Andrew Eghbalpour has been teaching SketchUp at our Portland location since Stephanie Thornton Plymale became the CEO in 2015! If you’ve been in any of Andrew’s classes then you know he is a wonderful instructor, but what you might not know is his story of being a Foster Parent. As Stephanie grew up in FosterRead more
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Recent Heritage Graduate, MacKenzie Duffy, combined her love for travel, art and design to launch the company of her dreams, Modern Myth. Modern Myth sources only the highest quality rugs, textiles, baskets & poufs from the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco to give your home culture and an artisan touch. Each piece is ethically sourced directlyRead more
Due to COVID, many interior designers have been putting their design skills to work in new ways: including re-designing how and where they work. We recently chatted with one of our advisory board members, Amy Troute of Amy Troute Inspired Interior Design, to hear how she has adapted to our new normal of working fromRead more
Heritage School of Interior Design Seattle students, Andi, Allison and Elvina, recently took on a fun design project where they envisioned and designed the headquarters for a new cosmetics company! Their designs are absolutely stunning – we wish we could see each of their spaces comes to life! Design by Andi Hormel Andi Hormel, aRead more
With some extra time at home over the past few weeks, you might be analyzing your home looking for your next project! One of the most significant improvements you can make to a home is updating an outdated kitchen. As Interior Designers, we see certain renovation mistakes that we want to help you avoid. FromRead more
Need some last minute inspiration for your holiday decor? Heritage CEO, Stephanie Thornton Plymale, recently shared her favorite ways to incorporate greenery into her home for the holidays with Lake Homes Realty. Below are some tips and pictures from Stephanie’s lake house showcasing creative ways to display evergreen throughout any home for minimal but festiveRead more
The launch of our Home Staging course in Seattle was unforgettable! Students gained hands-on staging experience and learned from the best: Heritage CEO Stephanie Thornton Plymale and Staging instructor Angie Morse. Moving from station to station, students practiced staging a living room, dining room, kitchen, office, bookshelf and more. Heritage provided a wide variety ofRead more
Serving Up Style Heritage School of Interior Design loved being part of Serving Up Style this year! Serving Up Style is a series of events that support lupus awareness and research to help better the lives of those living with lupus. In collaboration with JJ De Sousa from Digs Inside & Out, we designed aRead more
Many designers find out early on in their life that they want nothing more than to design and decorate homes, but how each designer comes to that realization is unique. Stephanie Plymale spent much of her childhood moving from place to place, without somewhere she could really call home. During a time when her family wasRead more
Michael Reper was born and raised in Texas and had an apparent talent and passion for design at a young age. Growing up he would redesign his bedroom every couple of years, with his mom’s permission, with new paint, drapery, art and bedding. He loved rearranging furniture, redecorating and moving art around his house. Whenever hisRead more