For over 20 years, Donna Talley has been a true creative force, having produced, directed and styled photo shoots for a wide variety of clients – from prominent home decorating retailers to the top national design & gardening magazines in the United States.

Donna’s first creative pursuits took her to The Juilliard School in New York, where she studied music composition. After several years of working in music marketing, she moved to Saratoga Springs, NY, where she parlayed her passion for gardening into IvyVine Topiaries, a nationally-recognized garden boutique.  Her shop was discovered by magazine and book editors, and those connections led her to pivot to the next chapter in her career.  She was recruited to creating projects for Better Homes & Gardens’ book division, which was a natural segue into producing stories for a multitude of design and gardening magazine titles.

Over the course of her career, Donna has produced hundreds of photo shoots and over 60 national magazine covers.  Her work has appeared in Better Homes & Gardens, Traditional Home, Country Home, Kitchen & Bath Ideas, Renovation Style and Country Living magazines, among many others.  She has also worked with several national brands such as Lowe’s, HomeGoods, Country Curtains and Calico Corners to create advertising campaigns and visual content.

In 2021, Donna launched her new venture, HomeStylingWorks®, where she shares her wealth of experience and ideas about all things home, garden, food and lifestyle. In 2025, Donna began producing videos for the new HomeStylingWorks YouTube channel.

Donna likes to say that, long after her Juilliard days, she is “still composing” – but for a visual medium instead of a musical one. With HomeStylingWorks®, she inspires her audience to create accessible, magazine-worthy spaces in their own homes and Make Their Every Day More Beautiful®.