My parents started this business before I was even conceived. As a baby, I was always around our retail store and alongside my mother learning the art of design. I'm an only child and was eager to become part of the business, but my parents were reluctant to give me too much responsibility as quickly as I thought I should have it! I started my first part time job at the age of twelve as the "gift shop manager". I had a name tag and everything! By sixteen, they finally let me start selling furniture to our clients. By eighteen, I became my mom's partner as an interior designer. I'd like to say the rest is history, but in total honesty this business has taught me valuable lessons that I could never have learned in a classroom. Having years of experience as a young professional kind of sounds like an anomaly, but when your business is your life, it's easy to start compiling the years. I am truly blessed to still have my mother and my father as business partners, as well as my husband.