Southern Fried Design Barn

Established in 2012, Southern Fried Design Barn is a southern-inspired design studio and wholesale and retail gift business located in Nashville, Tennessee. 100% of its employees are females, including owner and designer, Amy Kinslow. Southern Fried Design Barn products including shirts, kitchen towels, stationery products, and other gift merchandise are carried in over 300 stores nationwide with many of its products printed and produced by local community printers in Nashville. Southern Fried Design Barn has collaborated with several high-profile businesses including Country Music Television, Style Blueprint, The Loveless Cafe, Country Living Fair, ABC’s The Chew, Carla Hall, and has been featured in Southern Living Magazine, Country Living Magazine, The Tennessean and other publications. In 2016, Kinslow was able to donate over to Dolly Parton’s My People Fund from sales of her best-selling shirt design, “Dolly for President.” In 2020, she expanded her business into a small private warehouse and is open by appointment only. She is a yearly exhibitor at AmericasMart Gift and Home Market in Atlanta, Georgia, and Dallas Gift Market in Dallas, Texas — both highly attended by wholesale buyers all over the world. She also exhibits at holiday shows, markets, and fairs throughout the southeast. Kinslow has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Middle Tennessee State University and has clients for whom she designs logos, billboards, social media graphics, t-shirts, and multiple other assets for. Her products are sold wholesale and retail. You can support her small business by purchasing directly from her at southernfrieddesign.com. SFDB is always looking for businesses to collaborate with; send all inquiries to Operations Manager, Samantha Storey at sam@southernfrieddesign.com. Send design work inquiries to Amy Kinslow at amy@southernfrieddesign.com. You can follow them on Instagram @southernfrieddesignbarn and on Facebook at Southern Fried Design Barn.