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Interior design is what makes house a home
"There is no comparison," says Karen Scott, interior design manager for Clayton Homes. She is speaking of the similarities and differences among the homes her employer was producing in the early '90s when she first began working with Clayton homes and those built by the company in more recent years. "The homes used to be built simply with straight lines and flat roofs," she explains. "Now, we offer almost any type of roof, from a hip roof to a 10/12 or 12/12 pitched roof with one or more dormers. We build single level homes starting around 1,000 square feet to multi-level homes of up to 4,000 square feet. Today, the homes offer more amenities, aesthetics and architectural details." Scott says that she has seen interior design change dramatically over the past decade as well. "In the early '90s the color trends were navy, hunter green and burgundy," she describes. "Fewer color options made for simpler solutions. With only three or four popular consumer colors, the choices were limited. Today there is a full spectrum, of which we utilize 38. It allows our options to be greater and, as a result, complicates the decision process but allows us to be more creative." Scott graduated from the University of North Alabama in 1986 with a BS in interior design and a minor in marketing. Afterward, she worked as an intern for North River Homes, a home building company in Hamilton, Ala., where, eventually, she was offered a position as their interior designer. Five years later, at an industry trade show, she met her husband, Mike Scott, who works as a marketing development manager for Clayton Homes. They reside in Knoxville with their two children, Candace and Tyler. It was only a matter of time before her degree and experience in the home building industry caught the eye of her present employer. She began freelance work for Clayton in 1993 and became the company's interior design manager in 2005. Since her hire, Scott has several projects of which she is proud. One of which was "… a home we built to display at the annual Berkshire Hathaway stockholders' meeting," Scott says. Clayton Homes is a Berkshire Hathaway company. "One of the gentlemen shooting video of the event fell in love with the display home and bought it. "That was a first for us. Each year at the meeting he tells me how much he and his family enjoy their home." Another of her favorites, the Clayton "i-house," is to be featured at the 2008 Clayton Showcase of Homes to be held at the Knoxville Convention Center today through Sunday, Nov. 2. Scott says the conservation/sustainable energy/renewable resource-centered "i-house" is "… awesome. It is so different from anything we have ever built." Of course, there have been some projects of which she has not been so proud, as well. "In the late '80s I was designing a new model home we were going to display at a trade show," she says. "One of the 'hot' colors then was mauve. I had this great idea to use mauve on the walls and not just as an accent. That was a mistake! The room came out very pink and the guys called it the 'Pepto-Bismol' room. "Needless to say, we changed the wall color to neutral and I used mauve as the accent color. For about a year the entire staff at the home building facility called me "Pepto" lady." Since those days, Scott has seen many changes in interior design, and knows she is in store for many more. Scott says consumers can expect more "eco-sustainability" designs, ones emphasizing "green" products. She also says to watch for a "return to minimalism." As for what colors are probably due to emerge as popular, Scott can answer with particular authority. Scott is a 20-year member of the Color Marketing Group, which forecasts color directions one to three years in advance for industries, manufactured products and services. Scott says, "Reds will emerge with a more coral influence. Gray will become the new neutral, and browns will become softer and move away from the deep intense browns - mocha, sand and stone." Whatever changes are due, Scott looks forward to drawing inspiration from "… magazines, HGTV, furniture shows, drapery fabrics, and other design programs" to take to Clayton's design center in Halls where she does most of her creative work. She offers the following advice to anyone considering a career as an interior designer: "… Realize it doesn't happen overnight. It takes hard work and long hours, and you must be able to handle criticism. Not everyone will like every design you put together. Be flexible and don't take it personally when the client says they don't like it." Or when, for a time, you might have to endure a nickname like "Pepto Lady." http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/31/clayton-showcase-of-homes/ |
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