Decorating Kim's house...

I am very excited to reveal my friend Kim's house. Unfortunately my camera battery had died when I tried to take the before pictures. Basically picture a clean slate. The room was already painted these gorgeous browns and reds and they also have these beautiful dark chocolate brown hard wood floors. She had her coach, coffee table and side table and the picture above the fireplace, but that was pretty much it.

Kim has wonderful taste and was so easy and pleasant to work with. She trusted me and let me get whatever I thought would look good. We had so much fun shopping together. Stacy my friend and soon to be my design partner also helped with decorating this room. She went with us on our first big shopping trip. This is where Stacy and I realized how much fun we could have doing this together. We have very similar styles and taste. But she wasn't able to help with the entire room, so the way the room turned out is basically from Kim and I.

Kim is from Korea so she loves to add Asian elements to her home. We found so many beautiful things that just fit perfectly. She has a gorgeous home and I am just thrilled with this end result.

Joe T. Garcia's, Fort Worth TX

My brother was visiting almost a month ago, and we were able to spend some time with him in Fort worth. We went to Joe T. Garcia's (a Mexican restaurant) for the first time. The food was not that great but the outdoor dinning was delightful. Everywhere you looked was green and beautiful. I find myself wanting to go back just to sit outside on a nice cool fall day. Maybe we will just go have a diet coke and chips and salsa, and take in the beautiful surroundings.

First Day of School

(this little gem cost me $100, Welcome Back to School)

The day finally came! Yesterday was my first day back at school. I had a minor melt down the night before, but Jeff gave me a lot of encouragement and love(and a new outfit from the Buckle) and with that I made it through. It actually turned out to be a great day and I had a lot of fun. I have forgotten how much fun it is to learn and to use my brain. It is a small class which I really liked and found so much less intimidating. The instructor is very nice and well educated in interior design. My friend Stacy is taking the class with me and we had a great time. We met a lot of great women who all have a love for interior design and have knowledge of so many different aspects of this (architecture, construction, real estate, marketing and retail) I am excited to learn things from each one of them.







My favorite 2 quotes from my instructor yesterday...

"If it's not my style, it's somebody else's."

"Do it until your Satisfied."

I found out all the things that we will touch on and learn in this class that will surely help me become a better designer.

• 
  
  lighting


• 
  
  scale


• 
  
  color


• 
  
  balance


• fabric / textiles


• business


• ergonomics


• visual literacy


• construction of fabrics, carpet, etc


• blue prints


• accessories


• style


• space planning


• DETAIL

And so much more...

We found out that we will have 4 big projects one that will be judged by 4 professional designers at the end of the semester. We will also get to go on "field trips" to art museums, furniture stores, and other types of "designer" stores. All of it is so exciting and makes me wish that the class was more than once a week.

I also got my first "homework" assignment. I have to write a paper about "what is my style" kind of a hard thing to put to words. And I also have to take pictures of a room in my home that reflects my style. I will let you know how that turns out.

All in all it was a great day! Looking forward to Friday!