Sometimes what we as interior designers do seems so superfluous, especially when viewed relative to what has happened in Haiti this week. Working primarily within the borders of the USA, and in the more defined areas of North Carolina and Virginia we have often had those moments where a client will tell us that our talents have changed their lives for the better; that their house functions better for their families, and that their new rooms make them feel special in their own house.
But the Haitian earthquake leaves many of us who have the fortune of working with color, and with design, and with America’s affluent, feeling helpless. How do you separate what we do on a day-to-day basis with the primitive, impoverished pre-quake conditions of a country like Haiti? More importantly, how do you justify our regal lifestyles, our state-of-the-art medical care, our safe neighborhoods, and our comparatively docile lifestyle with the daily happenings in Haiti since the quake occurred?
Basically we don’t and we cannot. But we can help in every way we can…and right now that is with our donations and with our prayers because that is all that we can do from afar. SSI Design Group will donate 10% from our sales for furnishings and accessories and from our hourly fees for the next 30 days to the relief efforts in Haiti. Join us in the efforts to relieve the suffering… donate to your local Red Cross and offer up your prayers for the children and all of those caught in the despair in Haiti.
But the Haitian earthquake leaves many of us who have the fortune of working with color, and with design, and with America’s affluent, feeling helpless. How do you separate what we do on a day-to-day basis with the primitive, impoverished pre-quake conditions of a country like Haiti? More importantly, how do you justify our regal lifestyles, our state-of-the-art medical care, our safe neighborhoods, and our comparatively docile lifestyle with the daily happenings in Haiti since the quake occurred?
Basically we don’t and we cannot. But we can help in every way we can…and right now that is with our donations and with our prayers because that is all that we can do from afar. SSI Design Group will donate 10% from our sales for furnishings and accessories and from our hourly fees for the next 30 days to the relief efforts in Haiti. Join us in the efforts to relieve the suffering… donate to your local Red Cross and offer up your prayers for the children and all of those caught in the despair in Haiti.
