Elysian Interior Design

Hi my name is Melanie Yenicel Garcia, most people call me Mel! I am a young business operator, wife and art lover. Art being all things fashion, music, creative art, dance and architecture. These are things that inspired me and have brought me comfort since I was a child. It is a way one can express them selves or in result of, move someone else. The ability to impact someone with just something as simple as art is beautiful. I was born in Dallas but raised in Kansas City. By the time I was 14 years old I had already lived in 20 states. In my adolecent life I grew up 38 miles outside of Amarillo, TX., a place I now call my forever home.  Growing up I did not come from much, my mother provided the best she could with what she had, after we lost my dad.  You can say that our lives changed from day to night in 24 hours. It's hard to admit even now, years later after living that, that I do not resent that time of my life or wish it had gone differently. Living and experiencing those uncomfortable life situations has molded me to be the person that I am with the heart that I have.

My mother and father have had a huge impact on my career choice simply because my dad would use his hands to create and I loved that. It drove me. He started off as a roofer when he was 9 years old and worked up to have his own successful construction business. I watched him build churches, apartments, houses and even businesses, from the grown up. I used to say to him that one day I would run his company and handle the designing aspect of it all. My mother was always very venturious and risk taking throughout her career. That is something that I get from her! She maintained multiple businesses when I was a child. A few ventures she had besides doing the back office of my dads construction business, was a women's boutique that I would work, a video store, and a tax and title office. My childhood was a daily visual reminder of what it took, morning to night, to go 110% everyday, and to make sacrifices often so that you can create the life you want. Once I left childcare I knew nothing but how to apply my work ethic, go 110% all the time and to serve people with love, so that is what I have tried to apply in my life. I have grown with a locally owned furniture store here in Amarillo for the last 4 years. I have learned the ins and outs of running a business while working for and alongside entrepreneurs that continue to feed me and grow me. I have gained exposure and knowledge helping manage this business and while helping clients with furniture purchases and ordering. On occasion I have helped pick and design furniture layouts for local airbnbs! I realized early on that I truly enjoyed helping clients one on one with all things design. I enjoyed it  because designing and decorating came so naturally to me, so I seen it as something that can be more than a hobby! I have grown to love interior design and appreciate the process of it all over the years, it is a reminder to me that all worn things can be made new. With all of these things said, here's my version of a summary of what drew me to create Elysian Interior Design. 

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I hope to move, inspire or serve you in some way! 

 x mel