I am self-employed in the premier installation of all things wallpaper! Wallpaper has come out of its coma to once again be a superior splash of color and character that wakes up any room in the house! I am a specialist in all types of wallpaper.I also bring over 20yrs to the field of interior remodeling, involving all-things inside a home that may need to be freshened up, updated, or totally made over! Extensive experience in painting, wallpaper and trim work is at the forefront of my resume. Full or partial bathroom remodels follow as specialty projects that demand a broader range of skills that I bring to the home. I meet my clients at the highest level of integrity, quality and professionalism that they come to expect in all of the work and recommendations that follow me into their homes!

I taught at an organization for 12 years that exists with the motto of “different learning, different teaching.” This experience was a capstone of my lifelong work with youth for nearly 40 years. I love the energy, the curiosity, the fun in life that kids seem to carry around with them everywhere they go. In my teaching experience at Lake Michigan Academy, however, students came to me with much of their energy, curiosity and fun for life tattered, torn, stripped away and stomped out. For the only reason that each one learned differently from the “norm,” each one was in a daily battle for hope and understanding for his/her future. Our setting was unique in many ways from a “normal” classroom. But the experiences I had in seeing hope, understanding and fun return to the lives of my/our students was beyond compare. I’d been given a front row seat to see that, in spite of the changing times and the burgeoning technology that swirls around all of us, kids are still kids. Each one looks for hope, understanding and fun in life using the “tools” each has been given; I, as a teacher, stood in a prime position to train each one to work with the tools given and, at times, in spite of the tools given, that life and success can realize its full potential.

Provided office support to sales force, produced marketing tools, established national supply line for unique lighting needs, managed inventory control system

Established Federal financial aid programs, liaison to local colleges, program adviser to current & former students