When Construction and Interior Design collide

EVIT Construction and Interior Design students are putting the finishing touches on their miniature houses this week in preparation for the Block of Dreams Open House coming up on April 28th.


The Construction students have spent the entire school year constructing the two-room homes, and now the Interior Design students are adding their own special flair with paint and decor.


To get an idea of the final result, check out last year's houses here. Hope to see you all on the 28th!

An open house ... of the "mini" variety

The interior design and construction students put the final touches on their mini-house projects this week, in preparation for the public open house happening from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday).


The "Block of Dreams" Open House will be held for one night only, so make sure you stop by to see these amazing houses. The students have been working on them all school year, and they are impressive, to say the least.

Interior Design students decorate mini-houses

EVIT interior design students are helping the construction students wrap up their year-long miniature house project by adding a splash of color and pizazz.

The construction students have spent the year building the frames, laying the drywall and wiring the electricity into their tiny houses. Here are a couple of pictures from their work over the first few months:


The houses have come a long way since the beginning of the year! Now, the interior design students are adding paint and various design elements, including curtains, to spruce them up:

And then there were frames...

The last time I visited the construction class, the students had just begun their big class project -- building miniature houses. The houses were sort of hard to envision, because this is all there was:


But I went back on Monday, and imagine my surprise when I walked outside and saw this:


When they're all done, the houses will have doorways, windows, drywall, stucco ... maybe even a sink!


The interior design students will partner up with the construction students toward the end of the school year to help decorate the houses, too.


By next week, I'm told there will be roofs!