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Interior architecture has always fascinated Leonie Edwards who is now living her dream on the Nine Network\u2019s new renovation competition homeMADE<\/em>.<\/p>\n Twenty-seven-year-old Ms Edwards, of Subiaco, graduated from Curtin University of Technology with a Bachelor of Arts (Interior Architecture) with honours in 2004.<\/p>\n \u201chomeMADE<\/em> is an amazing experience, I had no idea what to expect and I have never worked so hard in my whole life,\u201d Ms Edwards said.<\/p>\n \u201cI have Curtin to thank for this wonderful opportunity that came to me while I was tutoring at the University last year.<\/p>\n \u201cI got an email from my colleague, Ms Nancy Spanbroek of the Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture, about a casting agency that was looking for graduates to audition for a new TV show.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought I would give it a go because it sounded different and I was at a point in my career where I had a few years experience working on commercial projects such as schools and hotels.<\/p>\n \u201cI had to submit a short video and audition and I could not believe it when I made the short list. When I got the call to say I was chosen I left my job and now I am happy looking for new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n Born in South Korea, Ms Edwards moved to Australia with her biological brother when adopted by an Australian couple at the age of two.<\/p>\n \u201cI always loved designing things as a hobby so when a friend mentioned that Curtin had an interior architecture course I enrolled,\u201d Ms Edwards said.<\/p>\n \u201cI loved studying at Curtin as the course gives you a lot of practical experience in drawing, working with materials and construction.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I started my first job I felt I had all the knowledge and experience I needed to be a success. This is one of the reasons why I tutor as I got so much out of my time studying at Curtin that I enjoy giving something back and helping students.\u201d<\/p>\n Curtin\u2019s Nancy Spanbroek is happy for her colleague.<\/p>\n \u201cLeonie is a talented designer and a good tutor and we wish her all the best in her endeavours,\u201d Ms Spanbroek said.<\/p>\n The only Western Australian on the show, Ms Edward\u2019s motto is KIT, \u201ckeep it together\u201d and her style is classic and a little bit quirky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interior architecture has always fascinated Leonie Edwards who is now living her dream on the Nine Network\u2019s new renovation competition homeMADE<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-17237","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":[{"title":"","qualification":"","link":"","description":"","faculty":""}],"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}},"experts":false},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Curtin","last_name":"University","display_name":"Curtin University"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17237"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=17237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}