Frey Design

Award-winning, nationally published interior designer with more than 25 years experience in design sales: furniture, fabrics, rugs, wall coverings and lighting plus 6 years experience in sales and clientele building in a prestigious luxury brand retail stores.​

▪ Commissioned by First Lady Michelle Engler, wife of Governor John Engler, to redesign the Governor's Summer Residence on Mackinac Island, MI. The project spanned two years and included a historic preservation of the home, circa 1901. As a result, the home was granted designation on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. I worked closely with Peter Secchia, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, raising bipartisan funds to complete the project.

▪ Designed the John Widdicomb and subsidiary company, Bexley Heath furniture showrooms in High Point, NC for six consecutive furniture markets, showcasing the collections of Mario Buatta, Larry Laslo, Jacques Grange, Frank Lloyd Wright, T.H Robsjohn-Gibbings and Joseph Jeup.

INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS, COMMISSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

▪ Official interior designer: Governor's Summer Residence on Mackinac Island, Michigan

▪ Bid on and awarded the B. Siegel Estate Ballroom, ASID Designer’s Showhouse (1998)

▪ Bid on and awarded the Brookby Estate Library, Grand Rapids Symphony Designer’s Showhouse (1993)

▪ Michigan Chapter ASID Residential Design Award (1993, 1994, 1996)

▪ Michigan Chapter ASID Juror's Excellence Award (1994)

▪ Distinctive Residential Design Award, Grand Rapids Magazine (1993)

▪ Historic Residential Design Award, Grand Rapids Magazine (1993)

▪ Showcase of Interior Design, Midwest Edition I and II, 4-page feature

▪ Showcase of Interior Design, Midwest Edition III, title page photo, front matter photos/quotes and 4-page feature ▪ Better Homes and Gardens Home Plan Ideas – Winter 1996, feature article and cover photo

▪ Better Homes and Gardens Home Plan Ideas – Spring 1995, feature article

▪ Better Homes and Gardens building Ideas – Winter 1996, feature article

▪ Kitchen and Bath Showcase (1995), 2-page feature

▪ Interior Designer’s Showcase of Color (1994), 2-page feature

▪ The Grand Rapids Press At Home – January 26, 1992, feature article and cover photo

▪ The Grand Rapids Press At Home – January 13, 1991, feature article and cover photo