Jillian Chapin is the powerhouse founder of Graphite+Company, a Central Virginia-based interior design firm with projects spanning the commercial and residential sectors. She can best be described as a space-maker who applies practiced design rigor to spaces creating environments with beautiful purpose. A true creative study, she holds a Marketing Management Major and Music Minor from Virginia Tech, an MFA in Interior Environments from Virginia Commonwealth University, and is currently teaching cross-disciplined design technologies alongside her mentors at the VCU IDES program. Jillian is known best for applying simple beauty to a directly functional space. Her aesthetic is that of a personal functionality; putting people into spaces of intent. She has a talent for color, scale, detail, and surprise. Her clientele ranges from singles to young families to empty nesters and businesses of all sizes. She has no typical project: experiences vary from single room updates to entire home renovations, through several types of new commercial construction to curating museum exhibit experiences. Jillian has also cultivated a team of skilled contractors and craftspeople, allowing her to offer a full range of vertically integrated design services. Perhaps best known as an industry collaborator, Jillian has been a key contributor to leading firms including Madge Bemiss Architecture, Sadler & Whitehead Architects, LoCH Design, and Bella Designs Studio.