Monday, April 18, 2011

Welcome to the birth of my design blog.

     What can I say, I am an Interior Designer and I love what I do!!! It is a wonderful feeling to be able to say that about one's profession.  I look forward to starting a dialogue with you on design ideas that will be useful to you in your own home.  Having worked in the design field for 17 years, I have been very fortunate to have acquired experience in all facets of the profession.  From high end residential (where I started), commercial work in the hotel business, model home merchandising along with the public spaces that it entails to real estate home staging, I have learned a lot.
     I acquired my Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in Interior Design, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  What sticks with me more than anything from my education is to always design for the ideal.  Start out by looking at each room as an empty slate.  Ask yourself, if I could do anything and have an unlimited budget how would I approach this project?  The most creative ideas will be generated when you look at it from this perspective.  You want to give your mind the opportunity to explore all the possibilities, then go back and look at your budget, the conditions you cannot change and make the adjustments.
     It is my goal to give you interesting and helpful information that will lead you to making your house the home you envision it to be.