about wldwst

wldwst is an interior design studio and boutique located in downtown Leesburg, VA. Our design studio provides full service, hands-on design and decorating services to homes and businesses throughout Northern Virginia and DC. Our team handles every detail of residential and commercial interior design projects including concept development, design renderings, product sourcing, and installation.

The lifestyle shop showcases our signature design style and features curated products from small brands, local makers, and found vintage goods. The shop is filled with unique accessories, furniture, useful items for the home, local art and ceramics, and perfect gift options for anyone on your list.

Visit the wldwst shop to experience our work first hand! We view our shop as our living, breathing design lab - where we experiment with design ideas while telling the stories of all our very favorite independent brands.

Interested in working with us on your design project? Email Colleen and Lori at interiordesign@wldwst.co 

the wld and the wst

Several years ago, we collaborated on a wide variety of creative endeavors through our respective solo businesses (Wild Green Yonder + Colleen West Interiors). We casually started referring to ourselves as #wldwst. It stuck. Creating together is more fun than creating solo. Now we are building our creative community through our studio space and retail shop in downtown Leesburg, and serving our clients through interior design, creative direction, merchandising and styling.

Rose Green

Lori Tran, the “wld” half of wldwst, is the founder of Wild Green Yonder, a boutique floral studio specializing in naturally organic, botanically inspired design. Wild Green Yonder has created custom floral arrangements, installations, and botanical designs for hundreds of wedding clients, magazines, online publications, and organizations. She has collaborated with several national brands including Madewell, Everlane, The National Cherry Blossom Festival, Ritz Carlton Hotels and many others and was voted “Best Wedding Vendor” by Washingtonian Weddings Magazine in 2020 and 2019.

Prior to founding Wild Green Yonder, Lori worked with a non-profit organization managing programs designed to teach retail entrepreneurship to high school students. She studied fashion merchandising and marketing at VCU and FIT and has industry experience in the fashion wholesale business, e-commerce sales and customer service, visual merchandising, and spent many years on the retail sales floor focused on luxury skincare and high end leather goods.

Lori is thoughtful and analytical and thrives on creating order amid chaos. Her creative skillset is balanced with a business-minded approach to serving wldwst clients. She dreamed of opening a storefront and made it happen. Her next dream is to become an investor in small businesses and brands.

Donald Clark

Colleen West, the “wst” half of wldwst, is an established commercial interior designer with local small business clients including restaurants, breweries, running shoe stores, yarn shops, clothing boutiques, and independent booksellers. Her creative ability is unlimited and she has designed and constructed countless store window displays, permanent and seasonal art installations, retail fixtures, furniture, and interiors. Her work has been featured in print publications including Home & Design Magazine and Washingtonian Weddings.

Prior to founding Colleen West Interiors, Colleen developed her 3-D design skillset working as a visual display coordinator for Anthropologie, a brand renowned for their creative windows and product displays. It was there that she honed her ability to create from scratch, and became a master of improvisation and thinking creatively on her feet.

Colleen is an endlessly creative, multi-faceted designer with an empathetic, compassionate heart for her clients. Not only can she design it, she can also build it - and currently creates custom furniture, installation and display pieces for clients. She dreamed of forming an interior design studio and made it happen. Her next dream is to expand her design team to serve even more clients for both residential and commercial spaces.

Jeremy Cho

better together

As wldwst, Colleen and Lori have crafted 3D botanical installations, created displays, conceptualized and executed events, designed photo sets, creative directed product and brand photo shoots, created digital content, developed custom products, designed commercial interiors, and hosted their beloved series of in-studio pop-up shops that evolved into their newest venture - a permanent wldwst shop in Leesburg! Most importantly, they’ve built a community of like-minded creatives, business owners, brands, artists, and makers that believe in the power of collaboration and the value of genuine relationships.