Meet Our Designers

Meet Our Design Team:

Jean Thimmesch

Jean Thimmesch has been in the design field for 30 years.

She graduated with a BS in Housing from the University of Minnesota and has been helping clients select and coordinate their interior furnishings ever since. Specializing in window fashions and flooring with an eye for color she brings it all together for residential and commercial settings.

Making the world beautiful one room at a time.

Barrie Seifert

Barrie Seifert has been creating unique interior environments for both homes and businesses for the last 12 years.

With a passion for designing for todays busy homes she uses a combination of distressed furniture, antiques, refinished items and various shabby chic elements to create comfortable and welcoming spaces yet able to withstand kids, pets and whatever else gets thrown its way. Currently enrolled in the Penn Foster decorating program she still manages to find time to peruse the estate sales always on the lookout for the next piece for her upcoming projects. Longtime Shorewood residents, Barrie and her family and pets still find time to relax and enjoy all the area has to offer.

Ari Koehnen

Ari Koehnen is the communication specialist for Excelsior Paint and Design. She is a student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where she is double majoring in Theater Arts Administration and Professional Communications. At school she works in creative design for theatrical productions and serves as the president of the theater honor society. Since her semester abroad in Scotland, Ari has fallen in love with international travel.

Hannah Zalusky

 Hannah Zalusky is a design intern from Chanhassen. She currently studies interior design at Cornell University and is interested in anything design-related, with a focus on commercial and sustainable design.  At Cornell University, she is vice president of the American Society of Interior Designers student chapter and is a librarian at the Design Library. In her free time, she loves traveling and trying new things; she is excited to spend fall 2012 studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark.