Western interior design awards

Sunset, Nov, 2000 by LuAnn Thoma Holec, Odette Lueck, B. J. Peterson, Melinda Sechrist, Ann Bertelsen, Daniel Gregory, Peter O. Whiteley

Winners in our first program sponsored with the American Society of Interior Designers hail from Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas

Two years ago, Sunset journeyed to the headquarters of the American Society of Interior Designers in Washington, D.C., to propose a jointly sponsored interior design awards program loosely modeled on the Western Home Awards, which Sunset has run with the American Institute of Architects since 1957. We wanted to tap into the creativity and resource-fulness of interior designers just as we have done with architects.

The result is what you see on these pages. Our jury of four interior designers and three Sunset Home staffers bestowed Awards of Excellence on 17 projects out of 300 entries. The winners, ranging from a rustic ranch-style kitchen to a carport converted into a contemporary family room, represent the many styles of interior design in the West. It's a feast of ideas for anyone looking to make a room more functional, comfortable, and personal. Honorable Mentions for Winning Design Details will be published in 2001.