NCIDQ证书. No. 020530
How was your interest in design sparked? Color and texture have interested me from a very young age and I have always enjoyed working with people and tackling challenges.
Experience/qualifications: 自1998年从UNL毕业以来，Joan and 的同事通过室内万博max在线manbet与客户合作, 我在万博max在线manbet的各个层面都有从零开始的经验. 我获得了NCIDQ认证，并深入参与了ASID 万博max在线manbet师 Showhouse, 奥马哈梦想街，曾获得ASID国家万博max在线manbet奖.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 那一定是家庭娱乐室——因为这是我们聚会的地方，也是我们度过最优质时光的地方.
Community involvement: Completely Kids, Inc.、玫瑰戏剧协会、劳里岑花园协会、内布拉斯加州人道协会会长
Design Tip: When someone enters a space, 我喜欢通过保持兴趣平衡来吸引他们的眼球, color and texture.
Marketing Director
How was your interest in marketing sparked? 从我记事起，我就想成为一名医生, 但我在克莱顿大学读大二的时候, I realized that Pre-Med was not the major for me. 我转到新闻系，从此就没再回头. 在创意领域工作就是梦想成真!
Experience/qualifications: I graduated from Creighton University with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication with an emphasis in PR and Graphic Arts. 我最初在弗里蒙特地区医疗中心的公共关系部实习, 并在内布拉斯加州分会担任公关和活动专员. 自2004年以来，我一直在Interiors Joan and 的同事工作.
Community involvement: 美国总统 Board of Directors, Nebraska Humane Society Friends Forever Board, 克莱顿大学职业和学术规划志愿者委员会.
What is your favorite part about your job? 很难说我最喜欢的工作是什么，但我会选择活动策划. I love putting all of the parts and pieces together! I still feel butterflies in my stomach when I stand back and watch guests enjoy the final product after months of planning.
Marketing Approach: I’m an extreme extrovert, 我从与一群人的合作和建立新的关系中汲取能量. 我对Interiors Joan and 的同事提供的产品和服务充满热情, 因此，提拔我的同事和他们的职业是一种乐趣!
Allied Member ASID
How was your interest in design sparked? It's difficult to identify a specific inspiration as I have had an interest in art and the creative fields for as long as I can remember. As a partner with Interiors Joan and 的同事, 我是内布拉斯加州奥马哈大学的毕业生，在该行业有超过30年的经验. In addition to a multitude of design projects, 我为公司做了很多采购工作，同时也开发了我们的资源库.
Community involvement: 美国总统, Heartland家庭服务，路德家庭服务，dream Street, Symphony Showhouse
What is your favorite spot in your own home? Our family room! 这里是聚会、休闲和欣赏湖景的好地方.
Design Tip: Make the space personal. Incorporate family heirlooms, 个人财富和帮助你保持个性闪耀的东西.
NCIDQ证书. No. 019653
How was your interest in design sparked? 在我很小的时候，我就受到了一位家庭成员的启发，他是一位室内万博max在线manbet师. 用我的创造力影响生活的能力一直是我职业生涯的驱动力.
Experience/qualifications: 我是Interiors Joan and 的同事的合伙人，在该组织工作了30多年. 我拥有伊利诺伊大学香槟分校的室内万博max在线manbet学士学位, am NCIDQ认证和无数ASID万博max在线manbet奖的获得者. I have served on the board of the Nebraska/Iowa Chapter of ASID and have been recognized nationally with the receipt of the BALA Award from the National Homebuilders Association.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? Though I am not the cook in my family, 我很喜欢厨房和壁炉室，因为它是朋友和家人聚会的地方.
Community involvement: ASID event chair (multiple) Heartland Family 服务 美国总统 Lutheran Family 服务
Design Tip: 准备、沟通和关注细节一直是我的重点!
How was your interest in design sparked? 在4H的第一年，我在伯特县的展览会上做了一个名为“贝丝的美丽卧室”的演示.“我用玩偶家具的盒子万博max在线manbet了一间卧室，并获得了一条紫色丝带.
Experience/qualifications: I earned my BS in Interior Design from UNL, 我的第一个万博max在线manbet职位是内布拉斯加州家具市场的万博max在线manbet画廊. 我在Interiors Joan and 的同事工作了28年，经历了有趣的新客户和令人兴奋的挑战.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 我最喜欢的房间是没有电视的大房间. 我有一个很大的分区，我的朋友和家人都可以聚在一起. 我让这个房间既能住又能在假期里打扮得很有趣.
Community involvement: St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Stephen Center Guild, 美国总统 Corporate Development Committee, ASID past board and committee member
Design Tip: 我喜欢将图案和纹理混合在一起来创建不容易复制的万博max在线manbet, especially with draperies and window treatments.
How was your interest in design sparked? My grandmother was flexible and patient enough to allow me to rearrange her guest room – and that was the impetus for my interest in room design.
Experience/qualifications: I graduated from UNL College of Home Economics and spent time designing the interiors of new home construction projects before joining Interiors Joan and 的同事 in 1991. 我的万博max在线manbet奖项包括单人万博max在线manbet、医疗保健和单人太空项目的认可.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 我们的户外空间是一个平静的静修场所，在这里可以躲避和放松一年中的许多季节.
Community involvement: 基督教女青年会，中部人道协会，内布拉斯加州人道协会，梦想之街，ASID展览屋
Design Tip: Patterned carpet! It adds interest to nearly every project.
How was your interest in design sparked? 我一直对建筑和万博max在线manbet很感兴趣. 创造一个能让人们聚在一起并产生能源的环境的能力是关键.
Experience/Qualifications: 我在UNL获得室内万博max在线manbet学士学位，并于1993年在奥马哈成为一名万博max在线manbet师. 我获得了巴拉奖(美国最佳生活方式), 2010) and several ASID awards, including Best in Show (2014).
Community involvement ASID Member
What is your favorite spot in your own home? Our great room. 阳光洒满这个地方，一年四季都吸引着我. 我也喜欢壁炉在寒冷的雪天提供的氛围.
Design Tip: Less is more! 我喜欢安静和谐的房间，因为有太多强烈的元素需要你的注意.
How was your interest in design sparked? 从我记事起，万博max在线manbet、艺术、色彩和创意就一直是我的兴趣.
Experience/qualifications: 在1996年加入Interiors Joan and 的同事之前，我的职业生涯始于两年的平面万博max在线manbet领域. Since that time, I have immersed myself in a wide variety of diverse residential and commercial design projects as well as being committed to the Omaha ASID 万博max在线manbet师 Showhouse, 梦想之街和林肯交响乐团展示馆活动.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 我最喜欢我的客厅，因为我感觉分层的艺术品, 窗户处理和我自己定制的橱柜万博max在线manbet真的反映了我是谁.
Community involvement: Bergan Knights Event Committee Design Chair, St. 帕特里克教堂活动/筹款活动，我儿子学校的许多活动
Design Tip: Proportion is key. 创造一个整体的外观和感觉，而不是一个单一的件从整体上分散你的注意力.
Experience/Qualifications: 我有会计学副学士学位和工商管理学士学位. 我一直想成为一名万博max在线manbet师，甚至还上了一些大学课程, but my mind just does not work that way. In the past, besides working for my father, I have worked as an inventory service manager, a painting/paper hanging scheduler, a backroom manager, and an accounting clerk. It seems that everything I have done in the past is all wrapped together into what I do now at Interiors Joan and 的同事.
Community Involvement: 自从我的母亲在2016年去世后，我一直是关注脑癌的倡导者. 我有一个小生意，我在我的车库在我的业余时间. I create and repair costume jewelry. 该企业的所有利润都以夏琳团队的名义捐赠给美国脑瘤协会. It’s not much… but I feel it is very important.
What is your favorite part about your job? 我工作中最喜欢的部分实际上有几个. I love fabrics. I like 订购 the fabrics, 当他们进来的时候接待他们，然后看着他们从工作室回来作为窗口处理, bedding or reupholstered furniture. 只要看到我们的万博max在线manbet师从头到尾的创造力、才华和远见.
Administrative Approach: When I was working for my father, 他向我灌输了客户服务的重要性，这一点我至今仍铭记在心. Everything I do: contracts, 订购, 接收, scheduling installers, 发票, 一切都好像那是我们唯一的客户. 我尝试着按照我希望公司为我做事的方式来做事. 实际上，我从未见过我们的很多客户，但他们知道我的名字. When I talk to them on the phone and they have a sense of familiarity with me as if they’ve known me all their life, it gives me a great feeling of accomplishment. Dad would be so proud!
How was your interest in design sparked? When I was in junior high, 我看到我的父母在建造一个定制万博max在线manbet时与一个室内万博max在线manbet师一起工作，我被吸引住了.
Experience/qualifications: Since graduating from UNL, 20多年来，我一直在奥马哈和林肯地区万博max在线manbet各种各样的空间.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 那应该是家庭活动室——那是我们聚在一起度过时光的地方.
Community involvement: Junior League Sustainer, Friends of Lied, St. Mark's Methodist Church
Design Tip: I have always found that listening to and being completely honest with my clients results in the most successful outcomes.
How was your interest in design sparked? 我妈妈喜欢买新东西放在家里，无论是新家具, 厨房的盘子或者浴室的毛巾, anything to make a little change. 当她做出这些决定时，我总是想和她在一起，总是期待下一次购物之旅.
Experience/qualifications: 我曾就读于UNL，有超过25年的室内万博max在线manbet经验. As an ASID Allied member, 我曾获得过万博max在线manbet万博max在线manbet奖, 参加了“谎言之友”的餐桌灵感活动, 并参与了无数的游行房屋和改建之旅.
Community involvement: 梦想之街，交响乐团的前成员
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 我的厨房. 无论我们是否娱乐，这都是一个聚会的好地方, 全家人聚在一起，或者只是一起尝试新食谱. 这个房间是我们家的心脏，在这里留下了许多回忆.
Design Tip: Keep it simple! 用中性的面料创造一个空间，然后在你的艺术中添加一些色彩, 配件, 和枕头. Don’t overdo it!
NCIDQ证书. No. 26701
How was your interest in design sparked? 艺术和建筑让我成为了一名室内万博max在线manbet师. 我一直喜欢研究我周围的空间，以及万博max在线manbet如何产生影响.
Experience/qualifications: I graduated from UNL in 2006 and have had the opportunity to work in residential and commercial design applications ever since. I am NCIDQ certified and have also served on the board of the Nebraska/Iowa Chapter of ASID being involved on various committees within the organization.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? I live in a home built in the 40's and really appreciate the way cabinetry was used to combine the kitchen and entry area while adding great storage space.
Community involvement: ASID董事会，复活基督大教堂，学校志愿者
Design Tip: AutoCad已被证明是一个伟大的工具，传达详细的万博max在线manbet概念，客户和承包商.
How was your interest in design sparked? The challenge! 在协作的环境中发挥创造力是我的激情所在.
Experience/qualifications: 在加入Interiors Joan and 的同事之前，我在另外两家万博max在线manbet公司实习, which gave me diverse experience in the field. I have also been involved in ASID since 2006 as well as the Young Building Professional Council of the Home Builders Association of Lincoln, Habitat for Humanity and Green Omaha Coalition.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 我们的万博max在线manbet是一个非常开放的概念，厨房、客厅和露台同时开放. 我喜欢这个“地点”，因为它可以让家人随时保持联系.
Community involvement: Habitat for Humanity (HFH) FRIENDS Board, HFH Family Selection Committee, HFH Brew Haha social media chair, Habitat Young Professionals fundraising
Design Tip: Mixing finishes! I like to create contrast in a space by mixing textures and materials with proportion and scale for an overall fresh look.
Experience/Qualifications: I earned my Bachelors of Science in Accounting from UNK and have over 20 years of experience working in the accounting field.
Community Involvement: 我帮助指导一些“小联盟”的排球队和垒球队.
What is your favorite part about your job? 我真的很喜欢和各种各样的万博max在线manbet师一起工作，看到他们是多么的有才华, each in their own way!
Accounting Approach: 我喜欢会计世界与万博max在线manbet世界的相遇，并努力使两个世界“啮合”并一起工作, 最终为我们的客户提供美好的体验!
Experience/Qualifications: 我获得了室内万博max在线manbet的副学士学位和商业学士学位. 在加入Interiors Joan and 的同事团队之前，我获得了多年的行业经验
What is your favorite spot in your own home? My favorite spot in my own home is my living room. 我的窗外风景很好，我喜欢被阳光包围, 还有在外面而自己却在里面的感觉. I have a massive 12 ft. 滑盖门通向我们的新游泳池和露台, I just can’t wait for it all to be done, it will be amazing!
Community Involvement: 我在奥马哈做了几年"粉红计划"的志愿者. Having recently moved to Las Vegas, 我希望找到一个新的地方和组织，我可以做志愿者. 我喜欢帮助社区，并从中找到了极大的乐趣.
Design Tip: Trust your designer. 我知道有时候很难走出自己的舒适区, but I really have confidence that you can find a new appreciation for things in life if you trust the expert you hired for your project.
Experience/Qualifications: 我毕业于UNL的建筑学院，获得室内万博max在线manbet学位，辅修工作室艺术. The minor in art really helped my student career for our design boards and still helps me to this day as I draw my concepts for clients. 我24岁的时候开了自己的零售和万博max在线manbet工作室，刚从学校出来就开了一家商店. 在5年的时间里，我是自己的采购员、万博max在线manbet师、视觉营销员、公关和其他所有工作. I closed up my shop and moved to Florida, 在那里我有自己的室内万博max在线manbet业务，专注于私人游艇. I learned a lot and had a great time doing this. 我也翻转了一些房子，学到了很多这个行业的建筑方面的知识. 我的上一份游艇工作带我去了马略卡岛(西班牙海岸附近的一个岛屿). I was there for a few years working on a large boat. 在我的第一个孩子出生后，我搬回奥马哈，重新开始了我的生意，Alleyway. 在维护自己的客户的同时，我还是Lowes kitchen and Baths的项目经理. 在这个职位上，我学到了更多万博max在线manbet施工过程的知识, 在加入Interiors Joan and 的同事团队之前.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? My favorite room is our sunroom. 它三面全是玻璃，里面装满了我最喜欢的一些东西. 我喜欢花和植物，在春天，它是最好的地方!
Community Involvement: 几年来，我一直参与在奥马哈举行的国际马展. 我在谷仓做志愿者，也负责一些活动的筹款工作.
Design Tip: 总是混合内部…如果它都匹配得太好，你的眼睛没有停止.
Experience/Qualifications: 2009年，我毕业于内布拉斯加大学林肯分校，获得室内万博max在线manbet学士学位, 有商业和万博max在线manbet项目经验. 我也有市场营销和平面万博max在线manbet的背景, which has strengthened my abilities to digitally create impactful visuals and photo-realistic renderings for my clients. 这些工具帮助他们清晰地想象他们的空间.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? I love spaces with character, 还有我1938年的木屋，地板还是原来的木地板, 硬件, 燃木壁炉和拱形开口有大量的木材!
Community Involvement: Allied Member ASID, Feline Friends of NE, 之前曾是几次当地动物救援活动的营销志愿者.
Design Tip: Mix old and new! All new furniture and decor can lack character. 混合一些旧的或现有的物品-古董，传家宝，照片等. to add uniqueness and personality to your space.
Experience/Qualifications: 我获得了爱荷华州立大学室内万博max在线manbet学士学位. 我在奥马哈室内万博max在线manbet公司做了4年的万博max在线manbet助理, 3 years as a 万博max在线manbet师 at Sheridan Decorating, and 5 years as the 万博manbetx手机网页登录 Specialist at Pella Windows and Doors 在加入Interiors Joan and 的同事团队之前.
What is your favorite spot in your own home? 我的床上! I also love my “library” reading room.
Community Involvement: Having just moved back to Omaha from Chicago, 我很高兴能参与到社区中来，并为我所热爱的组织服务!
Design Tip: Be true to yourself. Trends may come and go, but only you know what works in your home, fits your lifestyle, and gives you joy. 如果这个世界上有一个地方应该让每个人都快乐，那就是他们的家.
Experience/Qualifications: Outside of being a professional firefighter, 之前15年，我一直在管理一家当地企业的铝门部门. 用这个, 我是首席产品万博max在线manbet师，负责将产品从概念到3D模型, to prototype, to front line product. 熟练使用Inventor、Onshape等3D软件. 我的另一个职责是库存控制. I was in charge of forecasting material needs, 订购 material and balancing demand and lead times to ensure we had the proper amount of inventory on hand at all times. Inventory control was also a large part of my life. I conducted full physical inventories of my department monthly and was also the liaison between our vendors and handled all vendor credits, quality control issues and vendor returns.
Community Involvement: I am very active in the community, also. 在过去的9年里，我一直在为理事会布拉夫斯消防队员组织MDA活动. In that time we have gone from number 4 in the state for collection to number one in the state for the last 4 years. 我参加了孩子们学校的“看门狗”项目. This program positions positive male role models in schools and helps give the kids who do not have male role models at home a chance to have that kind of positive influence in their lives. 我还为社区里开车的孩子们组织外套.
What is your favorite part about your job? I enjoy the variety of tasks I get to do at IBJ. 每一天都有点不同，我接触到新的和令人兴奋的产品.
Experience/Qualifications: 我有超过15年的客户服务经验. 在过去，我曾受雇于各种不同的组织. In a number of those positions I worked with billing and accounting while being a main point of contact for the clients. 目前，我是林肯工作室Joan and 的同事室内万博max在线manbet办公室协调员, and I am also a student, completing my MBA.
Community Involvement: 当我不工作或不学习的时候，我忙于协调五个小家伙的生活!
What is your favorite part about your job? 我的工作最好的部分是我可以丰富自己的方方面面. 我能够在计算数字的同时欣赏万博max在线manbet师在不同项目上的艺术能力.
Administrative Approach: My approach to accounting and administration is to deliver my best work while continuing to learn; working to better myself and my company!
Joan Sorensen
Joan Sorensen founded Interiors Joan and 的同事 in 1963 and has had the privilege of working with wonderful people ever since to grow the company to what it is today. Joan是ASID和NCIDQ认证的专业成员.