My Interior Design Blog

Good evening readers,

Today I’ll start telling you about my journey, at least I’ll try. I applied to FIT, and one of their requirements was to write an essay telling them why I want to go to their institute and just tell them about myself. Usually when people tell about themselves it’s very generic and boring, same old stuff like, where you were born, how many siblings etc’ I wanted to be different. I can’t even start telling you how nervous I was. I never wrote anything like this before; I didn’t know where to start. I have started imagining my chances of getting accepted shrinking every second. Plus, the essay was supposed to be 350 to 750 words. “How could I know the best number?” I thought, “It could be too short or too long who knows what they expect?”

I decided to go with a different approach. Not trying to impress them with what I have done (because I didn’t do anything deserving anyway.) I thought I need to speak to their hearts, but since I had no idea who is going to read it, I mean group age, or gender I had to find something that talks to everybody. I thought about it for about a week, and then it hit me. How come I didn’t think about it before?! Parents, everybody loves their parents, and for most people the parents are their idol. Luckily my dad is a civil engineer so that his profession is close to interior design.

Here is my final essay:

I remember my father taking me as a young girl to an unfinished construction project. He showed me one empty room after another and said: “These are offices for people to work in”. I didn’t believe him.”But, dad, these are just empty rooms and hallways. They don’t even have windows or doors”. “Right now it’s just a dream, but if I work hard enough, it will all come true”, he said. I didn’t believe him because I didn’t believe in magic.

Necessity is the mother of invention and when old thing break down and you are poor you “renovate”. I’ve displayed creative abilities since an early age. Our family had limited financial means but my father was always renovating and improving our home. Starting from little help with paint or tiles I’ve “graduated” to having my own pet project to design, budget and manage. One day, I was bold enough to tell my father that I could take complete care of a room, top to bottom and that I wanted a chance to prove myself. Since the room was small a good planning was crucial, I had to fit a bed, computer desk, a dresser and off course a vanity. After the floor plan was figured out the real fun begun, painting the room choosing the curtains and then I wondered, “Do I have enough money for all this stuff?” I have decided to go “dumpster diving” after collecting my “new” furniture, some sending, painting and a lot of sweat and tears involved, all was a matter of time until everything was finished, on time and on budget.

Original ideas arise when different cultures collide. My Eastern European background combined with Middle Eastern upbringing will be fertile ground for Western Design education in the heart of New York. Dreams and hard work are important. But education is the foundation that everything starts from. Education at the Fashion Institute of Technology is a prerequisite for my making any contribution be it small or great.

My father has been an inspiration and a role model. His hard work and dedication to pursuing his dreams have been my guiding principles in life. One day I hope to take him to an empty building and say “These are offices for people to work in” and know that this time he will believe me because it will not just be a dream.

So, what do you think? I personally think it is touching, after I read the whole thing i swear I felt a tear appearing.

Well, that’s all for today, just remember that you don’t have to write those generic boring essays, try to find something that is dear to you, and people who will read it will notice, I promise.