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Owner

Harper Haus Interiors

In 2017, with two children and a husband in medical school, Kelli Esposito left her corporate job in the fashion industry to follow her lifelong dream. However, while Esposito said she opened Harper Haus Interiors with nothing more than passion and grit, life presented another hurdle to clear.

“We had just welcomed our third baby girl in 2019 when we found out we were moving to Oklahoma City for my husband’s four-year ER residency. I thought the business would suffer with the move, but the calls for home remodels in Southwest Florida continued, and I traveled back and forth from OKC to RSW every month with the kids in tow,” she says. “I learned to always go with your gut. If something doesn’t feel right, let it go and the next door will open.”

In 2022, Harper Haus Interiors opened its first official design studio in Naples and established a permanent presence in Southwest Florida. But Esposito has still found time to give back. After Hurricane Ian, she helped raise money for those affected by the storm, helped clean out homes and delivered meals, care packages, toiletry kits, clothing and bedding in the weeks after the storm.