Interior Architecture

I don't have any real specific reasons as to what made me choose interior architecture as my major. At first, I wanted to pursue interior design, which Columbia does not offer as a major. Ever since I was a child I would always find new ways to decorate and rearrange my room. It's just something that I always found interest in.

When I was a youngster, I always liked moving my bunk-bed to the other side of the room, because it was fun to sleep in other areas of the room that seemed unfamiliar to me, if that makes sense? I loved building forts in the middle of my room, and being able to sleep in them. There was just something so exciting to me about it. Maybe it had to do with the fact that creating something new within something I couldn't really change. I obviously couldn't tell my dad I want to move houses every time I wanted to change the scenery up in my bedroom, especially as a little 6 year old.

As high school came to an end, I hadn't really put much thought into what career I wanted to pursue. All I knew was that I wanted to pursue something that would make me happy, and would make others happy as well. I didn't want to do something in life that I wouldn't enjoy, just because it would bring me the dough. I then remembered how much I enjoyed, and still do enjoy, decorating and switching up my bedroom.

My entire eighteen years of living, I've lived in the same two bedroom house. It's kind of depressing seeing the same four walls everyday. So then I thought "I want to do interior design. It's what makes me happy."

My boyfriend introduced me to Columbia, so I looked into it. I saw that they didn't offer interior design, but the next best thing was interior architecture. I thought, "Close enough, right?". It's still designing the interior of a building, but focusing more on the architecture/structure.