Skillfully blending a creative sensibility with strategic business acuity and a strong sense of community, Tiffeny Meyers is carving her own niche in the Chicago market. Her transition from interior design to real estate showcases a woman driven by a deep desire to help and inspire others. Her approach to helping clients find homes is as personalized and thoughtful as the unique spaces she once created and now helps others discover.

Tiffeny’s journey to becoming a trusted real estate advisor and recipient of Redfin’s own President’s Club award began in the small city of Mendota, Illinois, where the values of community and craftsmanship were instilled in her from a young age. Through her family’s furniture and flooring business, Meyers Furniture, Tiffeny learned the importance of hard work, quality, and service early on. 

“From the time I could hold a dust rag, I was helping out at the store,” Tiffeny explains. “On Christmas, they would dress me up like an elf and I would serve wassail to clients dropping in on the holiday. I’d also do radio commercials with my dad, but I was mostly installing furniture or on cleaning duty until I was old enough to sell.”  

Tiffeny’s work ethic didn’t stop at her family’s store. Her love for candy and innate drive to work for what she wanted inspired her to figure out ways to make her own money. “I had a lemonade stand; I tried to sell pretty rocks I found; I set up a hair wrap station, and I even tried to open a ‘beauty salon’ at the end of our driveway,” Tiffeny recalls, laughing. “Surprisingly, no one let me cut their hair, but one person let me paint their nails for a dollar.”

Tiffeny’s passion for art took off in high school. While she received scholarships for her paintings, she knew she didn’t want to risk ending up a starving artist. So she decided to combine her creative talent with her background in the family’s furniture business to pursue interior design.

Tiffeny was first introduced to the idea of working in real estate during an internship while attending Harrington College of Design in Chicago. “My boss was a woman who wore many hats: designer, REALTOR®, business owner, mom, and more. She saw something in me and encouraged me to get my real estate license. However, this was in 2008. Thus, I put getting my license on hold once the recession hit,” Tiffeny shares. 

Instead, Tiffeny was swept into the world of commercial real estate after college, designing offices and refurbishing used office furniture. After five years of commercial design, she shifted into residential, and found moving from a very impersonal position working with businesses to a very personal, much more emotionally involved position working with people a refreshing change of pace.

After a while, Tiffeny began to feel the pull to focus less on spatial design and finishes, and focus more on working directly with people, helping them find the perfect home if they couldn’t design it. By 2015, Tiffeny was ready to make the full dive into real estate. While in many ways the move was a long time coming, she found all her experience in design to be a boon to her real estate business.

“After spending years studying building systems, infrastructure, and designing spaces, I have a great eye for pointing out what makes a home a good or bad investment,” Tiffeny asserts. “It's important to me to give honest advice to help my clients make a good investment choice, as well as guide them to homeownership as smoothly as possible.”

Tiffeny's approach to real estate is deeply personal. Her philosophy extends beyond transactions; she is an educator and advocate for her clients, guiding them through the complexities of buying and selling homes with a level of care and expertise that only someone with her background could offer. Her ability to pivot and think creatively makes her an excellent problem solver—an ability she credits to her experience working in her family’s furniture business and one she sees as essential to success in real estate.

“Our [family’s] company has been around for over sixty years, and that's due to my family's persistence and creativity. I've learned from them, no matter the industry, that things evolve and you have to change with it if you're going to survive. My dad and my grandpa, who run the company, are my biggest inspirations, and they taught me how to be creative if you need to pivot.”

When she’s not working, you can often find Tiffeny with her husband, David, and their son, Bodhi, riding their bikes along the 312 RiverRun trail or the North Branch Trail, enjoying live music at one of Chicago’s many street festivals, or visiting the Horner Park Farmers Market while embracing the community spirit that defines their lives. Tiffeny’s roots in a small, close-knit city fostered in her a strong sense of community and belonging, which she now nurtures in her own family.

Tiffeny is also a passionate advocate for wellness and community peace. She volunteers her time teaching yoga to cancer survivors, helping them find comfort and strength in their bodies again. Her creative spirit also finds joy in music, having sung in choir for eight years, and being part of a folk group that still meets regularly. 

As Tiffeny continues to weave her unique blend of creativity, resilience, and community commitment into the fabric of Chicago's real estate landscape, she will continue to make a profound difference in the lives of her clients and community for years to come.