Our Team

Lee Gallagher, Designer

A University of Tennessee graduate in Art and a native Nashvillian, Lee has had experience in both Design and retail. She has become Bella Linea’s official Maitre d’: she ‘doesn’t meet a stranger’, loves people and linens, and is truly one of the nicest, most enthusiastic people you’ll ever know.

Jennifer Smith, Designer

Our newest Designer, Jennifer, is a native Nashvillian and a graduate of O’More College of Design. With seven years of design experience under her belt, Jennifer has proven to be creative and a fast learner.  To unwind, Jennifer enjoys creating scrapbooks and dabbling with jewelry and accessorizing.

Beth Wittrig, Designer

Beth has been with Bella Linea for seventeen years, and is our resident caretaker (she looks after Belle, our recently retired store cat, along with the rest of us). An Art graduate, Beth can look at a color and see other shades that the rest of us can’t. Amazing! As our designated “Linen Professor”, she also knows more about linens than most of our manufacturers do. Besides being creative, she’s practical, too---such as knowing how to fit the right linens with a bed that may be piled high with kids and pets. And as the most tactile-sensitive of our group, her enthusiasm for linens is contagious. Which spills over to our clients, too, with her track record for consistently being tops in sales.

Emily Krenkel,

Media & Design Coordinator

An artist in every sense of the word, Emily comes to Bella Linea with a degree in Graphic Arts from Auburn University. Her after-hours interest is her business:  Sips n Strokes®, where she teaches students how to paint. Emily is our design and media coordinator, and is responsible for marketing materials, photography, social media, and our web site. We’re fortunate to have her “can do” happy attitude along with her expertise in design and computer skills!