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Rob believes that,” Interior design requires the perfect marriage of technical expertise, immense knowledge, and intrinsic creativity to be successful and that it offers the physical, tangible manifestation of creativity and design” Rob Kohn, a current Denver Fundamentals of Interior Design student, was passionate about art and design from a young age but lacked theRead more

Amanda Sienkiewicz, a current Denver student, loved all things art while growing up.  She was constantly drawing in her free time, signing up for after school art classes, and even taking AP art classes in high school.  It was not just art that stole Amanda’s heart.  Her love for Interior Design was also something sheRead more

LucyAnn McCarthy has always had a creative and artistic side but pursued her love of the arts in the form of theater and production.  After earning her undergraduate degree in Math and Psychology with a minor in Fine Arts, she attended graduate school at the Actors Studio in New York.  After graduating, she lived in New YorkRead more

Coco Lawson joined the Heritage community this winter as part of the Denver Fundamentals Program.  Coco has always loved interior design and the design process.   She has found it intriguing how such simple design changes such as paint color, throw pillows, and window treatments can transform the look and feeling of a room.  Despite Coco’s creative skills andRead more

Patty Buckley, a current Heritage Denver student, moved to Denver originally to escape the cold, dreary winters of her hometown, Madison WI.  She found herself in a city and state that embodied her love of the outdoors, as well as one which could nourish and inspire her creative side.   Despite Patty’s never-ending love for the arts, itRead more

Samantha Ivari is a Colorado Native and a recent graduate of Heritage Denver.  After graduating from High School, she began her secondary education path pursuing a major in Biology, but quickly realized that biology was not the “calling” in her life.  Samantha grew up around design and home renovations.  As a child of parents who flipped homes asRead more

Caitlin Dewey exceled as a member of the very first graduating class at Heritage Denver.  Her passion and skill for design shone through during the entire Master Certification program.  It was clear that Caitlin enjoyed the design process, but her love of design was far more than a desire to create beautiful spaces. She truly cares about the peopleRead more

Therese Diederich has always known that design was an inherent part of her makeup.  She can remember constantly rearranging the furniture in her bedroom and begging to help her mom decorate her home growing up.   Design had always come naturally to Therese, whether that was in the form of interiors or fashion. After graduating fromRead more

Sydney McManness has always had a love and passion for design.  She considered being an Interior Designer a dream job since she was a little girl, yet it was not a path she felt she could pursue. Instead she landed in client relations, where she worked in a startup tech company for eight years.  It was not until theRead more

Attending Heritage School of Interior Design is not the first time that Denver student Claudia Folk Wright has tapped into her creative side.  Her childhood was spent in Germany exploring Europe with her family, where she was exposed to culture and art early in life.  When her father’s job moved the family to Colorado SpringsRead more