About Lifestyles Design and Eileen Gould

Biography

My first career was as a medical Technologist. I graduated from Penn State and Medical College of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science. I came to Los Angeles after the death of my mother and immediately got a job running the laboratory for three celebrity doctors in Century City. Being young and naïve, I was exposed to a whole new Hollywood world. It scared me and I knew that seeing sick people 24/7 would not be my life's work. I searched my soul and decided to enroll in design school. I attended the Designers' Guild on Robertson Boulevard and UCLA.

I began my design business in 1979 and by 1986 it was a full-time career. My projects have ranged from set design for Clorox and Wesson Oil commercials to high end residential redesigns. I have created interiors for hospitals, dental and optometrists' offices, apartment building lobbies and design houses. In 1994 I studied and received my contractor's license. I realized that a woman could do better, be better organized and supervise her subcontractors better. I now operate a turnkey operation fully staffed for both construction and design.

My mission statement is: "We become like our environment and it becomes like us. It is important to choose an environment with care: one that is positive one that lifts us up and gives us wings to soar."

Credentials, Memberships and Awards

• General Contractors License # 730324
• Design Certification # 0154
• Member, American Society of Interior Design
• Executive Board member, ASID Los Angeles
• Member, Learning Tree University Board
• Winner, National Association of Business Owners Award, Working Woman's Magazine
• Nominee, Working Women Magazine Entrepreneurial Excellence Award 2000

My Essential Staff

I have just begun working with Monica (on the left) and I love her ideas and enthusiasm. I've worked with Joy (on the right) for many years. Without their hard work and dedication Lifestyles Design and construction would not be the successful firm it is today.