Interior Design Seminar Schedule

2011 Fall Home/Garden Show

Speakers Schedule

Shellene Mueller

Designs by Shellene is an award winning Landscape Design Company who has been creating, beautiful, low water, environmentally responsible, and most importantly, functional landscapes in Southern California for the past 15 years. Shellene holds a C27 California Landscape Contractors License. Shellene’s knowledge of the construction process gives her an edge on competitors, as she not only understands that a garden should be not only beautiful, but practical in use, her attention to details, and ability to listen and understand her clients needs, has aided her in creating beautiful landscapes for her very special clients. From one of those clients...

“I believe Shellene is that ideal combination of artistic and practical. Her vision of what could be done with the yard AND the budget meant we could actually afford to execute our dream yard. Additionally, Shellene is very pleasant to work with – professional but also clearly excited by what she does. I recommend her highly and with no reservations.”

Kathryn Morgan, Del Mar, CA

The Outdoor Room. What is it and How to Create it on any Budget
This fun and exciting lecture while inspire you to create your own outdoor room. Shellene will present many ideas on how to extend your living space out doors, materials to use, and how to make the space inviting and useable. From a small budget to large budget you can develop a space that will be sure to please.

How and Why to Hire a Landscape Professional
Learn the difference between the many landscape professionals, what their scope of work covers and how to work with them successfully. Shellene will also go over the process of interviewing and questions to ask, to help insure you hire the professional that fits your budget and personality.

Lindsay Hester

Award-winning Interior Designer Lindsay Hester, ASID, is consistently recognized for her outstanding work in residential interior design. As Principal of Hester Interiors, Lindsay has been honored for the innovative solutions she brings to common design challenges and is frequently called upon to share her expertise with the public and fellow professionals alike.
In her 10+ years of practice, Lindsay has worked on projects across the country and in San Diego’s best communities. Her passion and the specialty of Hester Interiors is residential remodel and new construction projects.

Lindsay is active in the design community and currently serves on the board of directors for the San Diego Chapter of ASID. Although her work has been recognized with numerous awards and by multiple publications, Lindsay considers the trust of the clients whose homes she has improved working in her beloved industry her highest honor.

For More Information, please visit www.HesterInteriors.com

Working with an Interior Designer to Maximize
Your Home Improvement Dollar
Many homeowners begin a home improvement project assuming the help of an experienced and knowledgeable Interior Design is out of reach. In reality, hiring a qualified Interior Designer will not only improve the outcome of a project, but often times the service will pay for itself in the time saved and costly mistakes avoided. This exciting and informative session is packed with tips to help you select the designer right for your project, understand the value a professional brings to the table and learn what you can do to stretch your home improvement budget.

Denise Homme

It's Easy Being Green
Learn how to create a comfortable, pleasing interior environment using sustainable, repurposed or re-cycled products. Sponsored in part by the San Diego Chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), there will information regarding sources, techniques and products available to those attending this presentation. Examples and demonstrations of sustainable products and materials can also be seen at an associated Fall Home/Garden Show exhibit co- sponsored by Denise Homme ASID and The Olive Branch, San Diego, CA.

Steve Jacobs

How to work with a landscape professional to create the garden of your dreams
Learn how to go from what you have now to the garden of your dreams. Steve Jacobs will give you the tools needed to get a landscape design drawn, hire the right contractor and have your dreams come true.

Nature Designs Owner, Steve Jacobs, is widely regarded as one of the leading San Diego Landscape Contractors. Steve earned a Bachelor’s degree in Ornamental Horticulture as well as a degree in Irrigation and Drainage Design from Cal Poly, Pomona. Steve is an Ornamental Horticulture instructor at Cuyamaca College where many of his employees have studied.
Steve earned his landscape contractors license from the State of California in 1988 and expanded it to include pool and spa installation in 2006. He became involved in the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) in 1991 to keep up with the changes in the industry and served as president of the local chapter in 2001. Steve is currently the State Director of Education for the CLCA. Steve has made a commitment to continuing education by earning his Certified Landscape Professional (CLP), Certified Landscape Technician (CLT) designation from the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), Certified Water Manager (CWM) from the CLCA, Arborist certification from the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), and Certified Irrigation Contractor (CIC) from the Irrigation Association (IA). Steve is also a member of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) with an A+ rating. Steve’s company, Nature Designs, has won over 30 landscape design, installation and maintenance awards.

Nature Designs Landscaping
NatureDesigns.Net
760-945-4321; 858-481-0305;
116 Hannalei Drive, Vista, CA 92083
SteveJ@NatureDesigns.Net

Nan Sterman

California native Nan Sterman is an author, botanist, garden designer, and award-winning garden communicator who lives in Encinitas, California.

Nan is dedicated to the transformation of California’s planted landscapes from overly thirsty and resource intensive to climate appropriate and sustainable. Nan has worked towards this goal since the 1970s when she was involved in the first wave of what we now refer to as the sustainability movement. Her initial training was at the Integral Urban House, a demonstration retrofit Victorian home in Berkeley, California. She went on to earn a botany degree from Duke University, a Masters in biology from UC Santa Barbara, and a Masters in instructional design from San Diego State University.

Nan parlayed her early experiences in sustainability to address modern day issues. She is author of California Gardener’s Guide vol II, the only book about low-water, Mediterranean climate gardens written specifically for California home gardeners. In 2010, she added Waterwise Plants for the Southwest to her publication list.

Nan speaks, teaches, and writes about low water, sustainable and edible gardening, all of which she designs for client’s homes, school gardens, and landscaped public spaces. Her articles appear in the Los Angeles Times, Sunset, Organic Gardening and other major publications. She has a monthly water-wise garden column in the San Diego Union Tribune and is the gardening expert for San Diego public radio’s These Days talk show.

Nan consults to the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College. In addition to creating and teaching classes for the Garden, she advises them on programs, and spent two years as the “Question Answerer” for the Water Smart Pipeline, the Garden’s low-water gardening question-and-answer phone line.

One of Nan’s project is A Growing Passion, a TV show that takes viewers into their own backyards to see how to create beautiful, welcoming spaces using plants and products that are achievable, affordable, attractive, and in tune with the natural environment. A Growing Passion has earned several awards, including a 2010 regional Emmy.
Nan is an advisor to the San Diego County Water Authority and sits on the Invasive Plant Committee for the City of Encinitas. She co-founded a 5,000 square foot school garden and chairs the annual Encinitas Garden Festival & Tour. She is a board member of the Garden Writer’s Association and a founding board member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, San Diego District.
Before delving into the professional gardening world, Nan created curricula, training programs, and educational materials for Fortune 500 companies, zoos, aquaria, and not-for-profit organizations. Her ability to take complex information and create effective educational programs is one of her greatest strengths, and a major source of her successes.

Don't Plant This - how to avoid mistakes in your garden
There are many wonderful garden plants, but there are also a bunch of stinkers. In this talk, Nan Sterman will help you avoid plants that reproduce too freely, that swallow up a house in a season, are prone to disease, attract unwanted “visitors” to the garden, invade nearby native habitats, are impossible to train, or will be with you forever, whether you want them or not. Be forewarned! Be forearmed! Don’t plant this!

Regina Kurtz

Born and raised in New York, Regina’s background has its roots in the fashion and textile industry. Discovering her passion or Interior Design, she returned to college and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design from San Diego State University in 1977. Establishing her firm “Alpha Design Group” in 1982, Regina continues to work on projects that vary from luxury estates to spatially challenged high rise condos, specializing in re-model and new construction. Her award winning designs have been featured in numerous local and national shelter magazines including San Diego Home Garden Lifestyle, San Diego Magazine, Ranch and Coast, Better Homes and Gardens and Sunset Magazine. Accepting projects of all sizes, Regina is comfortable working in a broad range of styles, always creating innovative design solutions that withstand the test of time.

Neuro Architecture And Design
Learn how such factors as light, space, color and room layout can affect both the physical and psychological well-being of a home’s occupants. Learn how such factors as light, space, color and room layout can affect both the physical and psychological well-being of a home’s occupants.

Dale Monday Kolins

Dale Monday Kolins, ASID, CAPS, owner of La Jolla based Design Directions, is a member of a select group of designers nationwide who are certified in the specialty field of Aging in Place. She is focused on bringing her message to the 77 million Baby Boomers that will soon be reaching retirement age – we CAN remain in our homes safely AND independently if that is what we CHOOSE. All it takes is planning ahead of time.

Ms. Kolins has worked in the design field for more than twenty years and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the prestigious Design Institute of San Diego. She served as Chapter President of the San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Her designs have won both local and national awards. She lectures to the public on the topic of Aging in Place. In addition, she offers an accredited CEU lecture for the design community on the same topic.

Aging in Place
Translation: User Friendly Homes for All Ages
(30 minute talk with 15 minute Q & A)

What happens as we age that causes us to have difficulties living in our homes? Often, it is changes in our physical abilities due to the aging process as well as illness. Does this mean we are all destined to live in nursing homes or assisted living facilities – or with our children? Find out how to make the changes to your home so that it will adapt to your changing needs.

Kathy Mays

Kathy Mays is an Allied Member of ASID and a Certified Interior Designer. She has been featured in San Diego Home & Garden Magazine. Her unique ability to combine fashion and Interior Design stems from her fashion Merchandising degree from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and later, her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Design Institute of San Diego. She is the VP Membership for NKBA and current member of IFDA. Kathy Has lived & breathed fashion and Interior Design for over 30 years and enjoys helping homeowners help themselves make their home their own.

Kathy Mays Design
Interior Designer, Allied ASID, CID
T: 858-717-0535 F: 858-675-0045

Designer, Speaker, Stylist
Membership NKBA SD CH.
Member ASID, NKBA, IFDA
www.KathyMaysDesign.com

Make Your Home Your Own
Make Your Home Your Own is a fun, interactive, presentation based on your personal style & home style. You will learn what your fashion style is and how it unveils what your home style is. Start any home project from a single room to an entire kitchen or bath remodel with confidence and excitement knowing how to "Make Your Home Your Own."

Michelle Strausbaugh

As an NKBA Certified Kitchen Designer and Certified Bath Designer, Michelle Strausbaugh founded Reveal Studio located in San Diego. Her passion took her from her home state of Pennsylvania to study in San Diego at Design Institute, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design.

Reveal Studio is dedicated to residential projects and has worked with clients all over the country. The team of specialized designers includes kitchen, bath, lighting, window, furniture, and cabinetry. Each specialist strives to reveal the clients’ personality to create a space that transforms a house to a home.

Kitchen and Bath: To update or renovate, that is the question
Kitchen and Bathroom updates provide the most return on your investment, but also carry the highest price tags. Learn when it is best to simply update those spaces or to perform a complete renovation. Discover tips and tricks to get the most bang for your buck. Bring photos of your design questions for a free consultation following the presentation.