<![CDATA[The Edge]]> <![CDATA[The Edge]]> en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:40 GMT 15 <![CDATA[Interior DesignTurning EHS Green]]> By C.J. Harbach


Members of the interior design class in the Paul Metzger Suite.

Staff writer With a $200 budget, the interior decorating class was able to turn the Paul Metzger Suite (the conference room off the cafeteria) from shabby to chic. Taught by Ms. Shelley, the class broke from 19 students (18 girls, one guy) to four groups and designed the room with four different ideas. The green-themed room, designed by juniors Jade Kelly, Quieniesa Chapman, Markita Chisholm, and Kymesha Brown, (JQMK Designer Inc.), won. “It was the best, the most sophisticated,” Chapman said. The designs, when finished, were displayed in the suite, where the teachers and staff voted and chose the winner. “[There were] no limitations on the designs… within the price range,” Ms. Shelley said. Most other designs were school colors, which didn’t seem appropriate because, while there will be school associates and staff members using the room, there will also be people who are not associated with the school using it as well. The design is mainly earthy green colors. Three-toned, blended green paint for the walls, dark at the bottom and lighter on the top, coincide with black accents around the room. “The color scheme [is] pretty sweet,” Jacob Hamilton, senior, said. A long conference table takes up most of the center of the room with two showcase cabinets at the far end. “The colors were warm and friendly…they make the room more presentable,” Ms. Shelley said. JQMK Designer Inc. had differences in ideas but all “clicked” with the color scheme. Because of the limited budget, the class was forced to either make a lot of the materials themselves, or to buy cheap versions of what the original idea was, like two dollar covers for the chairs. The cabinets have arrangements of various plaques the school has received, such as wrestling and swimming awards. The cabinets are arranged according to decade, giving a snapshot 50-year retrospective of EHS. The suite had become the place in the school where most of the left-over tables and chairs were placed. “[People need] to stop putting junk in it,” Jasmine Whimberly, sophomore, said. “[They] act like they don’t care.” The Suite was named (unofficially) after Paul Metzger, a former teacher and coach at the school. According to Ms. Shelley, he did a lot of coordinating and fundraising for the school. ]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:31:00 GMT