CABINET CREATIONS NC - Key Persons

L.N. Bagnal realized his version of the American dream with the founding of Bagnal Lumber Co. in the early 1920s, a company that continues to strive for excellence and innovation a century later. L.N. was born just outside Columbia, South Carolina in 1890. Armed with an eighth grade education L.N. went to work in a saw mill, admiring the salesmen who regularly called on the mill. His dream was to become one of the men in the suits. He married Susie Mae Lofton, a McClellanville native and 1910 Winthrop College graduate, who spent six years teaching in various South Carolina communities before meeting aspiring young businessman, L.N. In the early 1920's the Bagnals moved their family from Columbia to Winston-Salem to be closer to the furniture industry. Here Luther realized his American dream with the founding of Bagnal Lumber Co., a successful lumber brokerage. Today, great-granddaughter Mara Bagnal Gardner designs and manages projects. L.N.'s great granddaughter Mara Bagnal Gardner began her career with Bagnal Lumber Co. in 2006 after completing seven years as a retail advertising executive at the Winston-Salem Journal. Born and raised in Winston-Salem around the family business Mara is a third generation R.J. Reynolds High School Alum where she was a 1994 Morehead nominee. Her passion for art and design led her to study abroad at Lorenzo De Medici in Florence, Italy, before graduating from UNC Chapel Hill in 1998, where she was a Chi Omega, double majoring in Studio Art & Economics. Post-graduation she studied with the NKBA, honing her kitchen and bath design skills. She manages projects for Cabinet Creations from conception to completion and loves nothing more than making clients' kitchen & bathroom dreams a reality!