A Good Design makes a Good Day even Better! Sarah Babbitt helps people with every day improvements, and makes their lives the better for it.

Sarah Babbitt loved design since she was small. "Growing up, I was constantly rearranging my room and from a very early age loved design," said Sarah, "but I never really thought of it as a career. I went to grad school after college to get a masters in Sociology, but after awhile I longed for something with more tangible applications where I would meet new people and new challenges. So the day I finished my first year in my grad school program, I enrolled in interior design school. I fell in love with design and realized I could make a career of it." Sarah now designs kitchens and bathrooms at Chicago-based Community Home Supply. "A good design can change people’s lives," says Sarah, "especially because I specialize in bathrooms and kitchens. If you have a kitchen that is functional and beautiful, it can impact people and their day to day lives exponentially." And it impacts her own life as well! "I am constantly checking out people’s bathrooms and kitchens when I am invited over to their places," laughs Sarah. "Working in design daily has made me a hyper aware person when it comes to noticing details. I love to take something personal that my clients like and incorporate that into the design of their rooms. Maybe if they have traveled a lot, for example, then in the kitchen we’ll do a cabinet with a glass front so they can display some of these souvenirs. I especially love to play with shapes, but not be so matchy matchy. For example, a lot of customers love the really square shapes but I find it more interesting when you mix square shapes with some curves/roundness. It’s a little unexpected that way and softens up the harsh squares, but still stays clean and simple."