Our Story
“I love designing custom, luxurious homes that seamlessly blend beauty, tradition and creativity with practicality and function.”
Every Sailer Design home features a trademark and innovative attention to detail. Alyson possesses a unique gift, allowing her to integrate her clients’ dreams into functional designs, resulting in wonderfully livable homes. As a mother of four boys, Alyson truly understands the need for a house to “work.”
Founded in 2008, Sailer Design is the professional creative expression of Alyson Sailer. She combines the love of diverse architectural styles and traditions with a practical approach that makes Sailer Design homes both beautiful and functional. Every Sailer Design home features a trademark and innovative attention to detail. Alyson possesses a unique gift, allowing her to integrate her clients’ dreams into functional designs, resulting in wonderfully livable homes. As a mother of four boys, Alyson truly understands the need for a house to “work.”
Alyson obtained her Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Tennessee and her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Miami University. It was there, at Miami, where she learned to incorporate both stunning artistry and historical-style into her design strategy. After her graduation from Miami, she worked full-time renovating a 1920’s cottage. Doing the work herself, from stripping wallpaper to refinishing hardwood floors to a full kitchen remodel, Alyson developed a true appreciation for the building side of design. In her architectural career, she enjoys working with builders from the ground up, seeing something come out of nothing.
After obtaining her Master’s degree, she worked in Nashville, Tennessee with the nationally known firm, Southern Land Company, honing her skills designing homes in Westhaven, an award-winning traditional neighborhood development.
Alyson has been privileged to design a St. Jude Dream home, multiple Parade homes, model homes, and several Southern Living Home Plans. Many of her homes are located in prestigious Middle Tennessee communities such as The Grove, The Preserve at Echo Estates, Windstone, Laurelbrooke, and Witherspoon, and she is thrilled to have had two homes featured on this year’s James Hardie Parade of Homes.
Alyson has a passion for designing custom, luxurious homes from the ground up and enjoys guiding her clients through the process between the dreaming and the coming home. She has helped countless families into their dream homes. In Sailer Design homes, beauty, tradition and creativity blend seamlessly with practicality and function.
Testimonials
“Our experience working with Alyson to design our home was wonderful. She is a great listener and collaborator. She helped us to refine our ideas and create a home that is unique, beautiful and functional for our family.”
Mary & Colin Looney
Custom Clients
“I have been fortunate to work with Alyson on several different projects. Recently, we collaborated on the master design of a planned community at The Grove in College Grove, TN. I have found that her homes are concise, designed structurally well and most importantly beautiful! Alyson is one of the top designers I have had the pleasure to work with. Her designs and personality lend to a great project!”
Shane McFarland
President, Shane McFarland Construction
“Our connection with Alyson was immediate. She is an exceptional listener making the process not only easy, but a pleasurable experience. From the outset, Alyson was in sync with our vision and demonstrated such expertise. We would frequently comment that any change she was advocating required no approval from us. The collaboration with Alyson was effortless and so enjoyable!”
Doug & Karen Scott
Custom Clients
“Storied Development relies heavily on Alyson’s design skills and her sense of style. From designing spec homes for us to build in support of our lots sales efforts to the interaction and professionalism with our custom home customers, her involvement as part of the Grove Team has proven to be invaluable as we work through our community development process.”
Mark Enderle
Developer, Storied Living
“Alyson’s unique ability to match timeless elevations with well thought out, open floor plans makes her our preferred partner. We have successfully built over twenty Sailer Design homes over the last ten years. A true testament to Alyson and her team is the feedback we get from our sub base. Her plans are well thought out and stack well from an engineering standpoint. This saves the homeowner money in the long run by eliminating expensive engineering.”
Justin Davis
Davis Properties of TN
“Alyson walks the lot with us, conceptually placing windows at the perfect location for optimum views in order to take advantage of the best parts of the lots. For example, one home had a beautiful corner view of the golf course and creek. Alyson angled the back of the home to give it the perfect vantage point for the views. The large wall of windows was perfectly placed.”
Pat & Mary Hatcliff
Hatcliff Construction