About Mandarine Home

Courtney is the owner and lead designer at Mandarine Home. Courtney grew up in New York and Connecticut. She attended The Taft School and studied Art History, Studio Art and Economics at Dartmouth College. She went on to study and work abroad in Florence Italy, and spent three years living and working in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Courtney worked at Brown Brothers Harriman, Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan Asset Management, as well as the Argentine firm, Consultatio Asset Management. After 10 years on Wall Street, Courtney returned to the states to attend Columbia Business School and took a few courses at New York School of Interior Design. There, she found her passion and started working at a design firm in CT.

In 2011, Courtney moved to Winnetka, IL and stumbled into Susan Kroeger LTD. She loved the store and got a job as Susan’s design assistant. Courtney met Lori Waller while working there, and the two became good friends. In 2014, they decided to open a store of their own, Mandarine Home, in Glenview, IL.

In 2019, Mandarine opened a second retail-only location, in Darien, CT. In 2021, Mandarine opened a third location at 574 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Courtney’s hometown at the time, where they moved the interior design business. After a great run, Courtney and Lori decided in the summer of 2022 to go their separate ways. Mandarine Home remained in Connecticut until 2024 when we closed to find a new location. That took some time, but after Courtney’s last son graduated from high school she moved her home and the Winnetka store back to Darien. The new location is in the wonderful Darien Design Center at 523 Post Road Darien, CT. Come visit us!

Courtney is extremely excited to follow her passion in the town she loves so much. She loves being part of the community, giving back, playing sports, but most importantly, being a mother to her three children Gracyn, Butler and Walker. Courtney feels so lucky to have the wonderful clients she has and be able to run a full-service interior firm, with a retail location to complement. She has an unpretentious approach to design, with an immaculate attention to detail and a fresh twist on the classic aesthetic. Courtney’s team embraces every project with a delightful eagerness and sensitivity toward a practical lifestyle. Mandarine works productively and efficiently with any budget and loves every minute of it.