Meet the Staff
Ann Anderson, Director
As founder and
Director of the School of Interior Redesign, Ann has taken
her twenty years' experience in the corporate world as a trainer
and professional speaker and combined them with her experience
as owner of Rooms
Reborn to create programs to help you succeed in your own
design-related business.
Ann has worked closely with the Connecticut Department
of Higher Education to ensure the training offered by the School
of Interior Redesign meets their exacting standards of quality
education at its best.
Ann is a designer, stager, speaker and author. She is co-founder
of the Association
of Design Education and the co-creator of
the Ready2Sellin30Days system. Annn has been featured
in numerous newspapers around the country, as well as a guest
on several television programs. She
also has her own show, Rooms Reborn,
on public access television.
To contact Ann directly, email ann@schoolofinteriorredesign.com |
Sharon Beardsley , Instructor
Sharon Beardsley is the owner of By
ReArrangement. ByReArrangement assists clients with their
Interior Decorating, Interior Redesign, Real Estate Staging and
Senior Life Transitions.
Sharon, a Registered Nurse licensed in the State of Connecticut, helps her senior
clients move from one phase of their lives to another. As a nurse she worked
with seniors in long and short term care facilities. Sharon is also a member
of the National Association of Senior Move Mangers. All of this experience
inspired Sharon to design, develop and now to deliver the Senior Life
Transition Professional™ Workshop.
Sharon is an Interior Decorator. She is an alumnus of the
School of Interior Redesign and a member of the Interior Redesign
Industry Specialist organization.
As a Real Estate Stager, Sharon, a licensed Realtor, is the only
Accredited Staging Professional, Master level in Connecticut. Her
work has been featured in House to Home magazine and the Newtown
Bee.
Sharon Beardsley, RN, Realtor, ASPM, IRIS has been seen
on the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia, PA and quoted in the Washington
Post.
To contact Sharon directly, email sharon@schoolofinteriorredesign.com
Christine Conway, Instructor
Christine has been studying feng shui for more than a decade. As
part of corporate America for more than 25 years, Christine spent
much of that time training her peers. Today, she is living
her dream and utilizing many of her corporate skills to teach feng
shui in a unique, clear and exceptionally logical way.
When Christine first heard of feng shui, she was very skeptical that
it would actually work. But after applying the principles of feng shui
in her home...she quickly realized how amazing this process was. Christine
is the owner of Feng
Shui for Life and has made it her mission to teach people how to use their
home décor to make their home 'feel' great and change
their lives.
Christine studied with the creator of Black Hat Feng Shui, Grandmaster
Professor Lin Yun at Harvard University . She holds a professional
certification in both, Feng Shui Studies and Feng Shui Stager Program.
Check out more feng shui with Christine's videos:
To contact Christine directly, email christine@schoolofinteriorredesign.com
Mary Beth Haggerty , Instructor
With 22 years experience in Interior Design, Redesign, Model Home
Merchandising, and Staging Mary Beth Haggerty has continually sought
to achieve the goal of designing dynamic interiors and creating solutions
for the desired lifestyles of her clients.
Working with the savvy homeowner, Realtor, or builder who is educated in trends,
quality and sound investments in their homes and collaborating as a team has
been the foundation of The
Drawing Room Interior Design, a design firm with a specialty in Vacant Model
Home Staging.
Mary Beth is currently a member of the U.S. Green Building Council-Rhode
Island Chapter, Builders Association of Greater Boston, 50+ Council
of New England, Multi-Family Council New England, Sales and Marketing
Council and ASID while pursuing a Masters in Interior Design at Suffolk
University. Mary Beth resides on the North Shore with her husband
Tim and Children Ashley and Bobby.
To contact Mary Beth directly, email marybeth@schoolofinteriorredesign.com
Jennifer Hofmann, Instructor
For years, Jennifer Hofmann has been the person her friends call
to help choose paint colors and get advice on rearranging their furniture. This
free public service turned into a business when she started Simplicity
Staging and Redesign.
Jennifer believes that a well-designed home is one where there is
space for loved ones to connect meaningfully and retreat from the
hustle of the world. Her goal is to create designs that work for her
clients in every possible way - practically, aesthetically, and comfortably. She
is thrilled to be using her "token" 4-year teaching degree,
instructing staging classes in collaboration with Ann Anderson at
the School of Interior Redesign.
In her free time, Jennifer likes to hike, bird watch and be an active
member of her community. Simplicity donates time and resources
to charities including Habitat for Humanity. She is The World's
Proudest Aunt of two perfect nieces and "mom" to Sassafras,
a feline angel from the local Humane Society.
To contact Jennifer directly, email jennifer@schoolofinteriorredesign.com
Kimberly Merritt , Instructor
Kimberly Merritt has been making spaces beautiful for eighteen years. She
is a designer, educator and writer whose words and work have been
featured regionally and nationally in New Hampshire Magazine, New
England Home Magazine and HGTV.
Kim teaches the art of interior decorating, interior redesign, home staging and
color from her southern New Hampshire design studio.
She is the creator
of the Certified Decorating Professional® programs and offers
both certified and certificate courses as well as decorating workshops
and classes.
To contact Kim directly, email kim@schoolofinteriorredesign.com
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