Today we’d like to introduce you to Melinda Trembly.
Hi Melinda, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
Rincon Road is my personal lifelong journey and I am excited to share it with you. I’m a born and raised California girl living on my family’s avocado ranch in Carpinteria. I never felt the need to move far, did I mention the avocados? I was taken along on many of my parent’s adventures. We would drive from horse show to horse show across the country, we would travel a bit like gypsies. Always off the beaten path, finding the hole-in-the-wall restaurant or discovering a new trading post along the way. I loved this time with them and the treasures we collected.
When I wasn’t traveling with my parents, I spent a lot of my time with my grandmother and her two sisters. Coming from a strong Italian immigrant family and living through the Great Depression really left them no choice other than hard work, family, and tradition. I spent many a back patio afternoon sipping iced tea and enjoying the stories from their childhood and adolescence. How “Mamma’s” pan was the best to use for polenta or the story of how they found a chandelier on an evening walk through Montecito. I just fell so in love with their stories, and am lucky to hold pieces of them now. (That chandelier now hangs in my dining room.) And while we sadly lost all three ladies within a year, this has only proven to give the stories more meaning. For it’s these strong ties to things we have that hold history that inspires me, this is why I want to keep the stories alive!
I’ve always loved design and art. After graduating with my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from the Design Institute of San Diego. I returned home, working for prominent Santa Barbara based architecture and design firms, providing me with invaluable relationships and experiences. Rincon Road design studio was founded in 2009 after becoming a mother. I created a line of hand-printed home and lifestyle goods while continuing to work on interior projects. We enjoy a simple life on our ranch close to family and our growing animal menagerie. I’m so happy to be able to pass these stories and traditions on to the next generation and to continue doing what I love to do.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
It has not been a straight road, but I’m reminded that life never is, and the joy is in the journey. The challenges of raising a family and growing a business are always there. In the beginning, I put a lot of pressure on myself to be perfect at it all. The truth is we all have strengths and we all have weaknesses. It’s ok to ask for help knowing you can help someone in return. I don’t like to use the word balance because the scales are never balanced, it’s more of an ebb and flow. I work on it every day.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Rincon Road Design Studio?
Rincon Road Design Studio is a boutique interior design studio + lifestyle brand lead by Melinda Trembly. We offer our clients a slower-paced lifestyle, a reconnect to their roots. We help them appreciate their surroundings and those around them. Rincon Road offers full-service interior design, working with clients from conceptual design through construction and beyond. We forge meaningful relationships with our clients, architects, and tradespeople along the way. We aren’t afraid to get our hands dirty, offering creative and sometimes unconventional solutions to our client’s design challenges. Here on Rincon Road, we get personal with our clients because we care. We are a sucker for a good story and look forward to hearing yours.
We believe in… the simple life | taking the back roads | Sunday suppers | getting our hands dirty | family traditions | taking time to run through the sprinklers | and of course, homemade pickles.
Do you have any advice for those just starting out?
Go to work! The best place to learn is under someone you respect. Find an internship and start now, you don’t need to have years of experience, just get your foot in the door and leave your ego outside. Expect to start at the bottom doing things that don’t even pertain to the job you want, but be the fly on the wall always listening and absorbing what is happening around you. Opportunities will open, you will make mistakes, and you will learn from them, it’s expected. Don’t be so caught up in the end goal that you aren’t enjoying the moments and celebrating the milestones as they come. Oh, and when an opportunity to travel arises, ALWAYS take it!
Contact Info:
- Website: rinconrd.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rinconroad/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RinconRoadDesignStudio/
- Youtube: https://youtu.be/3WlXDaVwCBw
Image Credits
1 – Cater Photography 2 – Riley Yahr Creative Studio 3 – Cater Photography 4 – Blake Bronstad 5 – Cater Photography
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