My journey into the world of interior design began long before adulthood. 

There I was, 16 with all the savings I needed to buy my first car and before I knew it I had used it all to buy a Chaise Long. 

My very own… beautiful… solid mahogany wood with burgundy velvet seating… chaise long!

My mom was furious, of course. 

I was… Discovering Passion. 

From that moment on I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. I had finished high school and chosen my college major. 

Interior Design.

Little did I realize that my passion would only continue to grow as I learned about how color affects mood and how I can set the mood in a space simply by selecting the right combination of pallets and items. The idea that little old me had the power to make you turn right without even knowing it wasn’t your decision and just by selecting the right lighting I can convince you to stay longer for your meal or speed it up was mind boggling. 

Learning about how everything that surrounds us has an impact on our mood, our health, our decisions and most importantly how we experience that space was my calling. 

And then 2008 happened. There I was, an interior designer with my brand new college degree and no clients or firms in sight. EVERYTHING was failing and NO ONE had the money to spend on non essential services.

So I did the best I could to keep myself as close as possible to my field of study. I worked for years at a furniture store climbing my way up to store manager until they claimed bankruptcy and closed all of their stores. Then I worked for a delivery company in the department that specialized in furniture assembly and delivery. From there I bounced from furniture store to furniture store until I lost myself in the world of adulthood. I’d take on private design clients or did store merchandising, window design or store floorplans or restaurant plans, long term and short term rental, home staging for sales, any space in private homes and so on from time to time but it remained a side hustle and not my main form of income. 

The experience was advantageous as it taught me how to achieve design goals with small budgets. 

This proved to be a positive for so many reasons but was unfortunately detrimental to my career as a designer. 

When I moved to Florida, I had a sort of revival. I had to start over and as we know, a new beginning meant that I could start anywhere and with anything I wanted. 

Along with other types of work as my main income, I applied for a part time position at Neat Method. I knew my design knowledge combined well with professional organizing. 

And I was right. 

One of the aspects of professional organizing that most resonated with me was how it also connects to design through its focus on improving the efficiency and functionality of a space. 

Spatial planning, functionality and flow and user experience are all important aspects of both professional organizing and interior design. 

I have to admit that I was into the idea of professional organizing long before Marie Kondo became famous. I used it in my design work from day one. The idea of editing, categorizing and maintaining a space was not fabricated by her or her comrades, but it did blow up and gain a lot of publicity through them. 

One of the aspects I most focus on in my work as a professional organizer is creating a system for maintaining the organization through time. 

My goal is to find solutions that work with your lifestyle, personality and most importantly time constraints. While someone might prefer and benefit from seasonal closet changes, others might need a faster and more suitable solution. 

As a designer I have similar goals. 

I communicate a lot with my clients in order to understand their needs and preferences. Design isn’t just throwing together the lighting, colors and solutions that I believe are best.

It’s actually about finding what my client is looking to achieve and making that a reality. 

Yes, even though I live in Rimini (half way across the world) and my focus now is helping Italians learn English naturally, I do, still, take on interior design and organization clients from time to time. 

You are welcome to tell your friends and family about me and I’d be very happy to book a free initial consultation.