CM: What types of countertop materials do you use to design a
kitchen?
GERSTEN: I like to use marble. But it’s not for everybody. There
are some quarzites I’ve discovered which look just like marble
and super durable.
CM: What is an interior design style you dislike?
GERSTEN: French country.
CM: Give me an example of an important goal you set for your-
self and tell me about your progress in reaching that goal.
GERSTEN: To get featured in a magazine. It just happened and
I got the cover!
CM: What has been the best career or life advice that you have
received and what could you offer others?
GERSTEN: Keep thinking ahead.
CM: What’s next? Where do you see yourself and your firm in
the next few years?
GERSTEN: Possibly extending into an online shopping venture.
CM: How did your childhood influence the designer you are to-
day? Did your family help to foster this creativity or was it innate?
GERSTEN: I was always into fashion and style. Whatever trend
was happening, I was on it.
CM: How would you describe your personal decorating style?
GERSTEN: It changes. But electric modern is always a constant.
CM: What has been your greatest accomplishment as a designer?
What goals do you have for the future?
GERSTEN: Building this business from one client to a sustain-
able business with hopes to expand into other avenues of income.
