Article: Interior design more than meets the eye

Nanette Light
University Wire
08-24-2007
(Oklahoma Daily) (U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -- Blue plaid drapes or shutters? A dark red coat of paint or a light, livable green shade?

These are some of the questions interior design majors face, but selecting colors or fabric is only one aspect of designing a house or business.

Interior design majors don't just make things pretty, and Megan Martin, interior design sophomore at the University of Kansas, is tired of the assumptions.

"Whenever I tell people that I am an interior design major they just look at me like it is so easy," Martin said. "As if all you have to do is make some curtains and pick out some fabric. I know what they are thinking, and it ...

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