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Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes is a boutique style full-service design firm, founded in 2004. In our first year, we earned national recognition, with our work printed in three national magazines. We’ve been busy ever since. 5-time Emmy award winning television personality Cathy Hobbs (ASID,NCIDQ,LEED AP) is the founder and owner of Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes™. Cathy was a finalist on Season 6 of HGTV's Hit Reality Series "DESIGN STAR" and is currently the green expert for “The Life Improvement Squad” a national campaign with IKEA and O, The Oprah Magazine. Cathy has been featured on programs like "World News with Diane Sawyer", “The Nate Berkus Show”, “HGTV’s Top Ten”, “Martha Stewart Living-Radio” and in publications like REDBOOK, O, The Oprah Magazine, and The Huffington Post. She is currently a regular contributor to the prominent shelter sites Sheknows.com, Shoptopia, Cotton Candy Magazine, and Ehow where Cathy also serves as an Ehow presenter hosting her own interior design web series. A nationally recognized sustainable design expert, Cathy is the exclusive brand ambassador for the world’s leading eco-friendly paint line, Mythic Paint, where she also has her own 12-color sustainable paint collection, under her brand Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes. For three consecutive years, Cathy was a participating interior designer in the prestigious Architectural Digest Home Design Show, sponsored by Architectural Digest magazine. Cathy was also one of a select group of designers invited to create tabletop décor for the annual “Dining by Design”event hosted by DIFFA . Cathy was also one of only four interior designers selected for the Condé Nast Dream House in New York City. Cathy’s family room and office designs of an 1800’s townhouse were viewed by 6,000 attendees. A graduate of one of the top interior design programs in the country, The Fashion Institute of Technology, her commitment and vision is to make interior design approachable and affordable to all those who seek the services of a professional designer. Cathy also serves as a member of the prestigious interior design committee for The Fashion Institute of Technology. Always in search of design inspiration and unique finds, while appreciating the traditional and historical foundations of design, Cathy is also an experienced globetrotter. Cathy has traveled extensively, spending time in Cambodia, Thailand, Spain, Italy, France, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Greece, Turkey, Egypt just to name a few. Cathy’s innovative, international design approach allows her designs to translate to various styles and broad range of clients. Cathy received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Interior Design from the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The Marshall School of Business at The University of Southern California.