I grew up in Northern New Mexico, surrounded by its natural beauty and obsessed with interior design. This led me to pursue my Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from the Art Institute of Colorado. I graduated and joined a Denver furniture designer – great learning in furniture design, drawings, and fabric selection. After this studio experience, I became a sales associate at Ikea and advanced to Interior Designer. In leadership training there, I worked in new store development, and design and implementation of room-setting vignettes. By the time I left the company, having transferred to Austin, I had been given roles in Kitchen and Bath design, Interior Design and design and supervision of display installations — a wonderful range of experience.
To complement my kitchen design work, I became a certified Functional Nutritionist. Then, eager to return to New Mexico, I worked as the Flooring Specialist for a home improvement firm in Santa Fe, where I was recruited by Edy. After two years as Manager and Design Assistant at Edy Keeler Interiors, I’m thrilled to become the company owner, and announce the new name, Heceli Kitchen and Bath!