.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Rights .h2Pag #. Copyrigh 1989 .h3April 19, 1989 1,002 words INTERIOR B J C. Writte b Jun Grayson Photographe b Ji Ream Yo deserv beautifu home accordin t Joa Cowe o INTERIOR B J C. o St Charles Illinois "You hom shoul b plac o refuge th plac yo lov t be s tha yo ca fin th peac an tranquillit yo nee t g ou agai int ou trouble world. Peac an tranquillit aboun i th Fo Rive valle fort mile wes o Chicago On hundre year ag th Pottawattomi Indian fishe i th rive an th earl settler raise cor i th adjoinin fields No th rive banks oa groves an rollin hill shelte luxuriou bric mansion buil b th corporat officer an professional movin int th area Thes ar th home tha Cowe decorate i th elegan an eclecti fashio fo whic sh i famous "A interio designe i specia perso wh i allowe t ente family' mos privat worl thei home M responsibilit i t liste t the s tha ca fin ou wha the lov an the guid the i puttin thing together, explain Cowen " tr t fin ou th littl things Wha color spea t them D butterflie remin the o somethin special Wil th hom loo lik i ha bee pu togethe wit lov an care Children especially remembe thei homes Yo wan t giv the happ memorie t follo the al o thei lives Yo shoul no fee guilt i yo spen mone o you home. Popula color no ar mauve rose teal gray accente wit dar color suc a hunte gree o burgundy accordin t Cowen Complicate windo treatment wit Victoria touche suc a swags an rosette carr romanc an whims throughou th home "W hav al bee rushin s muc tha w haven' take th tim t fee elegan anymore Tha i wh w welcom th retur o luxury. Cowe wil desig th entir hom a requeste b he man corporat client movin int thei ne custo-buil homes Othe client doin thei ow decoratin ma jus nee littl guidanc t hel the accomplis thei goals "Yo don' nee t b ric t hav beautifu home, Cowe says I fact sh like th challeng o workin wit limite budget Sh love garag sales fle markets an estat sales Sh rescue discarde painte furnitur piece an strip the dow t th origina woo finishes Sh save th frame fro ol upholstere furnitur fo he upholsterer a Italia craftsman t rejuvenate Thes treasure ar store fo th da whe sh wil fin thei perfec permanen home Cowen' lov o beautifu fabric starte early Sh gre u a typica souther bell i middl-clas famil i Montgomery Alabama Atypically however whe he mothe aske he wha sh wante fo present sh didn' as fo cand o to o doll Sh aske fo "piec o prett material ou o whic sh mad dol dresse an, late, al o he ow clothes Thos wer th day whe gir ha t decid whethe sh wante t b teache o nurse Cowe chos nursin an worke a publi healt nurs fo severa years " don' regre m nursin experience, Cowe says " thin i mad m mor sensitiv an understandin o peopl an thei problems. Sh marrie th ne busines schoo graduat wh live acros th stree fro th nurses dormitor an wh gallantly fixe he car' fla tire The raise fou daughters Cowe live th lif typica o suburba wif an mothe. Th purchas o radia sa le t he subsequen caree i interio design " wante t tur ou basemen int recreatio room Whe foun ou i woul cos severa thousan dollars decide t sav mone an d i myself Al neede wa th saw bu a firs th hardwar stor salesma eve refuse t sel on t me ha t teac mysel ho t us it." Seein he success frien he firs client aske he t buil sewin tabl an cabinet Soon mor friend aske he t build cabinet fo them Tha le t request fo hel in choosin color an wallpaper Furnitur upholsterin an floo tilin cam next. Cowe ha n forma trainin i ar an interio design Sh taugh hersel eac skil a sh wen along learnin b tria an error historica research, an th advic o othe professionals Sh ha neve ha t advertise. Geral Cowen he supportiv husband eventuall tire o he hom-base business "Yo hav couche al ove ou basement Yo hav wallpape sample al ove th house Wh don' yo ren littl stor s w ca brin orde bac int ou home? Man year an severa store later INTERIOR B J.C, has becom famil busines wit eigh ful tim employees Al wor i don i-hous wit thei ow skille craft people "Becaus w hav ou ow carpenter w ar abl t us lo o woo i ou designs expandin ou desig option an makin ou design harde fo competitor t copy, say Cowen Kathleen th thir daughte an busines major ha both desig an managemen responsibilities Geral Cowen afte earl retiremen fro hi ow career ha assume al o th accounting payroll an ta dutie - whic i jus fin wit Joan becaus i give he mor tim t b creative The stil hav goal bu retiremen i no on o them "W ar incorporatin cerami tile int ou cornic designs W wan t branc ou int furnitur an to design W wan t hel ou employee experienc thei ow creativ developmen. An w wan t b abl t donat mor mone fo ou favorit missionar projects "Man peopl neve fin wor tha the trul love a thankfu tha ca hel othe peopl fin happines throug m ow creativ talents. #####