Raised in Washington, D.C., and California, Fennoy attended Denison University, in Ohio, where, she says, she always “pimped out” her dorm rooms. After graduating, she attended New York’s Pratt Institute and studied interior and furniture design in Denmark. She earned a master’s degree in interior design and she says that experience really taught her how harnessing the “power of design” can completely change the feel of a room.