Two students earn $1,000 check for work
Interior design majors will help refurbish Indianapolis home
Amanda Getchel
For the first time in its 47-year history, the Design Board has selected two students to help refurbish an Indianapolis home.
Ball State University students, Raechel Ball and Katie Kane, received a $1,000 check from Carter-Lee Co. on Wednesday for their selection to the 2008 St. Margaret's Hospital Guild's Decorators' Show House and Gardens. The money will go toward buying decorations and supplies.
Ball, a junior interior design major, said she was excited for this opportunity because she could meet top designers in Indianapolis face to face and get her name out in the field.
"It's a competitive field, so anything you can do to get your name out and get an edge is awesome," she said.
Kane, a sophomore interior design major, said she agreed with Ball that it was a good way to get her name out in the field. She said it also was a way to show her talents and abilities to people who would not get to see them regularly.
Ball and Kane will refurbish "The Potting Shed" of an Italianate home, or having an Italian architectural style. They will work with about 40 professional designers who will be donating their own time and materials to refurbish the rest of the house.
Kane said they would take the existing, rundown potting shed and make it look like a mystic garden. She said she and Ball would use coppers, greens and blues. They also would place floor tiles.
"A lot of this stuff we've never done before such as putting in floor tiles, so we'll see how that goes," Kane said. "I think both of us have some people that are willing and able to help us, so we will have assistance."
Ball and Kane will start with the other designers Feb. 11 and will finish by mid-March.
Lydia Brunner, a member of the guild's promotion committee, said she introduced the idea of having student designers to the guild. She said she enjoyed watching home decorating shows and thought because they were popular, students might want to submit designs to win the Young Designer Award and help refurbish a house.
Ball State University students, Raechel Ball and Katie Kane, received a $1,000 check from Carter-Lee Co. on Wednesday for their selection to the 2008 St. Margaret's Hospital Guild's Decorators' Show House and Gardens. The money will go toward buying decorations and supplies.
Ball, a junior interior design major, said she was excited for this opportunity because she could meet top designers in Indianapolis face to face and get her name out in the field.
"It's a competitive field, so anything you can do to get your name out and get an edge is awesome," she said.
Kane, a sophomore interior design major, said she agreed with Ball that it was a good way to get her name out in the field. She said it also was a way to show her talents and abilities to people who would not get to see them regularly.
Ball and Kane will refurbish "The Potting Shed" of an Italianate home, or having an Italian architectural style. They will work with about 40 professional designers who will be donating their own time and materials to refurbish the rest of the house.
Kane said they would take the existing, rundown potting shed and make it look like a mystic garden. She said she and Ball would use coppers, greens and blues. They also would place floor tiles.
"A lot of this stuff we've never done before such as putting in floor tiles, so we'll see how that goes," Kane said. "I think both of us have some people that are willing and able to help us, so we will have assistance."
Ball and Kane will start with the other designers Feb. 11 and will finish by mid-March.
Lydia Brunner, a member of the guild's promotion committee, said she introduced the idea of having student designers to the guild. She said she enjoyed watching home decorating shows and thought because they were popular, students might want to submit designs to win the Young Designer Award and help refurbish a house.
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