Modern Home Cabinets and Flooring Is Built by Sisters, Carved From Experience
If you walk into Modern Home on Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs, you might expect a pitch. A sales script. Maybe someone asking what Pinterest board you brought with you.
What you’ll actually get is Heather Mercier and Ashley Mercier—sisters, business partners, and the kind of women who show up to job sites with a tape measure in hand while people still assume they’re the front desk help.
They’re not.
They’re the owners. They’re the designers. They’re the ones doing the measuring, the planning, the problem-solving—and yes, the laughing. A lot of laughing.
“We grew up in it,” Heather said, referring to the cabinet business their father owned for most of their lives. “Sawdust everywhere. That was just normal.”
Their dad, Chip Mercier, was a high-end, custom cabinetmaker—old-school, meticulous, working on multimillion-dollar homes along the Gulf Coast. From the time they finished high school, both sisters were part of that world. It was demanding. Stressful. Precise. And, as Ashley put it plainly, “That was work.”
What they’re doing now is different. Modern Home has been open for two years, offering cabinetry, countertops, select flooring such as luxury vinyl plank, and tile—especially for showers. There’s a showroom, but it’s intentionally curated. They don’t try to display everything. They don’t need to.
“If someone wants something specific, we can get it,” Ashley said. “We know where to source it.”
That confidence didn’t come from classes or certifications. Both sisters are entirely self-taught. Heather said she prefers learning by doing—never memorizing the rules but figuring things out as she goes and making her own way.
Ashley handles the design side, working through computer programs to visualize layouts and then watching those digital plans come to life inside real homes.
“That’s my favorite part,” she said. “Seeing it finished. Seeing it actually exist.”
Heather handles sales, relationships, and what she jokingly calls “the money part.” She’s the talker, the connector, the one who fills the room. Ashley is quieter, more reserved—the thinker, the note-taker, the behind-the-scenes strategist.
“It just works,” Heather said. “I talk. She thinks. It goes through her brain and out of my mouth.”
They joke constantly, feed off each other’s energy, and have built a reputation not just for quality work—but for being genuinely enjoyable to work with. That matters, especially in an industry where they’re often underestimated.
“People ask all the time why we’re in construction,” Heather said. “Or they’ll call and ask if we’re sending someone out to measure. They don’t expect us to show up.”
But they do show up. Every time.
They own the process from start to finish, outsourcing only the physical installation labor. Everything else—the planning, measuring, sourcing, designing, and decision-making—belongs to them.
And while their father’s influence is undeniable, Heather is quick to clarify the difference. “He taught us independence,” she said. “What we do now—we taught ourselves.”
They took the foundation they grew up with and built something lighter, more flexible, and, frankly, more fun. They set their own schedules. They trust each other completely. And they’ve created a business that fits who they are—not who the industry expects them to be.
And somehow, it works. In a field still dominated by men, the Mercier sisters aren’t trying to prove anything. They’re too busy measuring houses, designing kitchens, building relationships—and doing it their own way. Together.
Modern Home Cabinets & Flooring
6615 Washington Ave, Unit F, Ocean Springs
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