Intern Spotlight: Jennifer James

Jennifer (“Jennie”) James is a current Randolph Community College Interior Design student who is just a few short weeks away from graduation.  In order to meet her programs requirements, she has taken an internship with Asheboro Design.

Asheboro Design is located off of Salisbury Street in Asheboro, North Carolina, just a few short minutes from the school.  The company is owned and operated by Beverly Wilson alongside her State of the Art custom framing services. 

Asheboro Design offers both Residential and Commercial design, as well as color, art, and framing consultations.  Some current projects that Jennie is assisting with includes a twin boys bedroom, a master suite, a powder room, and possibly the Asheboro Country Club.  It is through these projects that Jennie is learning how to read a clients personal tastes, how to sell a design that works, and that clients are often wanting to change things around.  Wilson is often challenging Jennie to use bolder colors and patterns in her designs.  Other skills that are being acquired are art knowledge, such as artists, preservation, and framing methods.  So far Jennie’s favorite experience has been a visit to a clients home.  Through this she has learned that you have to be just as comfortable and confident in a client’s home as you would in your own office. 

Jennie has also been able to spend time working in other areas of the Interior Design field.  This includes kitchen, bathroom, and hardware design during her time at Beeson Decorative Hardware and Plumbing and her experiences at High Point Furniture Market with Belle Meade Signature. Jennifer is currently coming up on her third market with BMS, and is thrilled to be assisting in the showroom’s design.

Interior Design has always been a passion of Jennie’s.  Since her adolescence, she has considered fun to be designing and sketching room plans, and building small structures in the woods with her father’s toolbox.  She was also known to be scoping out new homes being developed in her hometown of Climax, North Carolina.  After graduation, Jennie is striving to achieve Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) credentials and to become National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCDIQ) certified.

The posting was written by Jennifer James Interior Design Student at Randolph Community College.  For more information on a career in Interior Design contact Randolph Community College, Department Head, Holly Barker at hdbarker@randolph.edu or at 336-633-0284.