When Rochelle Lynne Zemlak studied fashion design, fine art and spatial geography during her university days, she didn’t realize she was acquiring the skills to build the successful interior design studio she runs today. Owner and creative director of Rochelle Lynne Design, her business is flourishing in the town of Cochrane mostly thanks to word of mouth referrals and repeat-customers ranging from builders to individual home owners. With a strong focus on kitchens and baths, Rochelle is accomplished in designing and managing new builds and renovations from start to finish in a time-efficient manner – usually with an outside-the-box mentality.
“Unlike most designers, I approach everything like an art form,” she says. “We don’t just design what people ask us to design. We always take the parameters and use them as a guideline rather than a definition, and we try to open up creativity.”
That’s easy for someone with 30-plus years of combined schooling and extensive experience as a studio artist, set/stage designer, paint technician, faux-finishing instructor, residential designer for home builders, bath and kitchen designer, and who is past president of the prairie chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association. She also happens to be married to her business partner who is a fastidious construction manager who also has 30-plus years of experience in that trade.
