Maria Choronzuk

This was a renovation for a Cafe at the Daily Herald office building in Arlington Heights. I was on an "appearance committee" charged with the effort to improve the gray, cold space. I took a "before" photo, overlayed a sketch, prepared a budget and timeline, and presented ideas to the board. The project was approved and completed within two weeks. Working with existing interior floral supplier, we repurposed silk plants from elsewhere in the building, I painted a 40ft custom mural and custom wall painting effects on all other walls, hired a carpenter to complete the fencing for the vending and private dining areas, including wainscot and trim around food prep areas, hired a seamstress to create custom awnings over both areas and food prep service area, created a custom door applique sign, created a custom wall sculpture in a picnic theme, purchased and assembled four garden-type benches, and had Monet prints framed and hung...within the two week deadline.

This is one view of a renovated employee cafeteria at Caremark in Lincolnshire. The room consisted of three custom painted walls, and one wall unit of a custom built microwave cabinetry. In this view, there is a cloud wall, and a brick wall. In another view, is a panoramic landscape of a golf course. The entire project was completed in under two weeks.
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This is a marketing Hand-out and Poster to advertise an employee rewards program that I began at the Daily Herald. Our committee was charged with finding low-cost, no-cost ways to generate sales and stories, and at the same time, reward employees for their job leads. We came up with the idea to create "TIPS" which stands for "Together in promoting sales, stories, subscriptions and student readership." We met regularly, tracked tips on a quarterly basis, and had a festive and fun reward ceremony on a yearly basis.