Michelle is a hardworking, creative, and ambitious professional with an infectious sense of humor and a never-ending todo list. In her free time, she loves spending time outdoors in the gorge and going on occasional outings to the coast with her husband and three children. 

 

Michelle has always been interested in combining function, beauty, and design, so she began her college journey at the Art Institute of Portland with an Associate of Arts in Interior Design. There, she learned that interior design has the power to improve how people live, work, and move within the built environment; tiny details can matter just as much as the large architectural moves that create the space.

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At Portland State University, Michelle earned her Bachelor of Science in Architecture. This program was rigorous and intensive, with the studio work encompassing many hours of every day. Emphasis was placed on the process of developing creativity and the act of creating art. Many artistic elements were encouraged and incorporated into the program such as freehand sketching, painting, watercolor renderings, pencil drafting, collage, and meticulously crafted models. She often used these artifacts as inspiration and/or design elements for her projects. Each studio presented a design problem followed by research, concept development, design work, revisions, renderings, architectural drafting, construction documents, pin-ups, and presentations.​

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After working for several interior design, architecture, and engineering companies, Michelle spread her wings and opened her own design studio at the beginning of 2021. She worked from home with a new baby for most of the year and then found the perfect little office to call her own in North Bonneville, WA.