The Lawson Studio now open

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BAY ST. LOUIS Al Lawson has opened a second interior design studio at 406 Blaize Ave. near The Little Theatre and Community Center. The original Lawson Studio is in Raymond, near Jackson.

Al is a licensed interior designer with a degree in architecture. His Bay studio offers beautiful furniture, drapery, window coverings and home accessories he’s found in markets in Atlanta, Houston and Las Vegas.

“There are two parts of what I do,” he said. “One is called space planning or laying out cubicles and landscape furniture in big open areas where people work. That’s the cerebral part of my world. Then there’s the artistic end of it, what is what we see on HGTV.” The majority of interior design work, he said, typically is involves doing budgets and checking on orders.

Al has done design work for St. Dominic’s Medical Center in Jackson, King’s Daughter’s Hospital in Brookhaven, Southern Farm Life Insurance in Jackson as well as residential projects in New York City and Florida. His work on the University of Southern Mississippi’s Long Beach Hardy Hall renovation was completed last spring.

Al’s wrapping up an interesting project at the new Mississippi Crime Lab. He’s also working on what he describes as a fascinating project: converting the old Eastland Federal Courthouse building on Capital Street in Jackson into a mixed use development with restaurants, stores and apartments.

Al and his wife, Cathy, will host an open house at their new studio Jan. 17 at 4 p.m.

The new Lawson Studio is open by appointment Monday through Wednesday, and Al works in the Bay studio every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Call 601-594-6202 for more information.