Our Designers
Our focus is your surroundings and how you feel and live within them. Whether you’re updating or adding a new window treatment, comfy sofa, kitchen, bathroom or building your dream home, our staff can successfully guide your interior design project from concept to completion.
![Jean Phipps](https://designsurroundings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Jean-3-200x300.jpg)
Jean Phipps has 45 years of experience as a designer, all spent in the Iowa City Area. She is a graduate of Iowa State University and has completed her NCIDQ requirements. She opened Surroundings Interiors in 1987, moving to the current location in 1990.
![Renee Funderburk Interior Designer](https://designsurroundings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Renee-3-200x300.jpg)
Renee has been at Surroundings Interiors for 17 years. She is a graduate of Kirkwood Community College, studying in their highly respected Interior Design department, graduating in 2001 with the Associates of Arts degree in Interior Design.
![Lori Waters, Interior Designer](https://designsurroundings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lori-4-200x300.jpg)
Lori has a degree in interior design from Iowa State University and has completed her NCIDQ requirements. She has 42 years of design experience and has been with Surroundings Interiors 21 years.