WOW! What an honor to be able to express my thoughts with no one to interrupt! Design is a process that is often interrupted by the nature of the job and the most important thing is to stay focused on your goal and to come up with a plan of attack.

When most people move into the home of their dreams they have grand ideas of what to make of each specific space. As the pressures of daily life fill in the cracks and often overflow those very ideas tend to fade into the background. As an alternative approach if each homeowner were to focus their new found energy during the closing phase into making a plan for each space the reward can be great! Then as you shop and are out and about it is easy to fit the pieces into the plan you created keeping you focused on the original vision.

I love to find things at antique markets and estate sales on the weekends and as long as I know my vision and original plan then I am certain when I buy something of where it will go and how it will fit into the space. On the other hand if you deviate from your original vision you may find yourself recreating your plan to try to make something work that maybe just was not a good purchase. You then find yourself ten years later with a hodge-podge result that may leave you wanting a new house! Why not keep it simple and stick to the plan?

Laura G. Thome Bio

CAREER Currently Principal L. Green Studios, Formerly Designer, RJT+R, Heery International & Suzanne Kasler Interiors

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Fine Art, Interior Design University of Georgia, Leadership Training Program NY

October 2005 - L. Green Studios featured on HGTV's Designers Challenge. Laura Green Thome presented a plan and design concept for the McGrath's Residence in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here for the article