for 25 years. Over time, she has become a chameleon of interiors and developed an appreciation for many styles of furniture which allows her to assist clients in discovering a look of their own. Catherine's attention to detail is what helps her create just the right look for each of her clients. "I am thankful every day that my passion for the industry continues to grow," she said. "There is always some new piece that just puts me over the moon!" In her personal time, she's remodeling her family's farmhouse, which her grandparents built over 60 years ago. With Catherine's knowledge and vast experience, you're assured to receive incredible design assistance, as she helps you find the best bang for your buck.

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Catherine Ward first & foremost made this the great experience that it was. There is no substitute for experience and talent!
 
I told Catherine what my needs were and she met them. I was initially going to make an appointment and travel to Furnitureland South, however as I see it now, Catherine made an immediate positive impression on me by showing me items online that proved to me that we could work together without me making the trip.
 
Two complete bedrooms, living room and dinning room all designed to a taste of my liking. Catherine's skill as a decorator gave me the confidence in knowing that what we selected was all well-coordinated in a decorative sense. The floorplans of the areas to be furnished were obtained by Catherine as were the present colors, design and architecture. I’m a better person because of this experience, and best of all, I now have what I want: a beautiful home to live in and enjoy! Thank you Furnitureland South & Catherine Ward! —Jimmy G.

We are repeat customers of Furnitureland South and we want to tell you about our experience with your design consultant, Catherine Ward. Catherine was wonderful to work with. It wasn’t that she was just nice, friendly and funny. She was extremely knowledgeable regarding the furniture manufactures and their differences in quality. She was very helpful in selecting fabrics, finishes, and pieces that complemented each other. She would give us her honest opinion (and that is what we wanted) about whether various pieces of furniture would go together or clash. She always found another option for us when something we chose didn’t work out.

She did twice the work for us. In August, we came to FLS and selected all the furniture for a new 2-bedroom condo. Three days later, that condo deal fell through and we were buying a completely different condo. That put everything on hold. We came back to FLS October 2nd to work with Catherine again on selecting different pieces. She was very understanding about our situation and great to work with.

We will certainly recommended her to our friends. We can’t wait till we receive all the furnishings she helped us select.! —Jenifer M. and Lester J.

My table arrived an hour ago and it is absolutely stunning! The table is perfect and now my family room is finally complete, thanks to our design consulant, Catherine Ward. She was awesome to work with! Catherine was so helpful and great with follow-up; a great design consultant to us! –Marriane B.

Catherine Ward was truly amazing. The service was incredible, starting with Catherine being available any day and any time, to delivery & installation, and the amazing delivery men. We are thrilled we our with our furniture, and I can’t say enough about you and the Furnitureland South team! —Cindy D.

Catherine's level of professionalism and attention to detail is above and beyond! And, she was truly creative, patient and organized. All in all, Catherine turned what could have been an overwhelming trip into one that was fun, engaging and inspiring. I am truly looking forward to continuing to work with Catherine on this project!!! —Allyson S.

We can’t thank Catherine enough for helping us last week!

Catherine's knowledge of the different manufacturers, their products and the different options they offer was quite remarkable. She made a daunting task seem easy and 1 week later, we have absolutely no doubts that we made great decisions. —Becky C.

I want to express how grateful I am to have had Catherine and Grady help me with my furniture selections for a home we are building in Florida when I came to your store yesterday. 

I sent Catherine the plans, several likes of pieces I wanted and information for the look I was trying to achieve. My husband and I visited the showroom the day before to kind of prequalify some of our likes. 

I came to my appointment on Saturday hoping to leave with at least a sofa, the bedroom set I liked and hopefully a dining table. You can imagine how excited, relieved and thrilled I am to be sitting here on Sunday and knowing my whole house was furnished yesterday, including area rugs and several accent pieces. I did not expect this. I thought I would have to fly back down and spend a couple of more days walking the showroom.  Catherine and Grady read my mind and knew just where to walk to find what I wanted. Even after seven hours, Catherine happily found just the rug I wanted to achieve a fun look in one of the guest bedrooms. She is truly excellent at her job. She and Grady are approachable, hear me and are knowledgeable about the products and how to get the look I want.

My experience was wonderful. Fun even, can you believe? I will return to Furnitureland one day and certainly will share my great experience with my friends.

It is a wonderful store. I was surprised to see so many manufacturers that I love all under one roof. —Holly & Mike F.

We were victims of Hurricane Harvey and we traveled to Furnitureland South to replace all of our furniture. We worked with Catherine Ward, and she was fabulous! Catherine went above and beyond to help us, and walked us through the entire place. She even stayed with us hours after the store closed just to make sure we found exactly what we were looking for. Catherine was excellent and we would highly recommend working with her! Thank you for everything, Catherine. — Travis H.

We are working on a 7,000 square foot project right now. Four bedrooms, living rooms, Lanai's, pool areas. We've been here since Monday afternoon, and by tomorrow we will be wrapping up this project which is really incredible for a house of this size. In my very short experience with Catherine she is right to the point. She knows exactly what i'm looking for, saves me hours, hours of time and that is critical to me because I don't have a lot of time. And she knows exactly what all the lines are, where everything is, and it makes our job very easy in putting together beautiful projects. Overwhelmed — that's the word that I get all the time. They are overwhelmed, that's why it is critical that you have good staff like Catherine to navigate through this store. We need to see what we need for our projects and that's why the staffing here is is so important and Catherine's been sensational.

As always, our experience was delightful. Catherine Ward was most informative, extremely helpful & has the most charming personality! We plan to do more business with her in the near future. — Shirley S.

Catherine Ward was highly knowledgeable, professional, and responsive. We have shopped at FLS on several occasions, and Catherine is the best designer we've encountered. She assisted us in selecting several rooms of furniture, and we are very pleased with it all. Catherine is a real pro, and we're fortunate that she was assigned to help us! — DB 

We recently had the pleasure of working with Catherine Ward to select our new living room furniture. Once she chatted with us for a few minutes & gained an understanding of what we were looking for, she escorted us to numerous galleries until we found exactly what we wanted.

She was also instrumental in assisting us with a selection of fabrics. Her knowledge of the various galleries, which can be overwhelming to a guest, along with her patience & friendly personality really made buying furniture fun! Our new furniture looks great and is exactly what we had in mind. Thank you for everything, Catherine! — Rick & Kathy S.

We had the best experience designing our home with Catherine Ward! Catherine was so helpful as we selected pieces for our new living room, kitchen, outdoor living area & bedroom.  She was able to quickly understand  our style preferences & impressively pulled everything together. 

Catherine is extremely knowledgeable, professional, & welcoming.  We sincerely appreciated all that Catherine did for us! We will be back! — Steve & Jackie G.

My husband & I wanted to express our heartfelt thanks for the wonderful experience we had with Catherine Ward & Sydney Harris at Furnitureland South. For three days, Catherine & Sydney guided us to plan & select furniture for our new vacation home in Florida and made it a fun, laughter-filled and easy process.

Catherine & Sydney's attention to detail, design, ability to understand our style & addressing all of our questions & concerns made the experience all the more enjoyable. In the end, we left saying 'what a wonderful experience in all aspects we had from start to finish'.

We have Catherine & Sydney to thank for making it so, and we look forward to future room designs with this amazing design team! — Carly & Doug P.

My Design Consultant, Catherine Ward, went above and beyond in trying to make my purchase exactly what I was looking for. She not only spent much of her day trying to show me furniture items that might have fit what I had in mind, but then emailed me ideas afterwards until we got it "just right".