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Payton Patterson

Payton’s Place Designs Inc.

Prairie Provinces Chapter

Thirty Under 30: Payton Patterson

Payton Patterson is one of the outstanding young professionals in NKBA’s Thirty Under 30 Class of 2025. 

By Donna Heiderstadt

Growing up watching “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” with her dad, Payton Patterson dreamed of one day also having a pink hardhat like Paige Hemmis. Today, as the Owner and Lead Designer of Payton’s Place Designs in Regina, Saskatchewan, the 30-year-old is right in the thick of the home remodeling business, and yes, she wears a pink hard hat at job sites. “I really enjoy renovation projects because they tend to pose more of a challenge — fitting the client’s wish list within a confined space,” she says. “I believe great design evolves and that an original idea can become an excellent solution for a client when all parties bring their A game.”

But Payton, a 2016 graduate of Lakeland College in Vermillion, Alberta, where the Interior Design program is NKBA-accredited, is equally enamored with floral design, so when she started her own company in May 2021, she decided to wear two hats. Not only has she completed 75 home renovation projects since incorporating, but she’s also designed the floral arrangements for 136 weddings. “I was never able to let go of my love for floral design,” Payton admits of the side passion she developed while working in a flower shop in high school.

Image courtesy of Payton Patterson.

Payton, who describes herself as “bubbly” and says she’s already checked 306 items off her bucket list (with 249 left to go), was one of three finalists in the 2022 Saskatchewan Paragon Awards: Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2022. Not only is she a member of NKBA’s Prairie Chapter, but she also formed a local group to support other small business owners. “I believe in community over competition,” she says of the group of 20+ local interior designers “who get together quarterly in Regina to share and discuss business tips, project highlights, etc. so we can continue to grow, support, and learn together.”

Her favorite projects definitely involve older character homes. “I really enjoy Victorian, Art Deco, and traditional design styles,” she says. “However, I wouldn’t say I particularly have a design ‘style,’ as my goal for each completed project would be for friends of the homeowners to say, ‘Wow this is so you,” meaning the homeowner!”

“I wouldn’t say I particularly have a design ‘style,’ as my goal for each completed project would be for friends of the homeowners to say, ‘Wow this is so you,” meaning the homeowner!”

Payton’s husband of four years, Chad, is also an entrepreneur, and while dating they bonded over “running after our dreams and goals together.” In March 2025, they will be a family of three when they welcome a daughter. “I am so excited to start my family and raise my little girl to chase her dreams,” she says, “whatever her dreams may be.”  

Class of 2025

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ZLINE Kitchen & Bath

Sierra Nevada Chapter

Nuran Aliakbar

Abacus Cabinetry

Rocky Mountain

Kacie Atkinson

Nar Design Group

California Capital Chapter

Courtney Auten

Autograph Kitchens

Carolina Chapter

Caitlin Boland

Ferguson

Virginia State Chapter

Bethany Broussard

Crystal Remodeling

Columbia River Chapter

Eric Dillman

Eric Dillman Designs

Pittsburgh Tri State Chapter

Heath Fesenmeyer, CKBD

Don's Custom Countertops

Rocky Mountain Chapter

Conor Firkins

Tile Wholesales of Rochester

Central New York Chapter

Carol Fung

Ashley de Boer Interiors

British Columbia Chapter

Seth Hunt

Cambria

Texas North Plains

Sara Krupa

Moen

Ohio State Chapter

Mansi Makadia

Estheteak

Ontario/Canada Chapter

Scott Massey

ANU

Indiana Chapter

Ashley Mock

Highmark Builders

Minnesota Chapter

Payton Patterson

Payton's Place Designs Inc.

Prairie Provinces Chapter

MacKenzie Rediger

Stone Showcase

Georgia Chapter

Zoe Roberson

Wallflower Remodeling LLC

Eastern Carolinas Chapter

Lucas Rosa

BauTeam Chicago

Chicago Mid West Chapter

Russell Sang

Hudson Valley Property Group

Manhattan Chapter

Elijah Schochet

AJ Madison

Baltimore/Washington Chapter

Megan Schoenwetter

Marling Lumber and Homeworks

Wisconsin/Upper Michigan Chapter

Michaela Sedlak

Marks-Woods Construction

Baltimore/Washington Chapter

Mickayla Smith

Inspire Design Center

Ohio Valley Chapter

Victoria Thayer

Pedini NW

Puget Sound Chapter

Amanda Tong

Flatwater Finishes

British Columbia Chapter

Kay Trulaske

True Residential

Manhattan Chapter

Taylor Walker

Waler Woodworking DBA

Carolina Chapter

Nick Weaver

HomeBase Solutions, LLC

Tennessee Chapter

Emma Winn

C Change Design

Columbia River Chapter