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<P>I wonder which program Mayor is from? <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/home/articles/0526kizere0526.html#">http://www.azcentra<WBR>l.com/arizonarep<WBR>ublic/home/<WBR>articles/<WBR>0526kizere0526.<WBR>html#</A><BR><BR>A
sense of style<BR><BR>Nearly blind interior designer shares his command
of<BR>color, shape, texture<BR><BR>Sue Doerfler<BR>The Arizona Republic<BR>May.
26, 2007 12:00 AM<BR>View more photos<BR><BR>When Robert Kizere meets with
clients, he brings along<BR>something other interior designers don't have:
a<BR>Seeing Eye dog.<BR><BR>Three years ago, a tennis ball-size tumor left
Kizere<BR>with optic nerve damage and 2 degrees of sight, the<BR>equivalent of
looking through a piece of construction<BR>paper that has a pinhole poked into
it. Normal-seeing<BR>persons have 180 degrees of sight.<BR><BR>"I call it my
tennis-ball accident," said Kizere with<BR>his characteristic sense of humor.
"It's an easier<BR>icebreaker than saying a brain tumor."<BR><BR>Despite his
limited sight, the designer can<BR>distinguish color, shape and texture, the
elements of<BR>good design.<BR><BR>"Color has always been really important to
me," said<BR>Kizere, who recently started his own business, Robert<BR>Vaughn
Designs, after working for Norwalk Furniture<BR>& Design in Tempe. (Vaughn
is Kizere's middle name.)<BR>"If you're a shade off, it doesn't look
right."<BR><BR>Kizere, who has more than 30 years of interior
design<BR>experience, works out of his Tempe house, but his<BR>briefcase really
serves as his home office. He spends<BR>a lot of time traveling across the
United States to<BR>help clients, many of whom are referrals or
repeat<BR>customers. Around town, he takes buses to clients'<BR>homes.<BR><BR>"I
have my laptop, a digital camera and my dog and I<BR>can do anything," he
said.<BR><BR>His Seeing Eye dog, a golden retriever named Mayor, is<BR>like a
mini marketing manager for Kizere.<BR><BR>"People just love him. They start
talking to me just<BR>because of him. (Once they do,) I've got them
hook,<BR>line and sinker," he said, referring to how he<BR>often attracts
clients. Because of Mayor, he met one<BR>client while on an airplane and two
others at<BR>restaurants.<BR><BR>Norwalk co-owner Mike Schoor said that
Kizere's<BR>abilities stand on their own.<BR><BR>"He's a great natural
salesman," he said. "He is an<BR>absolute master in networking his way to become
his<BR>client's single source for everyone in his home.<BR>He is very prideful
of being self-sufficient and<BR>working toward ultimately satisfying his
clients<BR>without depending on anyone in that process."<BR><BR>It took three
buses recently to get to client Janet<BR>Drummond's Tempe patio home, where
Kizere was to help<BR>flesh out ideas for a bathroom and den. He already<BR>had
helped coordinate the decor of her living room and<BR>dining area by making the
small rooms feel larger. In<BR>the dining area, he placed two mirrors on<BR>top
of each other, adding depth to the space. Built-in<BR>plant shelves, lined with
decorative pottery, draw<BR>your eyes upward. In the living room, which
features<BR>a baby grand piano, Kizere artistically placed a<BR>sectional sofa
and lounge chair so the space wouldn't<BR>seem so small.<BR><BR>"I always
thought I was pretty good at decorating, but<BR>Robert opened my mind," said
Drummond, who has been<BR>pleased with her home's transformation.
"I'm<BR>impressed with his amazing intuition. He can feel
a<BR>room."<BR><BR>Nevertheless, being blind and a designer hasn't
been<BR>easy.<BR><BR>Because of his limited vision, it takes him longer to<BR>do
the work he needs for each project, he said. That<BR>he is good at math has
helped.<BR><BR>"I'm a walking calculator," he said. He uses
adaptive<BR>equipment to read and often will ask a client to be<BR>his assistant
in tasks such as measuring.<BR><BR>"I want to preserve my eyesight for color,
shape and<BR>texture," he said.<BR><BR>Kizere's health problems began as
headaches, which he<BR>thought were due to sinus pressure. When the
headaches<BR>turned into dizziness, he went to the hospital,<BR>where he was
told he had a slow-growing tumor the size<BR>of a golf ball. Surgery was
scheduled for a month<BR>later. In that time, the tumor enlarged to the<BR>size
of a tennis ball.<BR><BR>Before the operation, Kizere, now 55, had
retired.<BR>After the surgery, however, he had second thoughts<BR>about not
working.<BR><BR>He took college design classes, just to see if he was<BR>able to
do the work.<BR><BR>"I had to prove to myself," he said. He also wanted
to<BR>keep his brain active.<BR><BR>Now, when something goes wrong or doesn't
look right,<BR>he has an excuse, he said, laughing. "I say, 'Oh,<BR>darn, that's
what happens when they take the part<BR>of your brain that
works.'<BR><BR>"That's probably the best thing I have going for me:<BR>my
attitude."<BR><BR>Details: www.robert vaughndesigns.<WBR>com or
(480)<BR>221-0954.<BR><BR>Reach the reporter at
sue.doerfler@<WBR>arizonarepublic<BR>.com or (602) 444-8236.<BR><BR>Copyright ©
2007, azcentral.com. All rights reserved.
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