Located in Kennewick, WA
Meet the Team
Proudly serving Kennewick, WA, and the surrounding areas.
KATIE CARLSON
OWNER & INTERIOR DESIGNER
Katie’s natural talent for design was apparent as a child. At the age of 8, her grandmother allowed her to redesign many of the rooms in her home. She would re-position the furniture; pick paint and the fabrics for the draperies. Her grandmother would then buy all of the supplies and they work together to put everything together.
As an adult, Katie studied at the Sheffield School of Design. She then spent one-year designing custom window treatments. She has a passion for window treatments and has designed many sophisticated styles. “I believe window treatments make everything come together in a room.”
Katie’s eclectic style uses old and new, contemporary and traditional, bringing a vibrant new energy to any room. Her sense of color and texture adds the finishing touch which makes every room shine. Her enthusiasm for every project, no matter the size, is apparent and results in repeat clientele and many referrals. She believes her biggest job is to listen to the client.
“If you listen well they will always tell you what they need by telling you about how they live. She believes all of us here at Spencer Carlson can design a beautiful room, but our goal is to create a beautiful room in the eye of the client.”
PAULA SPENCER
OWNER & INTERIOR DESIGNER
Passion: a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything.
Do you know what it’s like to find your passion at a young age? Well, it’s rare, for those that do; they have been given a gift. Paula recognized that gift and knew she had to follow it to wherever it would take her. Before her cap and gown were hung, she was off and running to Bassist Institute in Portland, one of the best design trade schools on the West Coast. There she would absorb the knowledge needed to add to her passion to be as good as she is today. That was in 1976 when she came back to her hometown and opened her first business at the tender age of 20. Since then she has been working with clients from all walks of life, all economic backgrounds, and most importantly, all personalities.
You can find her knee-deep into new construction, Parade of Homes, commercial office space, a simple family room for a big family looking for the balance between a big screen TV and entertainment space, all the way to that big house located high on the bluff overlooking the Columbia River. Most importantly she is comfortable in all of those spaces with each and every client, no matter the challenge at hand. Paula finds the greatest compliment when a client calls and says, “I love what we’ve done.”
MCKENNA SCANTLIN
INTERIOR DESIGNER
McKenna grew up in the Tri-Cities, helping her mom design and accessorize their family home. McKenna has always had a love for all things art, design, fashion, and thrifting. She ended up following her passion of interior design down to Fountain Hills, Arizona where she graduated from the American Institute of Interior Design and worked in the construction and design of homes in Scottsdale and the surrounding area. In 2020, she moved back to the Tri-Cities where she landed at Spencer Carlson Furniture & Design.
McKenna believes that it is the details that
make a home come alive; along with the
special little touches and feeling that only a true eye for design can curate. She has a
special talent for pulling accessories, colors, textures, and styles together to create a harmonious union. She loves to work alongside her clients to make their design dreams shine, no matter the style!
LARA HADDICK
Interior Designer
Lara grew up in Puyallup Washington and has lived in the Tri-Cities since 2011. Whether it was photography, baking, or art, she was always looking for ways to fuel her creative outlet from a young age. This passion led her to Washington State University where she earned her Bachelor’s in Interior Design with a minor in marketing. She is honored to be a part of the design process for each of her clients and loves helping them discover their style and create a space that perfectly reflects them.
ALI HENDON
Interior Designer
CHRISTINE BENTLEY
Interior Designer
Christine has loved making spaces feel like home ever since she can remember. Friends and family would always come to her asking for interior design advice, so Christine decided to take that design passion to the next level and attended Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Arora, Colorado where she earned her bachelor’s degree in sustainable interior design. During college, Christine found a new passion for AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite, and Revit software programs. She says, “you can play house, dream big, and get more of visual for a space.”
Christine loves diversity and creating spaces for each unique individual and seeing personalities flourish through their spaces. Her personal favorite style is a modern California Spanish home with a few sprinkles of midcentury here and there.