Susan Nilsson arrived at interior design by accident. A native of Hendersonville, North Carolina, Nilsson's interest was in fashion. She attended East Carolina University where she studied Home Economics. Her dorm room was designed in black and white with zebra stripes going up the walls and orange accents. Susan loved to stay up all night creating dresses but had no interest in physics or geometry. After three years her parents decided she should find a job, which she did in Asheville, North Carolina answering the phone for a construction company. She excelled in the construction industry and at the same time designed a plan to get a BS degree in interior design and take advantage of her construction experience. She traveled across the mountains at night to attend classes at Western Carolina University. Her professor, David Harrison, spotted her talent and helped her work through her degree even though she had a tendency to loose interest (she was single at the time) and abandon the plan. Along the way she ran into her first boss (from the construction company where she answered the phone) and they got married. She finished her degree, worked in several architectural firms, then borrowed $10,000 and started her firm in 1987. Since that time, Susan Nilsson has designed interiors for the most discriminating clients all over western North Carolina. In addition, she travels to exciting places with her husband, Jon, but, unfortunately, has no time for fashion design. Susan thanks you personally for visiting her web site and for taking the time to read her story.