interior designers

Most recently, a space in a new construction in Hawks Ridge and a total renovation of a Vero Beach condo in Florida won 2011 ASID Design Excellence Awards. Regionally in the Southern states, Stephen and co-designer Zach Azpeitia were recognized in 2010 with the Southeast Designer of the Year: Best Dining Room accolades. Nationally, Stephen and Zach won the 2010 Dream Home Award for the Best Interior Design for a Custom Home.

Stephen's projects were honored in the Residential category as the Best of the Best by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) in 2008, 2007 and 2006. His work has appeared in ten coffee table books, including the 2009 bi-lingual release Modern Interior Design: The American Collection, which is written in both Chinese and English. He has five projects profiled in the tenth edition 2009 college textbook on interior design, Beginnings of Interior Environments. The company he founded, Pineapple House Interior Design, was recognized in 2004 by Atlanta magazine as one of the city's top 75 "Best Places to Work," and in 2008, the magazine named Pineapple House as the # 6 "Best Place to Work" in Atlanta.

Zach A. Azpeitia, Interior Designer, graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor degree in Interior Design and a minor in Business. Azpeitia's work includes design and new construction projects in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, California and Canada. He recently completed the interiors for two luxury mountain homes for a development outside Highlands, North Carolina; a major "raising the roof" renovation in Atlanta's Morningside and a multi-layered construction project in Palm Desert, CA. Azpeitia managed a highly detailed, three-year new construction project that was the cover story of the Spring 2005 issue of Atlanta Style and Design. His wonderfully executed full construction project on a home on an island in Canada appeared on the cover of the Summer 2008 issue of Beautiful Homes (a Better Homes and Garden's publication.) In 2009 the same estate was featured with fifteen other selections as the "Most Gorgeous Rooms Ever " by Decor magazine, and in 2011 it was featured in a "Second Printing by Popular Demand" issue of Elegant Homes as one of the publication's top sixteen most celebrated residences.

Azpeitia projects have been featured in Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, Traditional Home, Home by Design, Southern Living, Decor, Beautiful Homes and Elegant Homes, as well as in four coffee table books: The Best of Today's Interior Design (2009,) Modern Interior Design, American Collection (2009,) Designer Showcase: Interior Design at its Best (2008) and Showhouse Review: An Expose of Interior Decorating Events (2006.) He participated in the 2007, 2005 and 2004 Atlanta Symphony Associates Decorators Show House and in the 2005 and 2004 Alliance Children's Theater's Christmas House. Zach's show house work earned him an ASID Georgia Design Excellence Award in both 2006 and 2005. In 2008 and again in 2007, he received ASID Design Excellence Awards in the "Residence over 3,500 square feet" category. Also, in both 2008 and 2007, he co-designed projects that were recognized as the Best of the Best by Georgia's chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA.) He shared top honors with Stephen Pararo as they won the GOLD in the 2010 Dream Home Awards national competition, plus Zach and Stephen were recognized in 2010 with a Southeast Designer of the Year: Best Dining Room award. In 2010, he captured the GOLD with another ASID Design Excellence Award in the "Singular Spaces" category and in 2011 he received his sixth ASID Design Excellence Award, also in the "Singular Spaces" category.

Mollie Chalk, Interior Designer,graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from Florida StateUniversity. She was on the Deans List every semester throughout her college career and was honored with membership in the Honor Society Phi Eta Sigma. Prior to her employment at Pineapple House, Mollie managed an antique store that specialized in custom, high-end vintage kitchens. She was able to employ her broad scope of computer skills (AutoCAD, VIZ, and KCDw) to create unique layouts and designs for the kitchens. Additionally, she served as a store buyer for reproductions and fine antiques.

Mollie has managed Pineapple House design and construction projects in Georgia, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina and the Turks and Caicos. Her extensive knowledge of the innuendos of construction are seen in her many projects orchestrated from the ground up. Well known for her out-of-the-box conceptualizations and innovative room designs, she just completed two renovation projects for residences in Buckhead, as well as a complete overhaul and build out of the interiors of a high rise on New Smyrna Beach in Florida.

In 2011, Mollie captured a Georgia ASID Design Excellence Award for the New Smyrna Beach renovation. The residence appeared in the August issue of Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles. Also in 2011, she was profiled on sheknows.com with her “Expert Tips for a Sophisticated Beach House” and she was featured on Networx with contributions to "Hot Color Trends of 2011." In 2010 she was featured in an article (and provided the cover image) for Atlanta Home Improvement's issue dedicated to Loft Living and was profiled in the 2010 Designer Discussion by Orchid Ceramics and in the 2010 article Office Space in the Home & Garden section of Cotton Candy. Mollie was recognized as a taste-maker and was interviewed in 2009 by Design Milk's Jamie Derringer, and featured in Trends: Gray Walls on the popular AOL site, Shelter Pop.

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project managers

Bebe (Seble) Mengistu, Project Manager, began working with Pineapple House as a college intern prior to her graduation from Bauder College in 2005. Her superior AutoCAD skills quickly earned her a place as Design Assistant for all construction and renovation projects directly supervised by Stephen Pararo. Bebe was placed on the permanent install team in 2006 and has been an integral part of every major Pineapple House design installation, including projects in Florida, North Carolina, California, Idaho and the Turks and Caicos. Her management projects include a multitude of residences in Georgia, plus the High Meadow Cottage in North Carolina and Flagler Landing in West Palm Beach, FL. She was part of the award-winning team that earned a 2010 ASID Design Excellence Award for a total renovation on John's Island in Vero Beach, FL.

Abby Haygood, Project Manager, graduated from Auburn University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and a minor in Business. While at Auburn, she was a member of the CIDA Accreditation Council. For several years prior to joining the Pineapple House team, she worked in hospitality and residential design on projects located in Jamaica, Atlanta, Houston, and Miami. Currently Abby is managing projects in Georgia and Florida, including an 18,000 square foot new construction project in Suwanee. She is a 2011 NCIDQ candidate and presently is testing for admittance into the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID.)