CGaia Designs Houston, Texas
Primary bedroom with a hammered-metal canopy bed, floral chandelier and a pair of red velvet chairs.
Living room corner with grey grasscloth walls, a cream sofa and a sculptural white lamp on a brass side table.
Loose garden arrangement of mauve roses and trailing greenery in a bronze vessel on a white plinth.
Canoe filled with dark burgundy hydrangeas drifting on a still river at dusk.
White ranunculus, tulips and chamomile spilling from a striped pedestal vase on a white plinth.
Fuchsia and burgundy arrangement with berries and dahlias on a plinth.
Living room with twin Christmas trees, Santa figure and layered red and white pillows.
Fuchsia spray roses, red parrot tulips and white stock arching from a striped compote on a marble side table.
White bust wearing a crown of red tulips, ranunculus and trailing greenery.
Gilded ballroom set with round tables, towering coral and burgundy arrangements and silver candelabra beneath chandeliers.
Cluster chandelier of ribbed glass globes on brass chains against blue botanical wallpaper.
Moody mauve roses and smoke bush in a dark footed urn.

You know how it should feel. We make it exist.

Houston interiors, floral, seasonal and event design.

CGaia Designs is a Houston multidisciplinary design studio led by Christy Gaia, working across interiors, floral, seasonal and experiential design for clients.

Serving Houston, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Sienna and beyond.

Most spaces are decorated. Few are designed.

A room should feel collected rather than simply completed.

We approach every project through layers of color, texture, proportion and unexpected detail, building environments that feel personal rather than prescribed. From a single selection to a complete transformation, each decision is part of the larger composition.

The work is layered, textural and meant to be felt from the doorway. Restraint has its place. It is not the point.

The medium changes. The eye does not.

Candlelit tablescape detail with magenta calla lilies, burgundy hydrangea and moss beside crystal and silver.White sofa beneath a hand-painted willow-tree mural wall.Styled marble coffee table with design books, a hammered bronze bowl and greenery in a stone vase.

Most projects are divided among people who never speak.

The florist chooses a palette. The decorator chooses another. The planner holds the calendar. Everyone does their part correctly, and the result still does not hold together, because no one was responsible for the whole thing.

We design across disciplines so that decision is made once. The florals relate to the interiors. The installation respects the architecture. The event does not sit on top of a room, it belongs to it.

Bride seated in a canoe filled with deep burgundy hydrangeas on a still pond at dusk.
Jewel-tone centerpiece of peonies, roses, allium and trailing privet berries in a brass compote on a veined marble table.

One eye. One direction. One person accountable for how it feels when the door opens.

Services

Interiors

Layered, considered rooms built on space, proportion, material and light.

Explore Interiors

Floral

Custom floral design and installation for weddings, galas, productions and private celebrations.

Explore Floral

Seasonal

Christmas and seasonal environments designed into your home rather than added to it.

Explore Seasonal

Selected work

Detail of a curved white-oak archway with paneled cabinetry, opening to a dining room with steel windows.
Layered arrangement of white ranunculus, lilac sweet peas and greenery in a striped vase, styled on a stack of design books.
Ballroom table beneath an oversized blush lampshade crowned with giant paper flowers, hung with trailing fresh florals, ringed by gold wire chairs.
Wide view of a white floral installation running up a staircase beneath a green velvet drape, in a white timber-frame event hall.
Soft beige bathroom with a freestanding tub, chevron stone wall and a pearl-strand pendant in brass.
View down a ceremony aisle framed by wooden chairs and floral installations, beneath crystal chandeliers in a timber-frame hall.

This works best when you want a point of view.

Our clients tend to know how a space or an occasion should feel and want someone to translate that into something they could not have specified on their own. They are drawn to layered, detail-rich environments. They would rather be guided than handed forty options.

If you want something quiet, minimal and restrained, we are probably not the studio for it, and we will tell you early.

“Christy has an incredible ability to walk into a space and immediately see what it could become. Every detail felt thoughtful, elevated, and completely personal to us.”

— Heather W., Houston, TX

“Christy made the entire process feel effortless. She understood our vision almost immediately and brought together details we never would have thought of ourselves.”

— Darlar Family, Missouri City, TX

“The flowers were beyond anything we imagined. Every arrangement felt abundant, artistic, and intentional. Our guests talked about them all evening.”

— Evelyn F., Houston, TX

“Walking into our home after the holiday installation was unforgettable. Everything felt layered, luxurious, and magical without losing the personality of our home.”

— Sarah K., Sugar Land, TX

“From the custom invitations, printed materials, florals and to the smallest styling details, everything was beautifully considered. Christy created an atmosphere, not just an event.”

— Madison K., Memphis, TN

The work has traveled.

Floral design for Love Is Blind, Season 10. Super Bowl events. The First Lady's Luncheon in Washington, D.C. Galas, productions and private installations across the country and abroad.

Work at that scale runs on someone else's timeline, in someone else's building, with no second attempt. It is a useful thing to know about a designer before you hand her your home.

Houston-based. Not Houston-limited.

Hiring freelance or collaborative support?

Working with our studio
Primary bedroom with a hammered-metal canopy bed and floral chandelier.
Red rose and dahlia arrangement on a stone pedestal.
Twin decorated Christmas trees flanking a living room fireplace.
Moody lounge with a curved teal velvet sofa against mural wallpaper.
White and green arrangement in a classical urn.
Gala ballroom dressed with candlelight and florals.
Candlelit Italian dinner tablescape with red napkins and bud vases.
Living room with white-oak arches, marble island edge and a tailored ivory sofa.
White-flocked Christmas tree in a neutral living room.
White delphinium, daisies and gerberas in terracotta pots.
Event tables set with gold chairs and white florals.
Workbench of white ranunculus and cymbidium arrangements in the studio.

Every project begins
just like yours

with a room, an occasion, a feeling. And at CGaia Designs, we make it exist.

Tell us about your project.

Every project begins with a conversation about the space, the occasion and how you want it to feel. The more we understand up front, the better that conversation will be. Complete the questionnaire and Christy will follow up personally.

Sculptural arrangement of blue globe thistle, red gomphrena and arcing grasses in silver ikebana vessels on a white pedestal.

Depending on the project, the next step may be a phone call, a consultation or an in-person site visit. Interiors and seasonal projects typically begin with an in-home visit.

Tablescape of coral wicker flamingo baskets, parasols and roses on eyelet linen.
White garden-style arrangement with dramatic shadows on a plaster backdrop.
Newlyweds laughing with a red bouquet while a bagpiper plays before an Irish castle.
Black ombré and graphic patterned pillows styled on an ivory sofa.
White ranunculus, chamomile and sweet peas in a ribbed vase on a round table.
Deep burgundy hydrangeas spilling down stone castle steps with a willow basket.
Floral design team gathered beneath greenery installations at the 2026 First Lady's Luncheon.
Bride in a gilt chair surrounded by red roses beneath an oil portrait.
Speakers on stage before an American flag at the First Lady's Luncheon, tables dressed in white florals.
Classical bust crowned with red and white florals on a marble console.
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