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This Chandler, Arizona-based interior design studio focuses on award-winning residential interior design and commercial interior design. We also provide services for home decorating, remodeling, accessorizing and furnishings. Though interior design for new home construction is the studio's specialty, Debra's kitchen and bath designs and Jonathan David Furniture lines are also well published. The studio enjoys and is experienced in team-building relationships with home-owners, architects, and builders and has completed projects in the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area, Northern Arizona, Chicago, Colorado, and Oregon.
Interior Designer's Mission Statement
To provide unique and interesting interior design and custom furniture in which the needs of the client are of the highest priority. The design process includes creative thinking, superior interior detailing, and professional design.
Interior Designer's Profile
Debra May Himes' inspiration comes from her grandmother and the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Her moxie and motivation come from watching her grandmother own three successful businesses including two truck-driving schools and a restaurant.
Following the steps of Frank Lloyd Wright helped her to build solid, client-focused business procedures.
Debra is an Arizona native who studied in Flagstaff at Northern Arizona University where she was recently honored with the university's "Distinguished Citizen Award".
She opened her design studio in 1982 and intentionally maintains a small company with an executive assistant and an interior design assistant; "That just means my clients have access to me," she says, "and I supervise all of the work."
Her interior design style is elegant but livable and emotionally compelling. She works with elements such as hand-hewn beams, textured fabrics and Venetian plaster. She particularly enjoys creating architectural details such as niches and specialized application of stone. Debra's dramatic entrances make a statement and set the tone for a design that interweaves materials and furnishings in a fashion that is contrasting yet complimentary.
About Debra May Himes Interior Design & Associates
Debra May Himes is an award-winning degreed professional interior designer who has been serving residential and commercial design fields since 1976, while managing projects and creating high-end, original custom furniture. Projects include hospitals, corporate buildings, law firms, banks, model homes and custom homes. Himes exhibits expertise in space planning, furniture and finish selection, design development drawings and project management. The customer's lifestyle, needs and style are factored into the design to create one-of-kind furniture that is not only aesthetically superior, but also functional and personalized. Among the services available is complete architectural detailing for the home, home and office remodel, individual room design, and custom furniture design or selection. Customers can also get help with color and finish selections, space planning and accessorizing. Customer service is professional, friendly and enthusiastic.
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