Gina Paris is a self-educated designer whose firm specializes in redesign, renovation and the creation of upcycled furniture and home accessories. As a teenager, she worked in her parents’ auto parts store, experimenting with paint and also helped her mother do everything from shingle roofs, to tear down non-support walls. But it wasn’t until she remodeled her 100-year-old home in Conneaut Lake that she knew design was “in me”. Her functional and comfortable spaces combine the full spectrum of color, a mix of furniture styles and materials and the use of light in ways that change the energy of a room. For Paris, design is about reconnecting with and healing the mind, body and spirit.