A residential bathroom renovation that features a soaking tub, original art
and an oversize steam shower earned a UL Lafayette faculty member a
national design award. Paulette R. Hebert, assistant dean of the College
of the Arts, placed first in the 2002 Design Educators National
Exhibition. She is also coordinator of UL Lafayette's School of
Architecture's Interior Design Program. Hebert's design was intended to
create an environment of intimacy, tranquility and permanence. It achieved
that by creating vignettes, organization of of space and providing
privacy. The 445-square-foot "spa and retreat" incorporates candle niches;
antique furniture; specialty storage; marble, limestone and alabaster
finishes and fixtures; a comprehensive lighting/dimming system; and garden
access. Designers in the fields of architecture, interior design,
lighting design, theatrical design and computer-aided design submitted
projects for the virtual, peer-reviewed competition.

The Interior Design Program has 1 winner and 2 runners up in the National Habitat for Humanity Interior Design Competition. Shelby Doucet, national winner, has been working all week constructing the Habitat for Humanity house in Plaquemine. She was presented with a tool belt and several t-shirts by H for H and says she is having a fabulous time, working a lot, learning a lot and that she is physically worn out! The 2 runners up in the competition were Katie Greichgaueur and Jessica Larsen.