The
27th Annual
Historic Irvington Home Tour for
2009
presented
Respecting Period Interiors: How
to Remodel not Remuddle
A
lecture by
Diane Foreman, Senior Designer for Neil
Kelly Design/Build Remodeling
Most owners of homes from
Portland historic period (prior to 1950), want to keep the "feeling"
of their historic home even while adapting it for modern living -- yet there is
little guidance available for just how to do that. Award winning interior
designer and remodeling expert Diane Foreman provided just that kind of
guidance in her 45 minute lecture titled Respecting Period Interiors: How to
Remodel, not Remuddle on Tour Day, May 17, 2009.
Here's what Diane covered:
- How to work with your home's existing details to create a harmonious
environment
- Awareness and resources for dealing with the challenges of remodeling a
period home
- Inspiration from well executed local projects
(including many photos of
great examples from previous Irvington Home Tour homes)
- An opportunity to discuss design issues with an expert designer.
Diane Foreman, CKD, CBD, CAPS, has devoted her career to helping home owners
develop functional and historically appropriate upgrade plans for their
homes. She is a national award-winning kitchen, bath and residential
interior designer, who moved to Portland in 2006 coming from a long-established
Seattle area practice to join Neil Kelly Design/Build Remodeling as part of the
firm's design team.
A graduate of the UCLA School of Interior Design, Foreman has won first place
honors in several national kitchen and bath design competitions and has earned
the James M. Foster award for overall best in competition by the National
Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA). She is a Certified Kitchen and Bath
Designer, Certified Aging in Place Specialist and an Allied Member of ASID, the
American Society of Interior Designers.
Foreman credits "an ability to listen" as key to successful
remodeling projects. "Good design is a collaborative process between client
and designer," she noted. "A skilled designer will listen, ask
questions, and then focus on reaching the highest realization of a client's
needs."
Her work has been published in Northwest regional publications, as well as
national industry and consumer magazines, including "Kitchen and Bath
Business," "Remodeler," "Woman's Day" and
"American Homes and Lifestyles." She has served as a design
competition judge for the Olympia Master Builders Association and is currently
President of the board of directors of the National Kitchen and Bath Association
(NKBA) Columbia River Chapter. |
