Blog 23: 2014 Interview

1.) Who did you interview and what house are they in?
 Robinson Baron, East house

2.)  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
I would most likely end up volunteering and focusing on ER's in a hospital, as I have worked there before and find interesting. Also growing up with most of my family in the medical field makes it sort of comfortable to me

3). What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?
As I do not believe I could actually ask the head emergency room to be my mentor, I do know several people I have worked under that I believe would be willing to do so (RN's, RNA's)

4.) What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?
 I'm honestly not sure what to expect, I know that it's been played to be something very big as lower classman, I hope to be sort of relieved and take note of how well I must perform as well as learn what will be expected of me

5. ) What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?
I don't have any questions, senior year is something I've heard being talked about since day one at ipoly, I'm just ready for my turn to be a senior. 

Blog 22: 3-Column Chart

3 Column Chart

Blog 21: Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a) “I, Natalie Ovcharenko, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) -Rey Viquez: rviquez@mac.com, 1(310)739-9096,
-Interview 4 with Deb Longua, dlzinteriors@gmail.com
-Einsiedel, Andrea Von, and Johanna Thornycroft. Dream Homes: 100 Inspirational Interiors. London and New York: Merrell Limited, 2005. Print.
-"Fuck Yeah Interior Designs!" Tumblr http://fuckyeahinteriordesigns.tumblr.com/
- Pinterest and Google also provided me with many images and ideas of how to do things.(c) Independent Component 2 Log Hours 
(d) I redecorated my residential bedroom. 

INTERPRETIVE 
With my second Independent Component, I was directly going towards answering my EQ by trying to find the answers to what is most important in redecorating a residential bedroom. The first thing I did, was try to get inspired by gathering ideas. I searched the web and checked out books from the Cal Poly Pomona library to look at ideas to I could use for my room. After getting an idea of what I could possibly do, I sketched it out. My first idea was to move my bed to the middle of the room, get rid of the desk, get a new shelf, and have a chair in my room by the window. I told Rey about my ideas and he told me I complicated things too much. He told me the most important thing I had to focus on first was getting rid of everything that I did not need anymore. He recommended I keep the furniture where it stands because the arrangement of the furniture gives me the most space in the room. There was a vintage lamp he also recommended I got rid of. I started off doing what Rey told me I needed to do most, which was get rid of as much stuff that I do not use anymore. I went through EVERYTHING in my room, and took any items I did not use anymore to Goodwill. I still wanted to try to get a new desk so I did some searching at a couple of Goodwill stores and on craigslist  I was not able to find anything I liked, so I decided to keep and work with the desk I already had. After cleaning and getting rid of everything, I was left with what I needed to work with and that's when the real decorating process kicked into gear. While redecorating my room, I made three things myself: The curtains, headboard, and a poster frame. The rest of the things were found around the house, or given to me from people that I knew. 

My three adjective goals for this patio were:
-Russian
-Comfy with space
-Vintage in California

To sum it up in a sentence: A vintage themed comfy room in California for a Russian with enough space for all her wildest dreams.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I computerized my final sketch instead of having it done by hand this time.

The lace in the curtains really brought out the vintage in the theme. I also tried to have a lot of natural wood in the room which made my desk chair perfect. The desk chair is a lot smaller than the one I had previously had, so it gives me more space in the room also.

I added that knitted thing on top of the desk to go along with the vintage.

I down all of my trophies from the top of the bookshelf, and instead added some art pictures on top. I also added some encyclopedias into my bookshelf to make it look nice. 

I love my bed.

I took down the metal bar I had on the back of my door because I wanted the natural wood to be seen.

I made this little frame of myself and hung it up.

 HEADBOARD:

The original plan was to have a carpet in the room. I washed the carpet in the beginning of the week, and it ended up smelling so bad after the wash that I think I might never be able to use it again. I tried searching for a new one, but I couldn't find anything that was both in my price range and went along with the theme.

APPLIED

This Independent Component helped solidify my second answer, which is the important of furniture. Through this project, I came to realize that the most important piece of furniture in a bedroom is the bed. The whole room wouldn't be the same without it. The bed is the piece that dictates the theme of the room strongest. The chairs, and curtains, and natural wood in my room let you know that I'm going for a vintage theme also, but if the bed had purple tropical palm trees on it instead of the white, chocolate brown, and maroon red, then the feel of the room would drastically change into something that probably isn't even close to vintage. I used colors for the bed that would work with all pieces of furniture, and that gives a universal feel around my room. My third answer is walls, and hanging the headboard on my wall gave a different feel for my room also. It doesn't leave my room feeling as empty anymore, and it gives your eyes something to focus on. My first answer also played a role in this independent component because I also had to figure out what I wanted to do and make plans to the room before things kicked into gear. I did many sketches and drew many ideas on ways to rearrange the furniture in my room. After figuring out what changes I wanted to make to my room and the ideas I was going to do, the rest was just putting the pieces together. I also tried to draw my sketch of the room out on the computer just like all the pros at my mentorship do. What I got most out of this component, was the realization of how important the role of a bed is in a room.

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Making History at Rey3

I helped arrange the first ever outdoor lounge at Rey 3 Collaborative. 

Then, I sat on it to enjoy life for a moment.

Blog 20: Three Column Chart

3 Column Chart

Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

1.  What ESLR have you excelled in most in your senior project? 
I feel like I've excelled in the effective user of technology category the most.

2.  Please explain why you think you have excelled in this ESLR.
I feel like I've excelled in this ESLR most because I have been going to the internet in order to help me find ideas that I could apply to my senior project. Through usage of technology, I've been able to go to the internet and find many pictures or videos that trigger ideas I should use for my room that I would not have been able to come across in books as easily.


3.  Provide evidence from your senior project to support your claim (evidence is a photo of something you are doing, photo of something you made, etc).

That is a folder I made on my computer where If I come across an idea I like in a photo on the internet, I will put in there and refer back to it.

This is one of the photos in that folder.The suitcase idea by the bed is something I hope I could do in my independent component- which is redecorating my bedroom. 

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1.  What is your essential question?
What is most important in redecorating a residential bedroom?

2.  What is your third answer to your essential question?
Walls are an important factor in redecorating a residential bedroom.

3.  What are three details to support or justify your third answer (details are examples or facts)?
1.)You could paint walls
2.)You could put up paintings
3.)You could put up tapestry on the walls

4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
Sanders, April. "Ideas for Decorating Bedroom Walls." EHow. Demand Media, 03 July 2009. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ehow.com/way_5150784_ideas-decorating-bedroom-walls.html>.


5.  What do you plan to study next and why? 
I plan to figure out what I want to do with my walls in my room since I am going to redesign my room.