I started out in 2020 with the idea that I would enter retirement and pick up doing the design work that I’d been doing for friends and family over the years - projects small to somewhat larger. As a design and art fanatic, I also love textiles, architecture and photography. I threw myself into education and connecting with designer friends, did online courses, studied who did what where and how, set up a business, created a long list of sources and vendors, and began by putting together the home we were building in Birmingham MI. Unfortunately, due to Covid, this project was almost entirely done remotely. I don’t recommend this approach.

How do you go from anesthesia to interior design? Not hard. At least for the first year or so. Or at least until you get a client you can’t shut up with drugs.