Can you believe it? Fifteen years. It’s still so humbling to me when I sit back and look at what has been built. I remember standing in Monaco. Yes, that place with the famed Casino and the Royal Family.  I stood there and looked around me at this perfect place.  The streets are magically always clean. It feels like there are little fairies following people around cleaning up after them. The architecture is stunning. Iron adorned balconies, colourful yet tasteful stucco buildings, pretty little cafés and perfectly groomed gardens filled with blossoming, fragrant flowers.  I stood there, my eyes scanning the buildings, the sheer drapery billowing in the windows, the sails atop the luxury boats and thought; this is what I want people to think of when they see my business card. I had been working at a drapery store at the time, for about 18 months.  My boss had hired me to both sell window coverings, and the bring “design” to his clients.  He had been asked for design help, and his solution was hiring me. It wasn’t easy, working for someone else.  I was far too independent with my own ideas and goals.  Far too honest, which, when […]