Carolin M. Schebish, ASID

Carolin Schebish is an award-winning and well recognized interior designer. Her experience has served a wide range of residential and commercial clients over her thirty year career. Carolin is NCIDQ certified, licensed in Washington, DC and certified in Virginia and Maryland. She is the only interior designer in Northern Virginia who has been selected as a member of the nation wide Best Practices Network, an organization for professional designers.

Carolin’s services include everything that is required to plan a home or commercial space whether the project is new construction, a remodel, or an existing space. She provides a full range of fine quality furnishings from architectural lighting, carpeting, furniture, window treatments, art to accessories. Carolin focuses primarily on clients in Northern Virginia, nearby Maryland and Washington, DC. She works with clients along the East Coast and in the Mid West as they relocate from the Washington DC Metropolitan Area.

Many of Carolin’s clients are in the industry including architects, builders, contractors, furniture representatives and former designers. Clients engage Carolin’s services for multiple and diverse projects. She has done as many as five projects for one client including residences, second homes, and businesses.

Carolin is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and a past president of the Washington Metro Chapter. She has received the Chapter Medalist Award and has won design awards from the chapter as well. Carolin juries design competitions and has enjoyed serving on discussion panels at the Washington Design Center. In addition, Carolin has been interviewed on Cable TV regarding interior design and has spoken before community groups.

Carolin’s work has appeared in show houses, at gourmet galas, in video and in print. She has been published in Action Magazine, Custom Home Magazine, Home and Design Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Luxury Homes Magazine, Woman’s Day Home Decorating Ideas, Kirsch Window Book, The Washington Post, and recently online at www.purecontemporary.com and in Northern Virginia Magazine. In addition, Alvin Rosenbaum’s book, The Complete Home Office: Planning Your Work Space for Maximum Efficiency features a custom home office she designed. That same project appeared on the cover of ASID’s national publication, the ASID Report. Carolin’s work has also appeared in ASID’s marketing brochure and its informational video, “Interiors by Design”.

A Nebraska native, Carolin has lived in the Washington, D.C. area for many years. She worked for an Arlington, Virginia design firm for two years prior to co-founding Design Exchange in 1981. She is a graduate of the International Institute of Interior Design, Washington, D.C. and studied theatre at Pennsylvania State University

Beth Leas, ASID

Beth Leas, ASID has more than eight years of experience in the interior design industry. She has worked with several architectural and design firms in Colorado, Oregon and California. Specializing in residential and commercial interiors, Beth has designed high end residential projects, mountain ski homes, condominium models, office suites and assisted on Disney hotels.

Beth received her Associate of Applied Science, Interior Design from Arapahoe Community College and a Bachelor of Science in Advertising with a Minor in Marketing from Oklahoma State University. She is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and a certificate holder with the National Council of Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ).

Beth has a strong background in the renovation of older homes, providing livable, elegant interiors while maintaining the period and personality of each home. These projects have included the remodeling of several kitchens and baths.

Recently relocated to Northern Virginia, Beth is enjoying all the historical and metropolitan sites with her husband and two teenage children.