The Patron Saint of Goodness

For the past five years I have worked at a high-end residential interior design firm. The cost clients pay for everything from custom sofas and drapes to lighting to cabinet hardware are staggering to say the least. Over the years I have seen some incredible things and as someone who loves fabrics I got my fix regularly. When I fell madly in love with a fabric that a client had ordered I asked the designer how much it was per yard. “More than you can afford,” she told me and we both laughed because that was 100% accurate regardless of what was delivered to the office. I loved the environment and seeing the creative process at work, and after what could be a two or more year process, touring the finished house to see the final results. For the admin side of the office who mainly saw photos on a computer screen of what was ordered, we’d walk around in awe at how it all came together and I loved being part of a team that created such beautiful environments. But in the last year things…