Our studio class was given the awesome opportunity take a field trip to Seattle for 4 days touring showrooms and even doing a job shadow.The first day there we toured the Seattle Design Center. I had no idea what to expect because I had never heard of it. But once we got there I was in awe. Basically the design center is a giant mall for Interior Designers. There show rooms after show rooms with everything from custom furniture, rugs, to paint and fabric samples. I was overwhelmed with excitement and probably could have spent all day there.
We started at Trammell Gange. There you could find any customizable piece of furniture you could think of. Say you like the arms of one couch but the legs of another, and wanted to use a different fabric all together. No sweat! I was amazed.We also toured a rug show room where some of the rugs were as much $28,000! And a wall coverings show room that had some really interesting materials like a velvety fabric for the wall.
The final show room we visited was Robert Allen. They were really welcoming with cookies, lemonade, and gift bags. They explained their fabric selection which was HUGE. I'm pretty sure you could find absolutely anything there. Sherwin Williams, the paint company, is a part of their show room as well so we also talked with their rep. She gave us our first paint wheels and gave us some important tips to remember when choosing paints.
Overall it was a long, but eye opening day. We learned so much about the materials and products available to just designers. My excitement throughout the day proved how much I love interior design. (And the garbage bags of samples a select few of us scored for hanging around after our class left may have helped too!)
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