Hildi Santo Thomas Biography

Hildi Santo Tomas is known as a passionate and strong-willed force for creative transformation in homeowners' rooms. She is known for taking chances - frequently with great returns. Her daring design approach has resulted in some of Trading Spaces' most memorable (and occasionally infamous) spaces, and her glossy aesthetic has won her a devoted following among Trading Spaces fans. Hildi Santo Tomas' design profession began at a young age, when she spent days in North Carolina reorganizing and organizing her sisters' rooms. Hildi Santo Tomas studied industrial relations and economics at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. She moved to Washington, DC after graduation to work as a stockbroker and political campaign strategist. Hildi Santo Tomas spent five years in New York City, working with her younger sister at a financial services business that catered to Latin American countries. Her part-time pastime of interior design, on the other hand, turned into a full-time preoccupation, and Hildi Santo Tomas soon found herself returning to Raleigh, North Carolina to follow her love. Hildi Santo Tomas founded Working Girls, an interior design firm and workroom, in 1989. She relocated to Atlanta after a few years in North Carolina, where she maintained her design firm and eventually became associated with two colleagues at Third Millennium Development, Inc., a development, design, and construction company. Hildi Santo Tomas isn't afraid to push her team of homeowners to try new things. Her avant-garde designs have prompted some of Trading Spaces' most heated fan disputes, including a bathroom covered with 6,000 silk flowers, a living room with walls decorated with old record albums, and the now-infamous room with straw walls. Hildi Santo Tomas's designs are frequently influenced by her many travels overseas, and her rooms typically contain textiles from all over the world, including Paris, India, Egypt, and Finland. Hildi Santo Tomas' math abilities are a significant advantage to her design work, allowing her to scale out a room and instantly determine what materials she will need to achieve her artistic vision. Hildi Santo Tomas, known for her sometimes odd design material selections, believes that her more daring designs would serve as inspiration for homeowners who are reluctant to take chances in their houses.

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