As a young child, I discovered the magic of drawing rhythmic patterns on paper, and countless doodles kept me fascinated for hours. Also as a child, I discovered the thrill of creating new spaces when my twin sister and I would roll out long lengths of brown paper and settle in on the floor to draw towns and house plans. A similar delight surfaced with the frequent reconfiguration of our bedroom furniture, and I remember marveling at the fact that – working within the same footprint – we could actually change the entire feeling of space!
My older brother – an architect and interior designer initially of luxury hotels and resort properties – must have taken note of my childhood games and gave me the nudge needed to pursue my interior design career. Still doodling years later while managing my own kitchen & bath/interior design business, I spent a brief time assisting him with the design of rugs and carpets for his own projects. That was in the early 1980’s. With my never-ending fascination with creating designs that come alive on textiles, launching my own line of custom handmade tapestries & rugs in 2012 became inevitable. It was both natural and irresistible.
My interior design work spans over 40 years and 500 projects – mostly in the Greater Boston Area – and has been generated almost entirely from word-of-mouth referrals and repeat clients. And now, working with an outstanding team in Nepal who has been handcrafting my tapestry & rug designs from the beginning, I continue to bring passion and skill to every project with highly personalized solutions that best integrate the functional and aesthetic goals of each project.