Week 7

This was a busy week. Rachel and I organized Kravet, Duralee, and Kasmir fabric area in the resource library. Kravet fabric books are now categorized by color and book title. Kasmir was located several places in the library. Rachel and I located all of the Kasmir books and put them in one location. Duralee was located in two places. We were able to fit all Duralee in one area. The fabric books from the same vendors are now located in one location which is easier and quicker for the designer to find what they need. Also this week I called vendors about pricing and availably, as well as ordering memos for the designers. Later in the week Yessick was getting ready for the SHE Expo that was located at the downtown Convention Center. Yessick designed the main stage for the event and had a booth during the Expo.  SHE Expo had Nicholas Sparks, Giuliana and Bill Rancic talk on Saturday.

This is a picture of the Giuliana and Bill Rancic sitting on the stage that Yessick's Design Center designed.

Yessick’s clients are mainly family home owners with small local business clients. The staff and client relationship in the residential is professional as well as personal. The residential design is personal to the client, but also to the designer. The homes of the clients show their personal style and portray who they are. The clients have to be able to trust the designers with personal stories and getting their styles across to people. Yessicks has several designers with different styles of design.  The designers develop a long term relationships with their clients and keeps in contact with them. Marsha, who is the owner and Marla, who is the manager, monitor the designer’s projects. The designers learn from every project. Every project is something new, and challenging. They learn how to better read their clients and how to organize their time. Any of Yessick updates can be viewed to the public through their facebook page. There is no post occupancy evaluations or square footage evaluation.

This is Kathie Proffitt and Jonathan speaking at the SHE Expo about decorating their house for Christmas. Kathie Proffitt is an interior designer as well as a mother. She graduated from Red Bank High School which I did too.