Amy Bubier, Allied ASID

Company: Ab Design Elements, Llc
Scottsdale, AZ 85255-2897
Phone: (602) 525-0921
Email: abdesignelements@cox.net
Website: www.abdesignelements.com

Designer Profile

With a Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture (1990), her sketching, space planning, and innovative design skills transform dated, average, and empty spaces into artful and unique interiors. Clients are consistently pleased with the open communication and ability to find solutions to design and construction challenges. The most successful projects are a result of a flexible, creative, and proactive design team made up of the client, the designer/architect, and the contractor(s).

Services Offered

-commercial tenant improvements
-residential remodels and custom homes
-budget-friendly 'green' remodels
-staging for photoshoots (magazine ads and listings)

Awards & Publications

Recent media includes:

• Published in Phoenix Home and Garden magazine, September
2008 issue on 'Redefining Southwest style' (see page 132)

• Published in Phoenix Home and Garden magazine, March 2010 issue for 'Wavy shelf' (see page 208) : making waves

• Published on cover of Hearth and Home magazine, March 2010 issue

• Featured on http://www.hgtv.com in the Designer's Portfolio section.
Highlighted as the HGTV's pick of the Day on Sept. 24, 2009 for use of color in a residential interior. Also, featured in an hgtv.com article about kitchens

• Featured on http://www.hgtv.com in an article about window treatments

• Included in an NPR (National Public Radio) Morning Edition story because of my involvement with 'green', NAHB certified, residential remodels along the light rail system in downtown Phoenix.

• Mentioned on the following websites:
- Romance in the Stars
- Home Improvement Place
- Sources and Design Magazine

• Featured in Dunn-Edwards Specs and Spaces volume 5 issue 1 (contact us to request a copy of the issue)

• NAHB 'Green Remodel of the Year 2010' published in ECOHOME magazine May/June 2010 in article 'Back on Track'

• NAHB 'Green Remodel of the Year 2010' published in the Arizona Republic newspaper on August 20, 2010 in article 'GreenStreet upgrades modest urban houses'

• We contributed to an article on HGTV.com on decorating with area rugs and another on decorating with mirrors

• We were featured in AZ magazine April 2011 (page 38) in an article titled "Home redos & dont's" on smart remodeling - the same article was also published in The Arizona Republic on May 7, 2011(page HO11)

• We were featured in ARA (arizona residential architects)magazine and listed on their website

• One recent 'green' remodel we completed was featured in a video called "Energy Efficient Buildings and a Remodel case study" on G Street's website

• One of our remodel projects, located in one of the historic districts of downtown Phoenix, won NAHB 'Green Remodel of the Year 2010' (National Association of Home Builders)! here are two articles featuring this project: Back on Track and GreenStreet upgrades modest urban houses

• "GreenStreet often reduces a home's energy and water use by 60% or more. And, the look and the comfort of the renovated home is dramatically improved." -USA Today (May 29, 2010)