I was born and raised in Indianapolis and graduated from Butler University with a BA in Psychology.  I was lucky enough to study abroad in England for a year where I also worked on Oxford St at the Gap.  I grew up in an artistic family and expressed my talent in high school as the school paper’s cartoonist.  I was admitted into Ball State’s Architectural Honors Summer program on an art scholarship.  My summer resulted in college credits and a peek into the new world of computer-aided drafting.  Its hard to believe that at one point no one had computers in college and my dreams of hand drafting homes, as I did throughout my childhood, would transition to computer programs.  That program actually derailed my design trajectory and I moved to a Psychology program. 

After graduation I helped open a bar and nightclub while working in retail.  I became a general manager at several Restoration Hardware locations and did some staging in Palm Springs.  I got most of my professional design training via various staging courses and in retail store design.  I would often travel to open new stores and lead visual implementation.   

After getting a real estate license I taught staging classes to realtors and wrote a staging/design column for a local paper.  I became a self taught kitchen designer and eventually opened up my own store called Interior Life.  I designed kitchens, sold furnishings, window coverings and staged homes for 15 years.  Also during those 15 years I worked for a Home builder designing spec homes and launched the first home builder retail store and worked for an outdoor furniture manufacturer as a color specialist.  

I eventually became a specification rep for Richelieu hardware, then a commercial rep for Architectural Brick and Tile, and now a Manufacturing rep for DuChateau Flooring.  I’ve been on many sides of the design process and am passionate about the integrity and role of ASID.