January 18, 2025 Issue, Page 3 of 10

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The Elk City News SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025 * 3 tured are Katie Archer and Audrey Winn as they present the renderings ‘Audry and Domine Winn with her parents and brothers. Dr. Paul Firth with daughter Audrey Winn and Cheryl Firth. the new ECPD and ECFD to the Elk City Commissioners in Oct. 2023. of pride where you work. How? What's the experience as the police department go by, I see the drawings get DESIGN You have these close-knit when people are walking where there is a lot of gear completely finished. ‘Then Audrey is the daughter of Cheryl and Dr. Paul Firth. Continued from page1 communities with your co- through that space and us- to store. they're doing dirt work, and She has two brothers, Ben workers, and you can rely on ing that building so it is like REES has five interior de- now the walls are going in. Firth who is married to Brit- the fire station, the police them. It leads to a lot of in- the loose, big picture things signers, along with an in- We've been meeting about ton, and they have a new department. I’ve been in- formal collaboration, which placing spaces. That’s proba- tern. There will be a main furniture, and so I haven't baby, Eleanor or “Ellie” Her volved in a couple nonprofit really impacts the creativity bly like my favorite thing to interior designer on each seen one go completely from other brother is Sam, and things, such as event centers, of things, I think, This helps do,” Winn said. project, but they work close- start to finish yet, but I real- he is married to Meredith. a daycare, a library, and a lit- Winn likes figuring out ly together to get things ly have enjoyed the process)” Her grandparents are Sha- mea lot with my job satisfac- tle bit of everything” Winn tion, because I love working the paint colors, carpet and completed and bounce ideas Winn said. ron Thompson and the late said. in the creative atmosphere.” tile, which she said were fun, among themselves. While Winn was at OSU, Jerry Thompson, and the She also said that she She also noted, “But we but she also likes the com- Since Winn has_ start- she worked on a project late Darrel Firth and the late likes commercial _ interi- also have little private phone bination of the two. Picking ed with the firm, she has where she met her husband, Lucy Firth. or design over residential rooms or meeting rooms. If out flooring but also deter- worked on numerous proj- Dominc Winn, Il. He is a As the Elk City projects projects. When Winn was I need to get away, and do mining what would be best ects, and she has seen sever- civil engineer for the Okla- continue to progress, Winn going through college, she some heads down work, it in a restroom. Determining al projects completed. homa Department of Trans- can be seen in town about believed that residential in- is really healthy to have mo- whether it is safe where peo- “Its been very rewarding portation, where he designs once a month checking on terior design was her only ments of quiet and moments ple do not slip and fall if wa- to see projects. WhenI first roads, bridges and an occa- the progress or while visit- option. of rest. My office helps with ter gets on the floor. She also started at REES, I began sional sidewalk. The couple ing her parents and family “Once I found out about that on the interior design said that they look at how working on the Elk City proj- now live in Edmond, close in town. this whole world of the com- of it, because there are pri- the space will be used, such ects. And now as the months to his parents. mercial interior side, I just vate rooms to get away while working on something” CANUTE totally fell in love with that. I love how many people it In Winn’s estimation it impacts, and how many helps to brainstorm a lot of people you get to help, es- ideas during crunch times. pecially with some of the big It helps her go to a room hospitals projects that we've where they can have space to done, or the big government pin up pictures and be loud buildings. Those have the and creative without bother- power to impact a lot more ing other co-workers. people” Winn added. As she talked about the ‘The ability to follow fire interior design industry, and safety codes that are de- Winn said that she can walk into any space and see signed for the health, safety, and welfare of the people something that the interior who occupy the buildings is designer works on directly, important and rewarding to He/she may coordinate the Winn. things that cannot be seen. “If you think about the Those could include the way that people live and, ina outlets or power to worksta- workspace, like your home, tions, furniture, reception you can totally customize desks, televisions, and re- everything that you want it ception desks. She does not to be, ideally. But where you work on plumbing or pipes, work, and you spend a huge nor anything that goes into amount of your time there, the walls. and in my job, the interior “Furniture and materials design impacts me. It is ev- are also a big part of what we erything, for instance when do. Picking furniture that’s Pm sitting at my desk, the appropriate for the client, shape and size of my desk. appropriate for their daily If it is designed in a way to use, to make their jobs make fit humans and to fit their them happier with their jobs, needs, especially if you sit and to make them more ef- there every day for 40 years. ficient and successful. Also You want to make sure it is making all the materials in not going to lead to any sort the building, whether that’s of long term physical dilem- flooring or walls or ceiling, mas. The desks are designed whether that is millwork like for humans and the way that cabinetry or like a stone ac- they function and move. The cent wall, or any sort of ma- same thing with the chair terial that’s in the building, and the fabric that’s on it, making sure that it’s durable, make sure it's durable, it’s cleanable, good for the envi- easy to clean, easy to main- ronment, safe for the people tain, and then when that that use it, and also estheti- furniture is done, it can be cally pleasing” Winn noted. recycled. So it’s good for the Winn’s favorite part of environment,’ Winn said. any project are in the early At REES there are a lot stages, such as the schematic of different spaces for how design phase and the space people like to work, func- planning. They are not fig- tion, and behave. Winn said uring out where every faucet that they have an open office will go but looking at the big set up, therefore, the desk picture. is in their own zone, which “We ask what are the is good for personal health main types of spaces, where and well-being. are they going to be locat- Winn continued to say, ed? 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