Leslie Bannister is a Fort Worth-based interior designer, traditionalist, collector, and founder of two design-build firms that have quietly shaped the way the DFW Metroplex lives.

She and her husband Will founded Clarity Homes in 1998, building it from a single vision into a company of twenty employees, operating across more than six communities and producing over one hundred homes a year. Bannister & Co., their custom studio, represents the highest expression of Leslie’s design philosophy: that a home should be rooted in history, built for family, and designed to become legacy.

Leslie has worked across every scale and setting, including suburban neighborhoods, urban custom builds, ranch properties, and lakefront retreats, always through the same lens. As a traditionalist and collector, she brings a longer view to every project. The materials, the proportions, and the details that never date come from knowing what has always worked and trusting that it always will.

But the starting point is never the design. It’s the family. Leslie is genuinely curious about how people live, the rhythms of a household, the way a family moves through a space, and what a Sunday morning actually looks like in that kitchen. That curiosity is what separates a beautiful room from a home that truly fits.

She has spent her entire career designing for the city she calls home, while raising four boys in Fort Worth alongside the companies she and Will built from the ground up.

She is an Associate Member of ASID and a graduate of Texas Christian University.

Want to put Leslie and her team's design talent to work for you?
Visit ClarityHomes.com and BannisterCustomHomes.com to find out more about owning a beautifully designed home.