About me

Thea Ellenberg

I received my bachelors degree in Interior Design from Syracuse University, during which I studied architecture abroad in Florence, Italy. Upon graduation I worked on Park Avenue for a large architectural firm, Swanke Hayden Connell. I then decided to return to live in Italy. While there I worked for architect Massimo Benvenuti.

After two years in Italy, I returned to the U.S. to begin a masters degree in Interior Design at Cornell University. I received a research travel grant and spent a summer doing research in Italy. I also received a Foreign Language Fellowship to aid my research in Italian.

I began teaching interior design in the University of Georgia’s Furnishing and Interiors program in 1993 and remained there for 10 years.While at UGA I taught interior design for five summers in Verona, Italy.

I am presently the Program Chair for the Interior Design program at Athens Technical College.

I am also NCIDQ certified. This certification is given to those who pass a rigorous, two-day exam offered by The National Council for Interior Design Qualification.This is the only certifying exam in the U.S. and Canada and is the most highly honored form of professional recognition in the field of Interior Design.