School is Cool, but Wow!

I had no idea how hard it would be to return to the classroom as a student of interior design. Reading, vocabulary, mid-terms, projects! The mere technicalities of color that I had no idea existed! Whew, to say the least. While our class numbers have dropped from roughly 24, down to 10, the payoff has been tremendous. To say that I have learned an enormous amount in 9 weeks is putting it lightly. We are lucky to have an amazing professor from FIT in NYC, Susan Slotkis (her book image at top) who is on the board of the ASID, IDEC and other interior design organizations and brings with her other life experiences invaluable in the classroom. I am already looking foward to next semester and cultivating all the many friendships and acquaintances that I have made on my trips to Stark, Duralee and other fun places I've been this semester! Seven more weeks left and then part II next semester. :)

Off to School, Again!

After having completed enough formal education to make any normal person never want to see the inside of a classroom again, I've decided to return to school! Having safely gotten my three smaller children off to school this past Wednesday; including my littlest ones off to kindergarten, I find myself getting ready for school this morning! I've decided if I truly want to pursue my love of design, I must receive some formal training. For this reason, I enrolled in the Metropolitan Institute of Interior Design here on Long Island and hope to expand my knowledge and love of interior design. Metropolitan offers an array of courses for both the novice and the experienced designer. Including the only NYS certified Feng Shui Certificate Program, AutoCAD and an array of other necessary courses. What makes MID unique is that their classes are taught by actively working interior designers and instructors from Parsons and FIT in NYC. I am so excited and can't wait to meet my fellow students who are as crazy about design as I am! Wish me luck!