Coastal Classics to Offer Design Services by Award-Winning Interior Designer

For Immediate Release:
Sep. 5, 2006

For more information, contact:
Lyn Mettler, (843) 388-8376 or
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Coastal Classics to Offer Design Services by Award-Winning Interior Designer

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Andrea Kocher has joined Coastal Classics, a high-end Charleston home design, accessories and furniture source, as an interior designer. With her addition, Coastal Classics now offers design services to help customers decorate their homes in sophisticated, comfortable style.

Kocher, an award-winning interior designer from Naples, Fla., brings a variety of design experience to Coastal Classics, including high-end residential and commercial design, space planning, model home design, pre-construction, re-modeling and re-design solutions, as well as a broad knowledge of upholstery lines, case goods, fabrics and accessories.

In 2004, Kocher won the Gulfshore Life Design Award for Best Foyer for her work in a private residence in Naples. Additionally, she was honored in 2001 with the Sand Dollar Award for Best Feature in a model home kitchen.

Kocher received a bachelor’s degree in English and interior design from West Virginia University. Before joining Coastal Classics, she served a design associate at Donna Grose Interiors, Inc. and a design assistant with Robb & Stucky, both of Naples Fla. Most recently, she was a self-employed design consultant. As a Charleston interior designer, Kocher is also a member of the American Society of Interior Designers.