Design Hades

So I was caught between two type “A” personalities , and both ADHD to boot….Add First generation money and a lust for acquiring mulit-generational taste and prominence. Voila…... Design Hades

I was a little nervous in the interview I must admit…The “ A” ’s , we will call them, insisted I meet with them immediately. A Design emergency…? I agreed to meet the next day…..

While seated in an uncomfortable chair , upholstered in an uncomfortable leopard print, in the formal dining room of their multi room Mc Mansion , as the sunlight filtered through the poly-rayon lace that adorned the multi-swagged draperies… I felt a definite uneasiness accompanied by slight nausea.

The "A" Couple revealed to me that this room had been the result of their last designer….Designer number sixteen in the last four years…God rest her soul… I thought perhaps the last designer had suffered a small stroke or had simply been put in a home …I send her flowers periodically .By the way….

My uneasiness quickly turned to pity and my need to save these unfortunates overwhelmed me… Damn my need to rescue and to achieve world peace through good design… I took their job and their hefty retainer check and said my farewells…..

As I drove away from the two story red brick Georgian nightmare, my bemusement turned to confidence… I knew I could transform both their architectural nightmare as well as its inhabitants…I would need to retain the services of Professionals, Experts, the finest craftsman .

It did occur to me that I had not asked for a large enough retainer… I would need to see my psychotherapist at least twice a week now….These were lovely people …Good stock …really ! I thought, I would at least sleep on the idea of taking the job before depositing their retainer
check…

That was six years ago…. I just finished my last project for the “ A”’s . A mega mansion rehab in the most prominent of neighborhoods….Why I lasted so long… ? It’s a mystery really… Talent? Of course !… Patience mostly! … Weekly visits and emergency calls to my psychotherapist !
My therapist and I have become very close over the past six years… Yes, six years , three months and twelve days….