Michigan designers duked it out during “March Madness”

It was a battle zone at the Michigan Design Center (MDC) earlier this month, as 12 of the area’s top interior designers went head-to-head creating their own unique room vignettes within MDC showrooms.
“March Madness: Design 2 Ways” attracted nearly 300 guests and kicked off with a designer presentation where attendees heard from participating designers about the creative process for each space, as well as tips for reinventing rooms as trends and tastes change over time.
After viewing the assembled vignettes during an open house, event-goers were invited to vote in the People’s Choice Awards.

The “Room of Your Dreams Award” went to Rochester designer Janis Colborne, of JMC Interiors LLC, for her comfortable, conversation-focused “Salon Talk” vignette in the Decoroom showroom.

Dawn Jacobs of Artichoke Interiors won the “Room You’d Recreate in Your Home Award” for her newlywed’s studio apartment titled “New Beginnings,” in Robert Allen.
Other participating designers and their vignettes are as follows:

Sharon Kory of Kory Interiors

Donna Brown of Dassling Designs, LLC

Lynn Witmer of Witmer Design

Kenneth Laubert of Evergreen Interiors & Antiques, LLC

Rachel Young of Tutto Interiors

Amanda Sinistaj of Ellwood Interiors

Tiffany Barnes of Beckham-Barnes Interiors

Denise Seifferlein of d’avignon Interiors

Anne Strickland of Port Manufacturing

Donna Milefchik of Donnah Interiors
The event accepted donations for the event’s charity partner, Coalition on Temporary Shelter, which provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, as well as comprehensive support services for the homeless and at-risk population.