ABOUT
Tiffany Skilling Interiors is a full-service interior design firm + high-end retail store (Story) that specializes in 'storytelling through design. The TSI team is led by Tiffany and comprised of experienced, detail-oriented professionals that provide personalized and high-end interior design services for whole home renovation, new construction and custom design projects.
Our Vision, Our Dream
Storytelling Through Design
Our Mission, Our Promise
Inspired and curated design for every person who has stories that must be told.
Our Core Values, Our Commitment
Our core values are how we work and what makes us uniquely TSI.
Create Wellbeing
We are committed to contributing to the well-being of other humans by building relationships and creating spaces where a person can flourish.
Be Authentic
We take the time to understand how people lead their lives and what is important to them. Because authenticity in how we live and work builds confidence and creates joy.
Act with Integrity
Integrity means transparency and attention to detail in every aspect of what we do while staying true to our values.
Be Open
We are open to new ideas, to different perspectives, to learning, and becoming better together.
Build Trust
To us trust is personal. We lead with trust. Trust is having the confidence in others and ourselves that by living our core values we will create extraordinary and successful spaces.
MEET THE TEAM
Tiffany Skilling is the founder and principal designer of Tiffany Skilling Interiors, an Indianapolis-based luxury interior design firm and retail store. A native of Grand Rapids, MI, Tiffany attended Michigan State University, graduating with a degree in apparel and textile design. Tiffany spent the early years of her career as a fashion designer and clothing production manager in New York City. After the 2008 market crash, Tiffany felt something was missing and pursued a new path. She worked as Director of Operations for the high-end outdoor furniture company, Munder-Skiles in Garrison, NY, which introduced Tiffany to the interior design industry. She and her husband, Jon, eventually returned to the Midwest to raise their young family, first in Michigan where she worked for the retailer Anthropologie, and then in Indianapolis, IN, where they currently reside.
Tiffany’s early career experiences in fashion and textile design paired with her love for art, antiques and her own home renovation projects, inspired her to launch Tiffany Skilling Interiors in 2015. TSI began as Tiffany helped friends and family design their homes around their personal styles and Tiffany became known for her unique abilities to manage projects, lead historical renovations and create highly-customized designs.
Storytelling through design™ is what motivates Tiffany to share her passion on every project. Her firm designs modern spaces with timeless, classic sophistication, incorporating an eclectic aesthetic which is supported by a variety of global vendors, antiques, original art and products sourced from exclusive brands.
Tiffany’s work has been featured in numerous national media outlets which include The Cottage Journal, This Old House, HGTV, Apartment Therapy, LUXE interiors + decor, Business of Home and more. She has also served as an industry thought-leader and brand ambassador for an array of partners like Kohler, Robern and Tisdel/Subzero-Wolf.
Outside of design, Tiffany loves to spend quality time with her husband Jon, their two children and dogs. They enjoy traveling, cooking, creative endeavors, running and giving back. Tiffany actively serves in roles with the Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood Association, Habitat for Humanity Women Build, Women for Riley, and her design firm engages in multiple events to benefit the greater community throughout the year.
TIFFANY SKILLING
Owner & Principal Designer
Jon Skilling is the director of operations for Tiffany Skilling Interiors. A native of Grand Rapids, MI, Jon attended Indiana State University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management. While his career did not begin in the design industry, his experience in business consulting, operations and technology, coupled with being married to Tiffany, led him to join the Tiffany Skilling Interiors team and support the growth of the company in 2024.
Upon graduation, Jon moved to New York City, NY where he and Tiffany met. He began his career in the nonprofit world working for the New York Road Runners and thereafter pivoted into technology and worked for Apple in Connecticut and Grand Rapids, MI when he and Tiffany moved back to their home state. During his time at Apple, Jon developed customer service process improvements that were replicated company-wide and integrated into a global initiative. In 2012, the Skillings moved to Indianapolis and Jon joined Allison Transmission with roles in IT, vehicle technology, and mergers and acquisitions.
Jon founded his own consulting firm in 2020 to guide companies on M&A, strategy and management. Meanwhile, Tiffany Skilling Interiors continued to grow and explore new business processes and opportunities that required additional focus and expertise. In 2024, Tiffany asked Jon to join the company full-time as Director of Operations. In this role, Jon is responsible for the business operations and technology infrastructure that support the success, productivity and communication of the TSI team and contribute to a positive client experience. He is also responsible for leading key business initiatives and implementing growth and performance strategies for the firm and retail store.
Jon and Tiffany love working together and towards shared goals. As a family of four, the Skillings spend quality time together running, cooking, traveling, entertaining, spoiling their two dogs, and have enjoyed several home remodeling and restoration projects in their historic Meridian-Kessler homes.
jon SKILLING
Director of Operations
Donna Porter is the showroom manager for Tiffany Skilling Interiors. While her father served in the Air Force, Donna’s family moved around the United States until settling in Dayton, Ohio her freshman year of high school. From there, she attended Bowling Green State University and the Medical College of Ohio where she earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing. For the next 25 years, Donna worked as an intensive care unit nurse and raised her son, Austin.
Donna met her husband, Adam, on a blind date and had a long distance relationship for 10 years while waiting for Austin to graduate high school and study chemical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. In fall of 2014, Donna moved to Indianapolis to be with Adam and work as his nurse in the operating room and office taking care of plastic surgery patients. Sharing a love for historic homes, they lived in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood and purchased their dream home located on Meridian Street in 2017. Unfortunately, their home was struck by lightening which ignited a fire and resulted in extensive water damage from being extinguished. The couple relocated to a nearby apartment for the next 18 months while the home was restored.
Donna and Adam hired TSI to lead their restoration project. Tiffany and her then project manager arrived at the destroyed home for a consult wearing boots and offering hugs. Donna was fascinated with the design and remodeling process and wanted to be involved with TSI in other projects as well. Donna’s ability to manage complex patients translated seamlessly to TSI as she can assess and organize complex projects. Donna joined the team as showroom manager 2019 and maintains the TSI office, keeping clients and projects organized and accessible. She manages upholstery and framing art for clients and TSI’s showroom as well as the extensive inventory for purchase in the showroom. Donna’s caring nature supports both the TSI team and TSI clients as home visions become a reality.
DONNA PORTER
Showroom Manager