keen on design: Graduation

This.

Thanks, Country Living / Victoria Pearson

This hallway. The frames, the chandelier, the out-of-place chair, and, of course, the walls! This hallway has been stuck in my head for nearly my entire school career.

Speaking of which,

Nailed it.

Now back to the stripes. I love the way the homeowners applied their personality into such a small and generally forgotten space. I have wanted to do something like this for so long, but none of my "clients" had the personality for it. I'd be curious to try it with the glossiest paint finish in the business and in a space, like this hallway or a guest bathroom, that could use a little sprucing and can handle an overwhelmingly noticeable finish like this. I will continue to wait until someone has the gusto to live in such a stripy wonderland.

In just a few days I have this thing called my college graduation. Hold on, I'm going to faint from excitement just one more time.

In preparation for that, my school held it's Portfolio Event for all the graduating girls. Twenty-three girls put months of hard work, few showers, accidental diets and many sleepless nights into their work and now it was time to display it. We each created portfolios to hold our 5-10 projects and "homes" to showcase a featured project. Within our binders were projects assigned to us throughout our time at school along with a few extra-curricular projects assigned to ourselves. It was incredibly inspiring to see the final product of my fellow student's and see their humility in all that they had created. I found myself grabbing their business cards (despite already having their contact info, but the cards were too stylish to pass up) and thinking "I want her to do my house when I grow up!" One might think that twenty-three girls spending so much time in classroom 802 would become caddy and difficult, especially in such a high stress major, but it is the polar opposite. Each girl is so supportive and excited for the next girl and has the highest hopes for where she may end up. It has been a pleasure going through school with each of them.

May the angels above bless my mother for selflessly coming to Utah to help me set this up. I would have DIED without her. I am one lucky girl.

I embraced the quirkiness of my initials and happily displayed them as part of my official logo.

A look inside my portfolio
Hotel 8649 - A San Francisco Hotel styled for men - simple, timeless, and industrial
Cresthaven Apartment Lobby - Welcoming residence into a Utah apartment complex with natural elements and modern sophistication
Tingey & Tingey Law Firm - An appropriate marriage of comfort and professionalism
Arch - Using colors, textures and a timeless back-in-the-day feel to create successful, detailed renderings
Oceanside Condo - A mix of old detail and modern clarity
In Motion Dance Studio - Inviting the sumptuous Baroque style into an elegant dance studio

And now, sit back, relax, and think about a company who will hire me as I present to you: my portfolio.