Marta Powers

Marta Powers is the owner of MartaPOW LLC, a to-the-trade custom workroom in Richmond, Virginia providing upholstery and sewing services to residential, corporate and hospitality clients. Marta has been sewing and building since her youth beginning as a dressmaker’s apprentice, studying engineering and later clothing design, tailoring and pattern drafting. After a career path involving project management, data analysis, and several design firms, she has brought her own business vision to fruition: helping designers and clients realize their designs without sacrificing our valuable resources of time, materials and budget. The workroom stresses minimization of waste through better design, recycling of materials, efficient workflow processes and training. Also a member of International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA), Marta uses her unique perspective to champion bringing designers and fabricators together to achieve the best design results possible. Marta believes firmly that great design in the built environment should be accessible to all, and that craftspeople have a large role to play in achieving that goal. Educating the professional design community on what tradespeople can create aids in a holistic, successful design process.