Interior Decoration & Staging
Interior Decoration Certificate Program
This program is for you if you’re interested in entering the decorating field or just want more knowledge of interior decoration principles. Take only those courses that interest you or complete five courses (the Fundamentals of Interior Decoration plus 4 courses) to earn the certificate.
More Information
For a brochure or more information, please contact:
Dianne Lahaye
Phone: 978-556-3065
Email: dlahaye@necc.mass.edu
Interior Decoration & Staging Courses
The Fundamentals of Interior Decoration
This hands-on course provides a broad overview of the fundamental process, tools, concepts, principles and language of interior decoration, including color theory and psychology, furniture styles and placement. It also provides the underpinning for all other courses in the program and is a requirement for the certificate of completion.
Textbook Information
The Interior Plan: Concepts and Exercises 2nd Edition, ISBN# 978-1501310478.
Please Note: Please purchase and bring your book to first class. Book can be purchased at Amazon.com.
List of materials for this class:
Sketchbook
Graph paper
Mechanical pencil
Architectural ruler or straight edge
Roll of trace paper
Highlighters
Tape measure
Foam Core (20″X30″) for presentations
Double sided tape
Scissors
If you have any questions regarding materials needing to be purchased, please email the instructor, Stacy Sawyer, at stacy@stacysawyer.net.
Instructor
Stacy Sawyer, experienced residential interior designer and instructor
Course Information
Color Flair for the Home
This lively, interactive, practical class will help you use color to create beautiful rooms. You’ll learn to use unique tools and techniques to solve your color dilemmas, understand the secrets of neutrals, undertones and more. You’ll also explore how to choose the “right” color for your spaces, break down the color wheel, explode the myth of color theory and walk away with a real flair for color.
Instructor
Margaret Innis, owner/principal of Decorate to Sell, LLC, trainer, color consultant and master stager
Course Information
Intro to SketchUp for Interior Decorators- NEW ONLINE VERSION!
SketchUp is a simple yet amazingly powerful software tool for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily, combining the spontaneity of pencil sketching with the speed and flexibility of today’s digital media. You’ll create photorealistic views of interior or exterior spaces, combined with styles, shadows and 3D walk-through animations. Bring thumb drive to save projects worked on in class.
Software can be downloaded for free at home.
Instructor
Stacy Sawyer, experienced residential interior designer and instructor
Course Information
SketchUp Part II – NEW ONLINE VERSION!
Continuation from Intro to SketchUp for Interior Decorators, students will learn more advanced camera tools for navigation around their model and exporting 2D graphic images and 3D video files. Use of sand box tools will be covered to integrate terrain and geography into their model. Introduction to Layout software (provided with SketchUp Pro) will be used to create a working sheet set for a completed project.
Instructor
Stacy Sawyer, experienced residential interior designer and instructor
Course Information
E-Design for Interior Designers NEW!
A 3-week class that focuses graphically enhancing your interior design portfolio, whether providing interior design services online or creating electronic design boards to brand your services and market your company. We will spend a class using Microsoft PowerPoint as well as Adobe InDesign to showcase the different software platforms you can use to organize your sketches, drawings, and images. We will cover things like template design, downloading fonts, and using multi-page PDF’s.
Instructor
Stacy Sawyer, experienced residential interior designer and instructor
Course Information
Photoshop for Interior Designers NEW!
Learn how to utilize Adobe Photoshop to enhance, transform, and filter your plans and sketches. In this class, you will learn how to render a floor plan with photo-realistic textures. We will enhance your perspectives with color and filters. Lastly, we cover staging design with cut and paste Photoshop utilizing transform and distort. All of these techniques can amplify your interior design work and ultimately make a more impactful design presentation.
Instructor
Stacy Sawyer, experienced residential interior designer and instructor
Course Information
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All non-credit Community Education classes and programs will be suspended through June 30. We will postpone classes scheduled to run during this time to a later date to be determined this Summer. To view classes that are currently being offered online/remotely, please visit online training.
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