Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Seria Rights pag Copyrigh 1989 1,00 words INTERIOR B J.. Writte b Jun Grayson Photographe b Jame Rea an Jun Grayson 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 tranquilit yo nee t g ou agai int ver trouble world." Peac an tranquilit aboun i th Fo Rive Valle fort mile wes o Chicag wher th Pottawatomi Indian use t fis an wehr th earl settler plante cor o th woode hills No thos oa grove an hill shelte luxuriou bric mansion buil b corporat officer an professional movin int th area Thes ar th client who see th hel o Cowe i makin thei home int th prope settin fo thei entertainin o thei worl wid busines clients. A interio designe i specia person wh i allowe t ente th mos privat worl o huma tein thei home M responsiblit i t liste t the tal s ca fin ou wha the lov an the guid the i puttin th thing together tr t fin ou th littl things explain Cowen "D butterflie remin the o wonderfu childhoo memory Wha color mak the fee a home? Cowe say tha ther i retur t traditiona style an elegance "W ar al riushin s muchg tha w don' tak th tim t fee elegan anymore An that pity. loo a m client an ask wha d the wan thei hom t sa t yo whe yo ente Th peopl w desig fo d lo o entertaining ON clien territor i literall th whol whordl The ar fro England ha t stud thei Englis ehritag an Ann Hathaway' cottage Wha di the wat t pul fro England Mos poepl don' realiz tha lo o researc goe int decoratin job hav ne cliet no wh want t reproduc th fee o the Twenties Cowe wil d whol house man o he client ar corpiaton hea wh d lo o entertainting the ar movin int ne home an wha th whol hous done. Othe client wil cal ad sa they tarte doin thei ow hosue bu the nee help jus don' kno ho t ge th righ cominatio o thing the wan fo wha the wan t accomplsiuh. I fact on o th mos cerativ thing sh eve di i whe defvleope retaien he t d mode home i Wheaton H tol he t spen mone o th accessorie bu tha h wa o stringen budge an didn' wan t spen muc mone o th fruniture. S sh haunbte fel amrkets garag sales an estat sales bough thin so 2 an strippe the dow unde man alyer o pain t discove wonderfu woods the they nde up # otere furntiure the cu the dow an rehupholstere them Bough thign f 2 an 2ad furtnitrur wortt hudnre o W ]ASl o th furnitur use i th mdoe home eventuall dollars. Bu yo don' nee t b ric t hav beautifu home Cowe thinks i th buidlern' ow home. Cowen' lov o beuatiful abric starte early.Bor i MOntgomer Alabama sh gre u a typica souther belle He family thoug no rich stil live th souter lifestyle Wherea mos littl girls whe mothe ask wha ca sh brin fro store ma say pleas brin m candy o toy o doll o book Cowe remember tha sh alway aske he moteh t brin m som prett fabric The sh woul mak clothe fo he doll an late o sh mad al o he ow clothes. ire eithe t b teache o nurse Sinc sh loathe teaching afte hal da stin i hig schoo whe th childre wouldn' obe he an thre spitball a her sh bexam 1urs an di publi healt nursin i Cloealand don' regre m nursin experience though explain Cowen thin i mad m mor sensitiv an understandin o people Now whe a aroun someon wh i iirtable neve tak i eprsonnaly bu tr o udnerstan wha coul hav happene t upse hi s much. Sh marrie th ma wh fixe heth fla tir o he ca parke i fron o th nursin dormotry Fou daughter arrived. Whe sh decide sh watne t finis of thei basemen int recreatio roo an ofun ou i woul cos severa thousan dollars sh decide instea t bu radia sa an d i herself A firs th hardwar stor ma woul no eve sel he th saw Bu wit he hisband' approva sh persisted studie book an magazine an d i al herself Tha wa th rea star o he successfu decoratin business. firen he firs cleint afte seein he work aske he t edcesig an buil dswein cabine an worktabl fo her TYha le t othe request fro friends cabinets The the asek he t hel pic th color an th wal paper fo thei rooms. Sh elarne everythin o th nob b tria an error sh alway wante t d i al ehrself.AFte on eyar he hsuban said yo hav eveeryone' couche al ove th basekemnt yo hav wla paep sample al ove th house can' yo a elas Thos wer stil th day whe gir as t ru th busines an sh ha alway ee abl t pa al bikll o tim ou o curren receipts Sh ha neve advertised bu client calle mostl b referral an sh wa alway busy. Wi si motnh sh ha t mov t large storye The sh go to busy an fel to rpessure t d i al ehrslef S sh gotclose eh stor an accepte th jo o doin th tw mode homes cLEITN REFerre kep he bus fo year agai workin ou o he St Charle home Sh refuse t star anbothe store knowin wha commitmen i was Finally he thir daughter Kathleen gradaute fro colleg wit busines degre convince he tha sh wante t b a interio designe too S thre ya ag togehte the oepne thei firs stor i St Charles No Mr Cowen ha taked earl retirment s i i famil business Joa an Kathlee d th des diesigning an Kathlee doe som o th business whil Geral ha take ove al o th accounting paryro ad taxe thing Joa hate anway. Thos wer stil th day whe gir as ge littl sho s tha w ca ge ou ow hous straignte up> Cowe woul no gv t wor unti al f th chidlren er in choo ful time tHE WIT Fou dollar i e pocket sh signe leas fo $800.0 mont fo he fis stor i Wheaton Illinois Sh ha neve borrowe an 2 1 Sh chos wEHATO becaus sh trasnposrte he childre dail t *wHEATO christn da schoo an wante t b nea the i cas4 sthe neede he durin th schoo day. Ja tend t b conservative bu Kathlee decorate wit flai an eclectic S the balnc eac other. Th hav eigh fulltim employee an do al f th u8phostlerin an constructio f furnitur an draperie o the premises Coewe use lo o woo fo cornic ocnstrtuction Tha make he deisgn harde t copy th design ar compeltel sew an cosntructe an pu togethe i th stor workroom an the traporte t th sit i th deliver truck. The wil d an styles No sh i int cerami tile a beginnin t icnorpat tile int ou cornices tile ar no beolin sue a widel a the shoul be sH PLAN t chang that. T whe he hsuban reitre h woul ahv bee happ t sel everythin an trave toegeh wit he fo th res o thei lives. A compromise sh agree tha h coul pla trip whneeve h wante t an sh woul accompan him Th firs wee wh unwinds an th nex wee sh i isnpire t begi t creat th design sh wil com hom an implenet. Sh stil ha he goals Thge wan t ge int furnitur creating t fil th niche the fin i thei work The ahv som design an patent i progress mayb evn chidlren' toys a goin t desin piece tha ar no ou ther yet a goin t hav th enoymen o failure thing tha peopl need. Cowe feel tha interio desin offer he chanc t us he gO-GIVE CREATIVE GIFRT AN thi s wher sh bleong an thi i wha sh wil continu t do I yo lvo wha yo do yo wil d goo jo an yo wil succeed. Ric elegan design now lot o swagin o frabrics FAvorit popula color now mauve rose teal gray sof an beatuifu ad ric colors wit darmk accent shuc a hunte gree o burgundy. ar th dcolor sof an epaceful doe i loo lik i ha ben pu toegeh wit lvo an car CXhildre remembve thing mor tha yo think whe m daguthe elf home, he wante t tak thei room with Giv you childre happ meemorie t follo the throughou thei lives. S man peopl g thorug lif unhappy no reall findin ou wha they er mean t do w shoul devleo ou lvie t th otential oeprat very atisfyin busines tha love I yo ar no i th jb you ar happ with yo mus g bac an fin ou wher you talent belong. Cowe ha anothe goa fo he busiens t rais mone fo he charitabl goals Whe sh starte th business eh profit . I go intwen int tw hjfund he fou daughter' eduation fun an fun t suppor missionarie fro he church No tha he fourt daugthe i almos throug colleg an afte the complet thei curren planen busines expansion azhs want t tur mro profit ove t th Lord Sh pray abou he wor int roo an fee goo abou it an realzi thi s th wa hom shoul be.& fact sh ha ha som wonderfu anwser t prayer On bvuildr rsai t her thi i goin t amz you bu yo hav chose th color love o thi wondo treatmen i jsu wha wanted o thiwha yo ar doin remidn m o someon lov ver much S a abl t brin jo t p