40 Main Street,  Suite 201   Durham, CT 06422
(860) 349-1349
sharon.mccormick@mindspring.com
www.sharonmccormickdesign.com

EDUCATION

Paier College of Art, Certificate in Interior Design - 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Design Award
Western New England College, Master Of Business Administration - 1984
Williams College, Bachelor of Arts – 1981

TRAINING

Preservation Leadership Training, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Natchitoches, Louisiana, June 1996

WORK EXPERIENCES

Founded Sharon McCormick Design, LLC (formerly Fairchild House Interiors), Interior Design firm, Durham, Connecticut - June 2002
High-end residential design projects throughout New England and New York
Commercial design projects in Connecticut , Washington, D.C. and Louisiana
Executive Director, Greater Middletown Preservation Trust
Chief Financial Officer, Electrical Dynamics, Inc. Reading, Massachusetts
Senior Accountant, Price Waterhouse, Boston, Massachusetts

MEDIA COVERAGE

Books:

Spectacular Homes of New England, Panache Publishing, 2007
Long Ago, Not Far Away: An Illustrated History of Six Middlesex County Towns, Greater Middletown Preservation Trust, Donning Company Publishing, 1996

Newspapers:

Hartford Courant: "Mirrors Reflect the Need to Fill Space" - February 17, 2007
Baltimore Sun: "Single Style" - December 23, 2006
Hartford Courant: “A Grand Design” – August 25, 2006
Town Times: “It Takes a Village” – May 7, 2006
Town Times: “Oh, Those TV Shows” – April 28, 2006
Middletown Press: “A Work of Art” – April 1, 2006
Boston Globe: “Tours of a $4,000,000 Ridgefield Home will Benefit Charity” – August 18, 2005
Hartford Courant: “When Room Itself is Art” – June 3, 2005

Magazines:
Home Living Connecticut: “Decorative Details Make the Room” - Spring 2006
Home Living Connecticut: “Show House 2006” - Spring 2006
Home Living Connecticut: “Imagination Comes Alive” - Spring 2006
New England Home: “Trade Secrets” – May/June 2006
Ridgefield Magazine: “Best in Show” – April/ March 2006
Ridgefield Magazine: “Kinderwood Showhouse” – June 2006
Country Sampler Decorating Ideas: “Gussy up a Mudroom” – October 2005
The Faux Finisher: “Connecticut Artist to Help Others Achieve ‘Creative Evolution’ ” – July 2005

Television:

Design Team, "Room for Improvement", NBC News, Channel 7, Boston, MA - Ongoing

SHOWHOUSES and EXHIBITIONS

Junior League of Hartford Show House 2006, West Hartford, Connecticut – May 2006
Shippan Center for Arts and Antiques, Exhibition for Connecticut ASID, Stamford, CT – November 2005 through January 2006
Kinderwood Designer Showhouse, Ridgefield, Connecticut – September 2005
Shoreline Foundation Showhouse , Guilford, Connecticut – June 2002
YWCA Lyman Homestead Showhouse, Middlefield, Connecticut – May 2000

HONORS

Appointed to Interior Design Committee, chaired by Albert Hadley, The American Antiques Show for The American Folk Art Museum, January 2007, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Allied Member, ASID
Public Relations Chair, Connecticut Chapter, ASID
Member, International Furnishings and Design Association
Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation

RELATED ACTIVITIES

National Spokesperson, ASID
Past Member, Durham, Connecticut Historic District Commission