I met up with a local practicing designer in Gresham, Oregon. Her name is Sarah Martinez and she is a designer who works with Home Depot in the Kitchen and Bath Department. After showing her my plans of the St. Elmo's Hotel space I am working on we discussed overall layout of the one bedroom apartment as well as finer details such as materials. She helped me focus in more on my design concept as well as went over positioning of different fixtures in the bathroom like moving the toilet and shower to create more space for storage. She gave me ideas for dropping the ceiling of the space since I didn't want to keep it leveled at 10ft everywhere.
She also provided me with material samples for flooring and counter tops. She was thoughtful and helpful. It was a constructive visit as she liked some of my ideas and helped me evolve my initial design.
