Kids dream of designing their own houses and rooms, Housing and Interior Design allows students to be creative in designing their dream home.
“It’s an interesting and challenging class that is out of the ordinary,” Senior Aubrey Jareke said.
“The most important lesson learned from Interior design is time management,” FCS teacher Susie Huggins said. “There are so many small, individual projects, so managing your time is something you either have to already know or learn by the end of the semester.”
In the past many students have signed up for the class with the idea that it would not involve much work, but they soon realized that Interior design forces them to be focused and dedicated to getting a job done.
In Housing and Interior Design the majority of the semester is focused on how to make textures, colors, shapes, and patterns go together to make a room pleasing to look at.
“I grew up with a scrap-booking mother, so I enjoy the cutting and matting aspects of all of their projects,” said Huggins.
These projects are collages of items that go well together based on what the students learn about the aspects of design. Often the students use magazines to find items they may want to use in a room, so they would cut them out to use in their mini projects.
The end of the semester, however, is what all of this preparation leads to. This project brings up everything the students have learned throughout the semester and really makes them think.
“My favorite part of Housing and Interior Design to teach is the final drafting project,” Huggins said. “I get to see creativity from my students and they have never owned a home, so they have to think like an adult when designing.”
Housing and Interior Design is a class for students looking to be creative and try something new to develop skills that could lead them into Architecture, Engineering, and other design based fields.
“I took Interior Design, knowing I want to be an architect and the skills I would learn in the class could definitely help me in the future,” Jarecke said.
