INTERPRISE took a slight break from the IIDA Fashion Show the past couple of years, but this year, we convinced some of the Junior Designers to sign up!

IIDA CRE 8 matches design firms/Schools with different vendors to create a very unique outfit for the themed fashion show. The “8″ in “CRE 8″ is for the 8 days the designers have to fabricate their creations.

This years theme was the Zodiac signs and we were given “Bad Scoropio”. Working with Innovations (Wallcoverings and Fabric) and LG (Hard Surfaces)…below is what our team designed for CRE 8!

Designer, Amanda Richards modeling Bad Scorpio for IIDA CRE 8

Julie Dao, Amanda Richards, Emily Love and English Minter - Design Team Behind our Beautifully Bad Scorpio

Dallas Band Ishi Provided the Music for the Evening

Maharam Digital Wallcovering

Arizona Porcelain Tile

Over the years, companies from plastic laminates to porcelain tiles have struggled to produce a “natural” looking man-made product. Before, when they tried to digitally print wood or stone patterns, the products appeared blurry and were limited to small scale repeats. Now, with the advances in technology, manufactures are able to easily print large scale, high resolution patterns that create a look that is incredibly real.

Custom digital printing has also become a trend among the wallcovering and glass companies. What was once unheard of or outrageously expensive, is now a “must-have” in everyone’s product line. Manufacturers have teams of people that can take your image, logo, idea, etc…and print on different substrates making it into its own work of art.

New York just went through Fashion Week and we’ve seen the colors popping up all over stores and runways, so it’s not surprising they are showing up in the interior design world as well. Here is a taste of the Sherwin – Williams Color Forecast presented to INTERPRISE on Wednesday. We are all loving the midnight mystery palette!

Click here to go to the Sherwin – Williams website to see all the colors in the forecast.

Every year, INTERPRISE participates in the Herman Miller event, We Care. This year was the 16th year and our favorite craft yet!

We Care unites the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Herman Miller, as well as a number of the country’s leading interior design firms, in hosting a holiday gathering for children in need. The day of seasonal celebration includes a variety of craft stations where children create holiday gifts for family and friends. Representatives from each city’s foremost interior design firms are on hand to help and share in the holiday spirit!

Thanks to our INTERPRISE team, we placed 3rd in craft design!

Click here to read an article from the most recent Network Magazine about 10,000 NCX. INTERPRISE’S Paul White Osborn, Kathy Sepmoree, and Brent Arnold were responsible for this amazing transformation!

Friday, our President, Kaye McCallum won the Most Valuable Player Award at the CREW Holiday Luncheon! We are so proud of her and all that she has done for INTERPRISE, CREW and our community!

Every year, our CAD Manager sends out his “I AM THANKFUL” list…and every year, we all laugh hysterically and this year is no exception….

I AM THANKFUL: 2012 Edition

I am thankful that police finally caught the so-called “Handsome Guy Bandit”. I got tired of being pulled over due to mistaken identity.

I am thankful that I am so far surviving having a 16-year-old with a learner’s permit. However, if you don’t receive this, you’ll know why.

I am thankful for my master bathroom remodel which will look great when I complete it in 2018.

I am thankful for the numerous species of vegetation that grow freely around my house. Unfortunately it is all growing in the midst of my lawn.

I am thankful for life’s little mysteries that cause you to think: like how do my towels still exist after leaving that much lint in the dryer for the past few years?

I am thankful that if I ever find myself starving in the office I can turn my keyboard upside down and shake out at least two days’ worth of rations.

I am thankful that, unlike every other time, the power didn’t go out only two days after we set all the clocks back an hour.

I am thankful Honey Boo Boo is approaching her 15^th minute. Come quickly 15.

I am thankful for a well-stocked freezer. Even if that last box the kids forced into it by repeatedly punching it keeps the door from sealing tightly, causing the ice maker to frost up which leads to ice falling out onto the floor the next time the door is opened but it somehow never gets cleaned up which leads to me nearly shoving my knee up through the bottom of my chin as my other foot decides it no longer needs to be supporting my desire to be upright.

I am thankful that we have four more years of a democrat in the Whitehouse because, with his Republican blog going strong, it will keep my dad off the streets.

I am thankful that the Texas Rangers won the World Series…wait, what? I have to omit this one again?! Never mind.

I am thankful for delicious vegetables. French fries and onion rings come to mind.

I am thankful for my new jetted bath tub. It gives me one more reason to close the bathroom door and tell the kids I can’t be bothered.

I am thankful that I no longer work at that grocery store that required me to wear a brown, polyester, button-up vest. Brown vest? Get real.

I am thankful for life’s little mysteries that cause you to think: like why would a guy come into the men’s room to blow his nose and decide that a stiff paper towel would be better than a strip of fluffy, gentle toilet paper? If it’s gentle enough for…well, never mind. I’ve said too much already.

I am thankful for foresight: like the foresight Colorado had way back all those years ago when they decided to call themselves the Mile High State, somehow knowing that in the far distant future they would be legalizing marijuana.

I am thankful that I live in a house filled with laughter…except when the TV is tuned to a Disney Channel sit”com”. The Grapes of Wrath was funnier.

I am thankful for life’s little mysteries that cause you to think: like how come when there’s a 50% chance of getting something wrong you will get it wrong 90% of the time?

I am thankful that 75% of Dallas residents don’t wear cowboy hats as Hollywood seems to think we do. If I see a guy in Dallas wearing a cowboy hat I just assume he is a tourist who thinks he is required to buy a cowboy hat, some actor here filming a scene or some guy who wandered over here from Fort Worth.

I am thankful summer temperatures are finally behind us so I only have to change my socks every five days instead of every three.

I am thankful for free translation websites. Now if I could just find one that translates that goofy Brad Pitt Chanel commercial.

I am thankful for fine wines and cheeses. More specifically, Gatorade and a bag of Cheetos.

I am thankful for real American heroes, like Batman (played by a British actor), Spiderman (played by a British actor) and the upcoming Superman (played by a British actor).

I am thankful that, after scraping and tiling a floor that past few weekends, I have no currently scheduled appointments to have my knees photographed.

I am thankful for the extra money I earned as Thor’s stunt double. Oops, did I say Thor? I meant Paul Blart.

I am thankful for life’s little mysteries that cause you to think: like what does the inside of my nose smell like?

I am thankful for dollar stores. Or as I like to call them, wedding anniversary stores.

I am thankful for irony: like “Lincoln” doing well in a theater.

I am thankful that I have never camped in a tent in front of a store. I would feel safer camping in grizzly infested woods that somewhere in the city ahead of a pack of anxious shoppers who want a new large screen TV even more than I do.

I am thankful that I can prove in a court of law that I was doing these lame thank you lists long before Jimmy Fallon was doing his “Thank You Notes” which are now making him millions. So far I’ve made nothing- hint hint.

I am thankful for getting together with family on Thanksgiving…well, except for that one crazy uncle. Although, when I think about, I just might be that crazy uncle.

Things at INTERPRISE can get pretty spook-tacular on Halloween! I think our favorite tradition, besides dressing up and eating candy, is handing out candy to the kids in the building daycare! It’s always a joy to see the kids all dressed up!

The lower left picture is of  Assistant Project Manager, Jenny Barclay, and one of her cute twins!

Another great compliment from one of our clients…

“I just wanted to let you know how great Tammie and her team has been with all the work going on at Lincoln Centre. I couldn’t ask for a better group to partner with and guide me through all of it.

They are great reflection on your company.”

- Jack Nye, RPA, LEED AP

We are so proud of Tammie and her team…Amy Harper, Jenny Barclay and Emily Love!