Paula Berg’s lifelong love of the arts and travel has been instrumental in shaping her work as a designer. Paula attended Ohio University, earning a degree in Communications. Her interest in learning about other cultures, traditions, and the arts was sparked by her first trip studying abroad while spending a semester in Vienna, Austria. After teaching English and drama for a year, Paula decided to become a “stewardess” for Pan Am enabling her to travel the globe. “I feel the tourism experience has kept me broad-minded, willing to draw on many traditions and opportunities to complete a job to my clients’ needs and desires. A passion for the arts has helped make me a particularly sensitive designer.” Over the years Paula’s interest in interior design grew and she decided that formal training would be required to pursue a career path as a designer. Completing a graduate program in interior design from Georgia State University, her professional career began. She briefly hosted a radio program on design while teaching design classes in the Boston area before moving to Scottsdale, Arizona. In Scottsdale, she opened Beyond Horizons, and interior design boutique store that offered both high quality designer furnishings and superior service. The retails store reflected her expertise as a purveyor of fine furnishings as well as her affinity at that time for Southwest style.