I have a passion for color, texture, wood, and plants!
For 25 years I worked in the wholesale nursery industry. The family business was a wholesale grower & distributor of container plants that shipped throughout the western United States. At our peak we had 7 growing grounds with 1000 employees. I ran operations & human resources for the company. I thoroughly enjoyed working with my family and really loved our product. Following the sale of the business, my sister & I started a furniture manufacturing business which specialized in Murphy DeskBeds, Murphy Beds & cabinets. The Murphy DeskBed was a really cool, sleek, functional product. We were very hands on, doing much of the work ourselves, for 5 years. However, our families needed us at home …
I have an awesome, successful, handsome husband that supports me in my endeavors. I also have 4 great children. The oldest, a girl, has both her bachelors & masters from American University in Washington DC, and has now added a masters in library sciences. She is married and gainfully employed and has my first grandbaby. Then I have 3 boys. One played baseball at Auburn University and is in law school. The next played baseball at University of Illinois, Chicago, and is now in graduate school at Northeastern University in Boston working on a MBA and MS in Finance. The third boy just graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and will start his career in real estate finance in New York City. They are wonderful, strong, ambitious boys. I am proud of my children and their achievements.
As I focus on the future, I see that I have a sense for mixing colors & textures and being able to visualize how things will come together in a space. I have a knack for finding value items and mixing them with higher end items. I hope to bring some of my ideas to your space, interior or exterior!
Education
California General Contractors License #1112714
Certificate, Interior Design, The Interior Design Institute, November 2017.
Certificate, Landscape Design, Ashworth College, September 2017.
Courses, Business Administration, California State University, Fullerton.
Courses, Organizational Management, University of Phoenix.
BS, Plant Science, University of California, Riverside, June 1984.
