Our Firm: VLA is a top interior design firm in New Orleans, LA, USA. Specializing in design services for residential & hospitality industries, custom furniture, and renovation. We provide holistic design for our clients from initial sketches to project commencement. Valerie Legras is a native of Epernay, France. She attained her Master’s Degree in Interior and Product Design from Ecole Camondo in Paris, France where she lived and worked as a young adult. She has formally acquired different means of expression, not only in interior design, but also in excellence of culinary arts training from the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France. Family life brought her to New Orleans, Louisiana where she further realized her passion for transformative change as expressed in the redesign and renovation of spaces and structures for use in commercial, public, and personal living. Valerie’s own metamorphosis has followed a unique career trajectory. Her career has afforded her diverse experiences in both creative and technical fields including design and construction, educational software, culinary arts, and photography. All of these creative skills are linked to her rigorous commitment to research into any creative challenge, then blended, with her aesthetic vision and driven by her passion for metamorphoses. valerie@valerielegras.com