MEET VICTORIA
Victoria Pouncey is the owner of Folly, a home furnishings store and interior design studio in Charlottesville, Virginia. Victoria believes in a philosophy of livable luxury, creating spaces for her clients that are beautiful and unique yet completely comfortable and functional for today’s lifestyles. She has a passion for sourcing interesting and unusual pieces that set Folly and her clients’ homes apart.
Victoria brings her clients many years of project management experience as well as a wealth of information about new technologies, design trends, and products she discovers at the many industry events and markets attended every year.
The shop and interior design projects have appeared in Southern Living, Abode, Albemarle Magazine, Richmond Home and Wine and Country Living and on the Architectural Digest website.
Victoria moved from New York City to Charlottesville, Virginia sixteen years ago and began her career in design. Victoria’s sophisticated eye was developed during a 17-year career at Christie’s, the world’s leading auctioneer. As Senior Vice President and International Head of Proposals, she collaborated with top executives and specialists to bring some of the most important works of art and collections to auction in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong.
Victoria’s love of art, architecture and travel has taught her to appreciate a wealth of international influences that inform her taste. Combining traditional and modern elements is another key to Victoria’s successful interiors, and she loves the challenges that this can bring to the process.
Victoria has served on the board of the not-for-profit Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, been a member of The Women’s Committee of Martha Jefferson Hospital, and co-chaired Albemarle Garden Club’s Design Forum 2023 with Mark D. Sikes. She received a BA in Art History and International Relations from the College of William and Mary.