About Us – Design Biography

Ginger L. Foust

My family would say that my career in design began in my early teens when I boldly decided to “redo” a small bathroom in my family home when my parents were away for the weekend. The beautiful blue and purple 60’s floral beckoned me and my ever-positive mom returned with the reinforcement that urged me on. However, I would say that my passion for design began much earlier when I was constantly trying new furniture arrangements and accessory placement in my childhood bedroom. Instead of buying the typical teen magazines, I would opt for decorating magazines for inspiration.

Throughout my late teen and early adult years I was always helping friends with design projects while refining my design skills and hunting for furniture to creatively reinvent with paint. The 70’s took me to Oregon where I started “flipping” houses and “staging” them for resale, (long before the terms of staging or flipping were known). In the early 80’s I took formal education in interior design in Orange County, California, and established a retail design program for a large fabric wholesaler. While teaching full-time I continued to work in design, and in 2004 I retired from teaching, after 30 years in the classroom, and returned to school to become a certified Interior Redesigner, Stager and Color Expert*. My dreams brought me to my business, Dream Interior Redesign & Staging by Ginger Foust.

Design is my dream, my passion and my second career. This business is NOT my hobby. When I can help my clients achieve: a new look in a room, on a wall, assist with paint color selections, prepare a house for the resale market (staging), shop for specific accessories or furniture, teach seminars about decorating or make the transition to a new home more tranquil, I get a rush of adrenaline that is addictive. I am working on my dream everyday and “My DREAM is to help clients achieve their DREAMS in their homes.”

*Certified by I.R.I.S. (Interior Redesign Industry Specialists) www.weredesign.com