About Arlene
I am an Interior Decorator and owner of a decorating firm “Art of Interior Re-Design™”. I offer consulting and design services in redesign –indoors and out; organization and real estate staging; and a training school (called “Canadian Art of Re-Design™”) for people who want to work on their own spaces, or who want to help others by becoming redesign consultants themselves. I am co-founder of Professional Redesigners of Canada, an organization for graduating members of my training program, which will soon include other graduate redesigners who take a three-day refresher course.

I have been featured locally in several publications. I regularly conduct workshops through the Leisure Guide at the local library for continuing education in decorating and redesign classes.

Arlene’s passion

The satisfaction of seeing a customer’s reaction to his or her home after a one-day makeover is the most rewarding experience! After completing the project, I always just want to sit down and stay awhile…the atmosphere feels so warm and inviting. If this is the way I feel, what must the homeowner be feeling?

How she got here
I decided to pursue my dream and passion for interior decorating, and after reading about the specialized field of redesign, "something that was missing in the field of decorating", I was determined to create the most successful Interior Redesign business possible.

I completed an interior design course and extensive business classes to help complete my necessary business plan and redesign training in United States, before starting on my new venture.

After redesigning many homes throughout Canada and establishing myself according to Redesign professional standards, I decided to start my own training program.

I felt interior redesign was essential but my theory of a well working home reflected the necessity to add an organization segment into the program.

Additionally, I believe a home includes both bringing the outdoors in and extending the indoors out. This belief made adding "redesign of the outdoors" into my training programs a natural decision.

I am very enthusiastic about redesign, so I wear a few different hats. First, I am an Interior Decorator. I love DOING. I offer consulting and design services in redesign, indoors and out; organization and real estate staging.

Second, I am a Redesign Trainer. I love TEACHING and COACHING--not only homeowners who want to transform their own spaces, but those who want to actually get into redesign as a career, and help others with their redesign challenges. So I offer training services - workshops and seminars of varying lengths and topics. But, it was important that my students have continuing education...and feel the importance of contributing to the body of knowledge in the field of redesign; so my students and I created an association to create this continuum of excellence. I founded the Canadian Art of Re-Design™, a school unique in incorporating all aspects of design into our training, whose motto is "Redesigning and Organizing - Indoors & Out!"  I am also co-founder of Professional Redesigners of Canada, an organization for graduating members of my training program, which will soon include other graduate redesigners who take a three-day refresher course. Last, I am a Redesign Evangelist! I love SPEAKING...so I accept speaking engagements to share with others the excitement and satisfaction of redesign, organization and utilizing all our living spaces, indoors and out!

Arlene’s re-design training philosophy
I believe that living space must be equally functional and beautiful. It’s the yin and yang of room design…balance, and wellness: you need to be able to feel well in a room, and work well in a room. This has much to do with taste, based on your life experience and your unique personality.

The same is true of training…so we build on your life experience, and we take the classroom into design environments so you have the opportunity to put your learning and ideas into practice as part of the learning journey. We work together, and everyone learns. I also believe having fun is essential to learning…if we aren’t having fun, why are we doing it to begin with? Creativity is stimulated by a sense of fun, so there won’t be a dull moment!

Comments from previous students have included that it was "the 5 most fun filled days that they have ever had and they came away with great new friends"... Something that every instructor strives for!

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