About Us

Background:

• AAS Degree in Architectural Construction Technology

• Experience as a drafter/designer for 2 commercial millwork companies creating complex/custom reception desks and walls, break rooms, bathrooms., workspaces and so much more!

• Experience in residential drafting and designing; guiding customers in picking selections as well as making sure the drawings look and function properly; while sending them out to the shop floor to build

Skills Apart from Others:

• Having a full grasp on how to read architectural plans, elevations, sections, and keys

• Savy with different construction styles of cabinetry (full overlay, half overlay, inset, & euro style)

• Experience with cultured marble, different wood species, butcher block, solid surface, plastic laminate, and different vendors for granite & quartz

• Knowing that a set of plans can look good - but does it function/flow smoothly (is a room too crowded, is the right hardware for this specific cabinet)

• Creating a set of shop drawings from start to finish that a shop can build from; whether that be a kitchen, bathroom, laundry, wet bar, or ALL the above

• Experience ordering materials for projects or contacting the right people to get those materials

• Coordinating with contractors on a project to achieve the like minded goal

• Helped in the process of refinishing our own basement and completely transforming our upstairs after moving into our home

The Goal for You as a Client:

• To simply be a guide, offering many different options, using my knowledge & background to asist you in making some of your own decisions - to create something beautiful together. Rather than forcing a decision onto you. Everyone has there own taste that will never be overlooked as long as you are working with First Draft Interiors

• To have YOUR style show through on what we have created together. No home should be Exactly alike

On a more personal note:

The great outdoors has always been Ashley's most prominent inspiration when it comes to turning a house into a home. From earthy tones and never having enough plants, to incorporating rustic pallet wood projects and as many tree murals as she can, to finding arbitrary objects that just seem to work in the right space; she definitely has a knack for making spaces appealing to the eye.