Stephanie Etter

“I strongly believe that everyone deserves a great interior design for their home. A great design should reflect who they are and be functional as it relates to their lifestyle. At the end of a design project I want my clients to say, “I never knew my home could look and feel this great!”

I have been an Interior Designer with Krispin’s for almost 7 years now.  I started at Krispin’s right after graduating from Sinclair with my Associates in Applied Interior Design.  I was so excited to take projects from the developmental stage to completion and see how happy my clients were with their new space.  I have always been partial to contemporary furnishings and consider myself very blessed to be able to work with wonderful people and beautiful furniture every day.  I am also a member of D.S.I.D. which is the Dayton Society of Interior Designers, who work together to help keep business local.

My favorite aspect of design is definitely color.  I find it sad that so many people today are afraid of color. 

Color is the fastest way to change the way a space feels in no time at all. 

Stephanie used color to bring energy and life to this open floor plan.

I have wanted to be an Interior Designer for as long as I can remember.  My poor father would help me rearrange my bedroom furniture every other weekend because I would want to try something different.  When I was in 8^th grade I job shadowed an Interior Designer, Sharon Bledsoe, who strongly suggested I learn how to draw.  Even stick figures and I do not get along when it comes to drawing, so I looked into other career options.  But ultimately I still came back to design.  I still can not draw with a pencil, but now I do all the drawings for the store, but on a computer!  As Sharon is a member of D.S.I.D. she has now become one of my mentors!

Stephanie & Her Father Stephen Etter

In what free time I have, I tend to stay pretty busy.  While putting myself through design school, I followed in my father’s and grandfather’s footsteps and I became an EMT and joined a fire department.  I continue to work with the City of Vandalia: Division of Fire whenever I can.  If I am not at Krispin’s or the fire house, I am usually with my wonderful boyfriend.  In the past year and a half I have been lucky enough to meet an amazing man who I plan on keeping for a long time.  We are in the process of trying to sell his house now, so if anyone wants to move to the Greenville area, let me know!!

Stephanie & Her Boyfriend Joey

Starting this past July, I also took on an additional role at Krispin’s of being the Sales Designer Coach.  I am also the Auto Cad Technician for our design team and assist the other Interior Designers in any way that I can.

I look forward to what the future holds for not only me but Krispin’s as well.