A good friend of mine asked if I could recommend an interior designer. Time for another trip to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
Years ago when we first bought this house, I became interested in design and decorating. My brother and I had embarked on a kitchen reconstruction project and he recommended this online class with the Sheffield School of Design out of NYC. My brother also has a boulevard of broken dreams, or maybe more like a parking lot. Anyway, a couple thousand dollars later I was opening up my first course. I loved it! Spent tons of hours meticulously watching the video, reading the assigned material and diligently detailing the dimensions of one of my rooms. My grade came back A!
The next month, I was a little busier with life and could not spend as much time. The third course came while I was finishing the second assignment. Received an A- but was already starting to think "yellow or maize who cares?". Pretty soon I was dreading the mail. I knew the boxes would keep coming and I had fallen behind, uninterested and frankly annoyed at myself. The boxes piled and I eventually forgot about them.
To help my friend I thought I would revisit the basement boulevard. I found all the material and 3 unopened boxes of assignments. I opened the most recently dated one (2003). The box had a lovely letter congratulating me on successfully completing the course and welcoming me to the world of design. Not bad for missing the last 3 sections and assignments. Guess I am now an interior designer... and have been for the past 7 years!
Think maybe I will just recommend a REAL interior design to my friend and pass on this opportunity.
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Now that's hysterical - after missing the last three sections you could still be a designer? But in truth, you have that natural gift anyway, no course needed! Part 2 of Blvd of Broken dreams - love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you ma'am! I figure I will fall back on that as career option when nothing else works as plans :-).
ReplyDeleteYears ago, when I was living abroad, I did a correspondence class with the New York School of Interior Design. Like you, I didn't finish the last couple of units, but I did really well up until then, and learned quite a lot. I still have all my course materials, and will very occasionally refer to them. That said, I usually depend on professional advice to help guide my choices.
ReplyDeleteThe materials are terrific, now that i have revisited them. I had no idea you also had an interest. Like minds :-)
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