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Melissa Oholendt

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Melissa Oholendt found her passion for interior design in her youth; buying shelter magazines with her allowance from picking strawberries in the backyard and painting her bedroom that perfect shade of navy blue. However, after beginning her interior design college education in 2001, it took more than 15 years, a fast paced career for a distressed debt hedge fund in Minneapolis and a decade long entrepreneurial career in photography, for Melissa to step into her purpose in 2019, where Oho Interiors began. Melissa has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, LivingEtc, Domino Magazine, Rue Magazine, Business of Home, Homes & Gardens and has a ongoing partnership with Perigold, the luxury retailer. You can also find her on a few podcasts such as The Interior Collective and Consider the Wildflowers with more coming in 2025. Melissa was named a Top 40 Expert on the prestigious platform The Expert and was a keynote speaker at The Haven Workshop & Midwest Design Retreat. In 2025, Melissa was named a House Beautiful Next Wave Class of 2025 Designer (and passed out from surprise).

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