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Patricia Santa
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Pat brings 21 years of design experience, both residential and commercial, along with management experience to Bella Interiors. She received her Associates Degree in Interior Design from Indiana Vocational Technical College, graduating with honors and is a NDPA Certified Window Treatment Consultant. While attending college, she also worked as a draftsperson and served an internship with a local commercial interior design firm. After receiving her degree, Pat took a position with Interiors Unlimited, a commercial interior design firm.

Her job duties included space planning, interior finish selections, preparing presentation boards and bid proposals. Accepting a job offer from a major paint company MAB Paints in 1984, she began an 8 year position which began as an interior design consultant advancing to the Assistant Manager within 2 years then advancing to Store Manager during her last 6 months with the company. In 1992, Rollie Williams Paint Spot offered Pat a design position at their Elkhart facility, in less than 2 years she was placed in their South Bend location to run the wallcovering and window treatment department. Pat increased her department's sales over 6 fold during her employment at the South Bend location.

She has also taught a number of seminars on many subjects related to interior design. A few of the many special projects she has been involved with include 5 "Panorama of Homes" (1982,1986, 1991, 1996, 1997), an "American" model house for a Japanese architectural firm in Japan, and the St. Joseph County's Women's Expo. Commercial jobs include Salem Bank, Goshen, IN; 1st National Bank, Elkhart, IN; New Energy Corporation, South Bend, IN; Images Jewelry of Elkhart, IN; Yesterday's Restaurant of Granger, IN; Parisi's Restorante of South Bend, IN, just to name a few.

Currently Pat is traveling and residing in the Middle East and Europe for 2002 working on several of our high-end accounts and looking for 'new' products to feature in our store and website. We wish her God speed and a safe return.