Interior Design I (HOME 201)

At last! A basic, down-to-earth class that takes the guesswork out of interior decorating. Learn the easy steps to successful decorating and most importantly, the rules that will save you costly mistakes. We will discuss quality buying and wise purchases, the art of picture hanging, how to select floor coverings, fabrics and furniture and coordinating all these elements. With the help of this class, you’ll be able to tackle any room with confidence and create a masterpiece. Bring a sack lunch.

Lucille Cohn
Saturday, November 8, 9:00am-2:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: E-31

$79

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Interior Design II (HOME 202)

This design workshop will offer a more in-depth study of the following methods of interior design:

• Space Planning—Planning a room on paper, traffic patterns, space requirements and expanding your living space
  
• Furniture Styles—Identifying styles, the popular styles of today, selecting the best styles for you and styles on a budget
  
• Lighting—Lighting effects and the best lighting for a given space
  
• Picture Frames—Selecting the best frame, the “Ten Commandments” of framing and lighting the picture

Now you can achieve style, good looks, good taste and comfort in every room in your home. Please bring three accessories (such as objects that you would group together on a table) to work with in class. Bring a sack lunch.

Lucille Cohn
Saturday, November 15, 9:00am-2:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: E-31

$79

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Build Your Dream House for a Song
(HOME 203)

Imagine how different your life would be if you had no rent or mortgage payments to make! You don’t have to be tied to a 30-year mortgage. Instead, you can build your dream house and own it free and clear in five years or less. The presenter and his family built their dream house in Marin and saved a bundle. In this seminar, you will learn how to buy land for less than retail of county tax sales, buy building materials for cents on the dollar, live on your land comfortably, rent free, while you build and get the best help for the least amount of money.

David Cook
Thursday, November 6, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: Foothill College
Room: 3301

$49 ($20 materials fee payable to instructor during class)

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I Love This Room Now! Room Makeover Secrets (HOME 204)

Learn how to redecorate your home by creatively rearranging the furniture and artwork you already own. You’ll discover how to:

• Define your personal style
  
• Create new furniture arrangements
  
• Balance a room with color.
  
• Quick, easy accessorizing techniques for bookcases, artwork and displaying collections will also be shared.
  

Kit Davey
Wednesday, October 1, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Foothill College
Room: 3202

$39 (Additional $7 materials fee for book payable to instructor during class)

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Landscape Design & Gardening Skills for the Novice (HOME 205)

This class is designed to help you create a beautiful and functional landscape design for your yard. Design discussion will have you wanting to investigate new ideas and seeing how realistically your landscape dreams work. You will learn practical skills such as placement, balance, and scale. Hardscape, lighting, and irrigation will be discussed as well as how to create “curb appeal.” Organic gardening and low-maintenance landscaping will also be addressed. There will be a hands-on exercise to help you understand how it all comes together. Bring photos of your property, a ruler, pencil, eraser and 11” X 17” graph paper.

Nancy Higgins is the owner of her own landscape design business. She is the winner of the Most Beautiful Design Award at the San Mateo Home & Garden Show and placed second at the Ventura County Fair. Nancy’s goal is “to beautify the world, one yard at a time.”

Nancy Higgins
Saturdays, Sept. 27 & Oct. 11, 9:30am-4:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: G-5

$99 (Additional $4 materials fee payable to instructor during class.)

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Feng Shui Fundamentals: Designing for the Good Life! (HOME 206)

Finding balance in your life, feeling good about what you accomplish, and obtaining a sense of peace and tranquility in your environments are qualities often achieved through the use of Feng Shui. This ancient knowledge is actually a common sense approach used to create environments – homes, businesses, workplaces, healthcare & educational facilities - with characteristics we as human beings need to thrive.

In this course, we will focus on easy-to-understand principles to heighten your awareness of your environments and how they impact your life – both negatively and positively. Based in the wisdom of many cultures, this course will give you simple tools to implement immediately to redirect the “flow of energy “ in your life, so you can enjoy the “good life”!

Linda Lenore is a Feng Shui Master, Certified Green Building Professional and Certified Vital Office/Vital Home professional. Her 40-year background in interior design and construction, 25-years with Feng Shui and garden design, and 15-year focus on green/sustainable practices give her great depth of insights into the role our environments play on our lives. As an accomplished author & professional speaker, Linda’s appeared on major media like the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime, as well as on the front page of the San Jose Mercury News.

Linda Lenore
Saturday, October 11, 9:00am-Noon
Location: De Anza College
Room: L-64

$39

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Clutterology® (HOME 207)
How to Eliminate Clutter in Your Life and Get Organized

Tired of searching for that “lost something” or stumbling over stuff throughout the house? You CAN change your environment to work for you with simple, easy and practical ideas on how to remove clutter from your life and get organized before your epitaph reads “Buried Here Under This Pile!”

We all know that we have too much stuff, but what do we do first? Easy! Start with this program and take it one simple step at a time. If you feel that your life is being controlled by your stuff, then attend this fun-filled, interactive program, where you’ll learn:

• The difference between organized and neat, and how it will affect you
  
• How to change your environment to work for you
  
• What the true cost of your stuff really is
  
• How to be removed from junk mail lists
  
• The three reasons for reading material and how to decide whether to keep it or toss it
  

Students are encouraged to bring old cell phones, empty printer (laser or inkjet) cartridges, one item from your kitchen and two items from your closet for charitable donation.

Nancy Miller
Tuesday, October 7, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: Foothill College
Room: 3202

$49 (Additional $30 materials fee payable to instructor during class)

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Remodeling Your Home Successfully! (HOME 208)

Learn how you can make remodeling as smooth and trouble-free as possible. You will receive numerous tips on saving money and time, selecting the right contractor, reducing headaches, inconveniences, and avoiding typical problem situations. Learn the right ways to get bids, how to maximize your investment and when to call in an architect or other design professional. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions relevant to your own remodeling project. The instructor is a licensed architect and interior designer with 20 years of experience in home remodeling.

Richard Morrison
Saturday, October 25, 1:00pm-5:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: L-72

$59

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