West is a self-taught designer — she went to school for psychology — but worked as a clothing buyer after college for 12 years. That eventually led to interior design. “I would read and read and read homebuilding magazines until they came out of my ears. I was just always reading them. That’s how I got involved,” she says. As West Associates, she’s currently consulting on several 28 | Life@Home
Photos by Mark Samu.
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