My Interior Design Blog

I already talked briefly about drafting. What I didn’t mention is that starting to draft costs a lot of money so I wanted to suggest where you should get everything. Obviously the most convenient way is to go and buy everything in a store, but it is also the most expensive.

Before the semester even started I found a girl on craigslist that was selling Interior Design supply. My problem was that I didn’t know what I do or don’t need. So, I forgot about her until the first day of drafting that the instructor gave us the list, the very long list of everything we need to get by next class. I freaked out. It was a lot. Luckily, the girl from craigslist didn’t sell everything yet and I got most of it for a very good price. (I do regret though for not buying her drafting table). So, first thing you should check is craigslist both in the free section (you never know what you will find), and the art section. If you know any other second hand websites go ahead, there is nothing wrong with used tools as long as they work.

Another way for you to save some money is to know what you need to get before the beginning of the semester and order it online, most of the time you can find everything cheaper and sometimes you can also find coupons which would definitely help. “Why before you start the semester?” Because you need to have time for shipping. I know what you are thinking now… “How the hell are we suppose to know the supply list before we start the semester?” Well, the answer is simple, I’ll tell you

The third and I think your last option is to go to an art supply store and just get it. But, there is a way to save there too. The popular NYC art supply stores have a website which you can sign up for and get coupons in an email or mail. Utrecht, Pearl and Blick.

I really wanted to write here all the supply list right now but since I’m in Israel I dont have it with me. I will try though to write it here or in a different post as soon as I’ll go back to the US. You can still send me questions or comment on this post.

Hey guess,

I know I haven’t been here in a while but I have a really good reason. I’ve been told that my grandma is in the hospital, she broke her leg so hopefully it’s nothing serious. I bought a last minute ticket back home to Israel, and I had to do some packing and organizing. Don’t worry though, I took pictures of all the things I have done throughout the semester so I would be able keep writing there. I don’t know how often it would be but I’ll try as much as I can.

Last time I talked about my Mondays which were the worst days. Now, we are moving to Tuesdays which honaslty for me were the best it gets. The day was full and long but a lot of work never scared me. I used to start the day at 9:10. Drafting was the first subject. When I started the semester I was sure I’m going to be very good at it since I have it in my genes, I thought it would come naturally, boy I was wrong… Our first project was just to take the handout and trace it, sound easy, don’t you think? Well. No it wasn’t. Since it was our first project we had to practice all our new tools, rulers, comps, and most importantly the drafting board. I really left those homework for last and I didn’t know how long it would take. (Took a long time). The next project was to practice architectural lettering, again I thought that from what I have seen my dad do I will do it quick and good, wrong again… It took me about three hours to finish everything. I remembered the instructor saying something about using a ruler but it was taking such a long time that I decided to do it free hand. After all I’m young, sort off and artist, my hand is steady, than why wouldn’t I be able to do it? I got a C, my first C ever, or maybe it was C+ but still, awful… With time I learned that I need to dedicate much more time for drafting, and never do it last minute.

Right after drafting I had volleyball, I thought it would be an easy A, just to relax and keep me slim. turned out completely different… We ended up writing three articles and had a final project. Since I’m not going to talk much more or at all about volleyball I’ll write everything now. The articles were about fitness, volleyball and group or team games. It wasn’t that bad, but the thing that really annoyed me about the instructor is that I handed in the last of the articles about a month before our finals. What did she do? Returned all of them a week before the semester ends at the most stressful time and says like it’s nothing: “Oh, everything is wrong, you need to redo all three if you don’t want to loose 30 points off of your grade. And hand in the final project.” I really came close to hitting her, but I decided that my continuing in the institute is more important then satisfying my need. The final project was just something artistic so it took me like 5 minutes and the articles took me no time. Do you want to know how? very simple. I asked my boyfriend to write them since I have no time to spare. He was sure that he did a bad job, I really didn’t care, but I got an A

After an common hour I had the most fun, hard and satisfying class I ever had. STUDIO 1. It’s the class that you spend most of your hours both in school and out. You learn all the basics of design. I had the most amazing and tough teacher ever, luckily she is going to instruct studio 2. It was 4 hours that felt like one, and needed to be doubled. I’ll talk about this subject a lot more.

Stay tuned to read more about Drafting and Studio, but now I need to catch the subway to the airport. I sure don’t want to be late. Wish me a good and safe trip, (I’ll sure wish it to myself, I hate flying).

Chau.