Michele Pelafas

Michele Pelafas is an entrepreneur and an interior designer. Her brand, Michele Pelafas, Inc., offers design services for various clients in the beauty, wellness, and health industries. With an eye for spa design aesthetic and a hospitality-centric mindset, she has built her brand to include a vast network of clients and partners including salons and day spas, wellness care centers, medical spas, nail salons, hotel fitness centers, and healthcare facilities. Michele Pelafas, Inc., specializes in professional design consultation as well as strategic interior planning. Integrating wholesale spa furniture and equipment, working with operators, owners, consultants, architects, and designers across the United States and elsewhere.
Michele brings to her business over 16 years of experience in the niche beauty and spa industry. Her portfolio includes hundreds of projects and showcases award-winning designs. Michele leverages her expertise to educate others and is often a presenter at industry trade shows. She is frequently featured in industry trade publications. Michele built her company to embody her values and style. Inspired by her love for travel, fashion, and the latest trends, she uses her work to create value and meaning in the minute details of her projects. She believes the most significant impact often comes from the smallest actions.
==Early life & education==
Michele Pelafas graduated with honors from the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago, Illinois. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in interior design. She is a licensed interior designer.
Her design philosophy is premised on incorporating the concept of beauty and the beauty industry in design and furniture. Additionally, she believes in touching every aspect of the design process, including manufacturing. She specializes in spas, salons, women’s and wellness centers, medical spas, nail salons, fitness centers, and residential designs. She works with hundreds of clients across the United States and globally.
The Michele Pelafas, Inc. brand, based in Elmhurst, Illinois, was established in 2014. The brand has a firm of specialized, beauty-industry-minded interior designers. Michele Pelafas serves as the founder and artistic director. Design services are available for beauty, spa, hospitality, hair salon, medical spa, nail salon, and private residential environments. The company provides space and floor plan design, lighting, 3D illustrations, color concepts, construction management, computer renderings, and fixture planning. Michele Pelafas, Inc. also designs and manufactures their furniture, including cabinetry.
In 2023, Michele Pelafas, Inc. began a partnership with Ashley James of Dermastic Aesthetic Consulting to develop and design mobile MedSpa models.
Michele Pelafas and her namesake brand have been featured in industry trade publications such as American Salon and Salon Today.
==Additional activities==
Michele Pelafas and the Michele Pelafas, Inc. brand donate to beauty industry scholarship and mentorship programs. She is a staunch believer in the rippling impact of even the smallest action and shares her success strategies and story with young women interested in entrepreneurship.
==References==
==External links==
* Michele Pelafas Official Website
* Michele Pelafas on Facebook
* Michele Pelafas on Instagram
* Michele Pelafas on X
* Michele Pelafas on Medium
Category:American entrepreneurs
Category:American interior designers
Category:Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago alumni