05/31/2026
Celebrating 18 years of marriage today! Four Kids. Countless Risks. One Wild Ride.
In 2012, Ben and I did something that, looking back, seems completely on brand for us.
We renovated our home in New Braunfels, listed it on Facebook, and sold it in a single day.
With no grand business plan, no investors, and no safety net, we bought a little travel trailer, moved to Belton, parked it on my parents’ property near Lake Belton, and got to work.
That tiny travel trailer became home.
A warehouse became our workshop.
And a dream became a business.
In those early years, we painted furniture until our hands hurt. We loaded trailers in the dark, hauled pieces across Texas, and spent weekends at markets and shows. We set up booths at places like the Round Top Antiques Fair, Marburger Farm Antique Show, Zapp Hall, Austin events, and the Dallas Market Center, sharing our custom-painted furniture with anyone willing to stop and take a look.
We said yes to almost everything.
Custom furniture.
Commercial spaces.
Food trucks.
Fashion trucks.
Retail shops.
If it needed creativity, vision, grit, or a little bit of magic, we were willing to figure it out.
What many people don’t know is that from the beginning, our business was built on two very different strengths.
Ben has always been the builder, the implementer, the guy who can make almost anything happen with enough determination, a tape measure, and a pencil tucked behind his ear.
And me?
I’ve always been the dreamer.
The visionary.
The one constantly imagining what something could become before it exists.
I’ve spent the last two decades training my eye—learning how color, scale, texture, lighting, furniture placement, and storytelling can completely change the way a space feels. I’ve always believed a room should be more than beautiful. It should tell a story about the people living in it.
Together, that’s become our secret sauce.
I dream it.
Ben builds it.
Somewhere in the middle, magic happens.
Then something unexpected happened.
A mentor asked us to style her home before her daughter’s wedding. She wasn’t looking for a renovation. She simply wanted her home to feel beautiful, welcoming, and special for the people she loved.
So we restyled it.
And something clicked.
What felt intuitive to us was transformational to others.
Not long after, we completed a restyle for an artist in Salado. Then another project. Then another. We started sharing before-and-after photos online, and the inquiries began rolling in.
Slowly, without realizing it, we weren’t just painting furniture anymore.
We were creating homes.
We were curating stories.
We were helping people see beauty and possibility in spaces they already owned.
And that little experiment eventually became Guenther Design Group.
Over the last 14 years, we’ve weathered economic ups and downs, raised four incredible kids, moved houses, reinvented ourselves more than once, and built a business that reflects who we are at our core.
There were seasons when we didn’t know where the next project would come from.
There were seasons when we were booked a year out.
There were warehouse moves, late-night installs, impossible deadlines, wrong turns, big wins, hard lessons, and more coffee than I care to admit.
Through it all, Ben has been the calm to my storm.
The steady hand.
The logistics guy.
The problem solver.
The one who turns ideas into reality.
And I’ve been the visionary.
The storyteller.
The stylist.
The one forever chasing beauty, possibility, and the feeling that a home can change someone’s life.
Neither role works without the other.
Together, we’ve built something bigger than a business.
We’ve built a life.
What started in a little travel trailer with a big dream has become a company, a calling, and a community we are incredibly grateful for.
And if the last 14 years have taught us anything, it’s this:
Sometimes the craziest ideas become the most beautiful stories.
❤️ Ben & Allie
Guenther Design Group
Dreamer. Builder. Four kids. 18 years. Still creating. Still believing. Still just getting started.
