Cassandra Buckalew Works

Cassandra Buckalew graduated Magna Cum Laude from The Art Institute of Atlanta, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design. While in college she studied all aspects of the built environment including the different focuses of interior design:  Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Retail Design and Historic Preservation. Because of the demanding curriculum at The Art Institute, she has a strong background in art history, history of design and history of architecture. Upon graduating, she was hired by one of the Southeast’s most prestigious residential design firms. Cassandra is a lifelong-learner and believes in continuing her education, skills and training. She has trained privately in fashion illustration and is currently enrolled at Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology studying Interior Design for the Yacht and Boatbuilding industry.

She has served on several committees and boards in the community, including the Board of Directors at The Marietta Welcome Center and Visitors Bureau, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, and The Cobb Chamber of Commerce as Marietta Area Council Director in 2012.  She graduated from Leadership Cobb in 2010 and Honorary Commanders in 2011 and served on the Honorary Commanders Steering Committee in 2012 and 2013. She Co-Chaired the Marietta Christmas Pilgrimage Tour of Homes in 2010, 2011, and 2012, The American Cancer Society’s Swordsman’s Ball in 2011, and The Art and Design Show House in 2012. In 2010 she was named by Cobb Life Magazine as one of their “Top 40 Under 40,” and The Atlanta Journal and Constitution featured her in their “My Style Fashion Feature” as one of the most fashionable people in Metro Atlanta.  In 2013 she was named YWCA’s Woman of the Year and was named one of The Georgia Symphony Orchestra’s Southern Notables in 2013.

She is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, and Design Collective Atlanta. In March of 2013 Atlanta Magazine featured her design project for the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art and Design Show House, and she won a Top Ten slot in a design competition to redesign the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Buckhead. In 2015, CODA (Collaboration of Design and Art) Magazine showcased her restaurant project, House of Lu, in their Transformative Walls feature and in August of 2018 she was featured in Modern Luxury Interiors Atlanta magazine for a residential project.

She maintains several design clients, both commercial and residential, all while balancing her community/volunteer work, her creative endeavors, school, and her love of fashion, art, architecture, design, and travel. Currently, she serves on the board at Earl Smith Strand Theatre and lives off the Square in Marietta with her husband Brian and English Bulldog named Huck.