Meet Maura Rossi | interior designer
We had the good fortune of connecting with Maura Rossi and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Maura, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
I am an interior designer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We use ceiling fans here all year round. Being a creator and solving design problems (which I love to do), I had an obstacle that presented itself on one of my residential projects. As I was reviewing a design for the master suite in my client’s home, I showed her a beautiful fixture befitting the amazing design that was planned for the room. She immediately said, “We need a ceiling fan.” I said, “Wahhh…they are ugly…even if they are a new pretty design…it will distract from this amazing room. “She insisted… I relented. I sat with her for a few minutes and told her, “OH. We will just buy a plain blade fan and a round globe. Don’t worry, I’m going to come up with something.” She smiled and said, “I know whatever you do, it will be great! That is when Fan-Tastic Shade Clips came to life.
What should our readers know about your business?
The small business began with a simple idea—that functionality shouldn’t come at the cost of aesthetics. And for company founder and interior designer Maura Rossi, finding a way to dress up unsightly ceiling fans was a matter of necessity… “As I was reviewing a design for the master suite in my client’s home I showed her a beautiful fixture befitting the amazing design that was planned for the room. She immediately said, ‘We need a ceiling fan.’ I said, ‘They’re ugly! Even with a new pretty design, it will distract from this amazing room. She insisted… I relented. So I told her, ‘Don’t worry, I’m going to come up with something.’ That’s when Fan-Tastic Shade Clips came to life.”
Ultimately, Fan-Tastic Shade Clips is set on revolutionizing ceiling fans and how they’re used. With an open call for artists and a laundry list of product designs, the company now looks to scale its business and expand its product lineup, and they’re not slowing down anytime soon—with the versatility to cover a fan light fixture with almost any lampshade imaginable, Fan-Tastic Shade and Clips is poised to set a new standard for interior design.
If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Universal’s Islands of Adventure.
Magic Kingdom Park
Discovery Cove.
NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory.
The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Our goal is to revolutionize ceiling fans! This new product will ultimately have an impact on our use of energy consumption. More fans will be used because now they will be beautiful! Fan blades never change so you can keep your old fans and completely change its look with a fan-shade. Shades can be metal, paper, fabric, beaded, glass; you name it. A shade 13 inches or wider can become a fan-shade over an ugly white globe fixture. A shade 15 inches or wider can cover the ugly 3 or 4 can light fixture or an ugly bottom bowl fixture. If you find a lampshade, you love you can pretty up your fan. Cut the spider and use your own shade with our Fan-tastic Shade Clips https://youtu.be/P1_J4YzXaxw
Website: www.fantasticshadeclips.com
Instagram: @fantasticshadeclips
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maura-rossi-a98a56242/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fantasticshadesandclips
Image Credits
Fantastic shade clips.com
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