“Decorating Cents” was one of the most popular shows on Home + Garden Television, HGTV. On air for a long run of 8 years, I was seen as a guest Re-Designer for 5 of those years. The show had 3 parts, I was in the middle.

In part 1, Joan Steffend, our bubbly red-headed hostess, themed a room with the help of a designer. About 12 minutes into the show was the segment that I appeared on, "The Re-Design."

I enter, tell the camera what I didn’t like about the layout of the room + the furnishings get removed. The pieces then get put back as I see it + explain to the viewers the where and why of the new layout. We always go on a “find” and uncover a piece in a different part of the house, usually in the attic or garage. And yes, lots of editing of possessions. Not everything makes the cut back into the room.

When the room was completely Re-Designed, it looks astonishingly different. It’s sometimes hard to believe, even for me, that it’s the same room. In the last segment of the show, Rob got creative with ‘Trash to Treasures”.

New York Times
House & Home
"Can This Living Room Be Saved?"
December 28, 2006

"Quotes on Arts & Crafts Movement
Influencing Interior Design Today"
September 7, 2003

NY Post
Real Estate Section
"Ideas on Alternative Ways to
Decorate your Fireplace"
November 15, 2003

New York Observer
"Signature Style is Her Mantra"
September 9, 2008

New York Spaces
"In the Zen"
September 2006

Newsday
"The Empty Room"
May 2, 2007

"Finding Their Space"
October 29, 2004

AM New York
"Update Your Bedroom"
March 15, 2007

Time Warner Center
The Samsung Experience

"Dream Jobs"
The New York City Board of Education partnered with USA Today to reward deserving 9th grade students the dream of shadowing a mentor in the field of their choice.

The students had to complete a 10 week intensive course in job skills and write an essay. Each of the 30 schools participating selected 2 students who won the opportunity to shadow a mentor, for a day.

Mindy was honored to be invited as the guest speaker for this event.
May 2007

Design Within Reach
"Resolution 101"
"Re-Design Your Space by Changing Your Prospective"
January 2007

The Home Show
"Interior Design"
"What Hue is You?" 
"Bringing the Outside In"

New York Daily News
"Halfway House Gets Makeover"
Article about Mindy's design of the family room in the halfway house run by "Hour Children".
The organization shelters and teaches women newly released from prison how to
reconstruct their lives and provides a loving environment for moms
to reunite with their children.

Newsday
Design and remodel of recreation room for IGHL-Independent Group Home Living.
Organization provides lifestyle alternatives for people with developmental disabilities.