AK Design Group is an American interior design firm based in Brentwood, Tennessee, specializing in hotel interiors and furniture procurement. Andrea Gillespie founded the firm in 2002.
History Andrea Gillespie, an interior designer certified by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification, founded AK Design Group in 2002. Headquartered in Brentwood, within the Nashville metropolitan area, the firm works with hotel owners and developers across the United States and Canada.
Work AK Design Group has been credited as interior designer on several franchised hotel projects. Working alongside Cassa Conde, the firm handled design services for the 144-room Hilton Garden Inn in St. Pete Beach, Florida, which opened in 2021 for developer OTO Development.
The firm also led the overall design of a $6 million renovation of the Hampton Inn Columbia Downtown Historic District in Columbia, South Carolina — owned by Windsor Aughtry and managed by Hospitality America, and was the interior designer for a $2.6 million renovation of the Hampton by Hilton Roanoke Downtown in Roanoke, Virginia, completed in 2026.
Its portfolio also includes the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Pittsboro in Pittsboro, North Carolina, part of the Mosaic development at Chatham Park, which opened in 2024.
Recognition 2026: NEWH TopID Award, Mid-South Region, AK Design Group 2023: NEWH TopID Award, Mid-South Region, AK Design Group 2019: NEWH TopID Award, Mid-South Region, AK Design Group 2011: Boutique 18 Top Designers, Boutique Design magazine, Andrea Gillespie
Award-winning projects 2025: Triangle Business Journal SPACE Award, Top Hospitality/Entertainment Development, Hampton Inn & Suites Pittsboro 2025: Hospitality Design Award, Best Budget/Select-Service Hotel Public Space, Motto by Hilton Bentonville Downtown, for which AK Design Group provided guestroom and corridor design and procurement 2024: Choice Hotels Ring of Honor, Cambria Hotel Davenport Quad Cities 2021: Hilton Americas Development Award, Hilton Garden Inn Conversion, Hilton Garden Inn St. Pete Beach 2019: Hilton Americas Development Award, North America New Build, Hampton Inn & Suites Kansas City Downtown Crossroads 2019: Hilton Americas Development Award, Conversion, Hampton Inn Key West
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