<span class="text"><font color="#000000" class="text"> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="line-height: 120%; font-size: 11pt"><img alt="" width="200" height="300" src="/users/LucasTrunnell7050/docs/Image//Alice%203.jpg" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">Alice Busch, Allied Member ASID</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="line-height: 120%; font-size: 11pt">Principal</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">Whether it’s a superbly appointed mansion along the banks of the Potomac River or a rustic retirement retreat nestled in Vermont, an opulent Manhattan hideaway or the offices of a distinguished Senator on Capitol Hill, interior designer Ms. Alice Busch creates environments with a connoisseur’s eye for color and enduring taste. </span></span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">Known for integrating European panache with contemporary sensibility and capturing the unique personality and dreams of each client, this highly creative designer spearheads a multi-million dollar enterprise involved in every facet of design.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">President of Great Falls Distinctive Interiors, Inc. (www.gfdii.com), the company she founded in 1992, Busch’s first design studio was based in the upscale milieu of Great Falls, Virginia. Her business proved so successful that she quickly out grew the space. And today, her 11,000 square foot corporate headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia caters to clients worldwide, as well as, the trade and is recognized as one of the leading interior design and architectural detailing firms in the region.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">Described once as someone who throws out construction terms with an ease other designers have only when discussing sofa fabric, interior design begins for Busch with a building’s structure. That’s why she often consults in the pre-construction phase, fine-tuning blueprints with the architect to enhance a room’s focal point by adding unusual features. This same attention to excruciating detail carries through in Busch’s collaboration with general contractors, painters, plumbers, electricians, tile setters, marble specialists, landscape architects and other construction trades.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">The daughter of an American Naval attaché, Busch spent the first years of her life living in Greece, often tagging alongside her mother, an interior designer, into the homes of her distinguished clients. Busch’s interest in design was further enhanced by her father. “Many of the homes we lived in my father had built from the ground up. He took me under his wing, exposing me early on to all the details and decision-making that goes into building fine homes.” Adds Busch, “He had only daughters, so in some ways I filled the shoes of the son he never had.”</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">The family eventually settled in Potomac, Maryland. Busch went on to study psychology at East Tennessee State University and later interior design at Mount Vernon School of Design. For more than a decade, Busch worked in pre-construction and interior design with various area developers before launching her own design firm.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">Today, she resides with her husband in Leesburg, Virginia in their newly re-designed “petite Italian villa,” the favorite gathering spot for her four sons (two of whom are directly involved in the business), two stepdaughters, and many grandchildren.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">Ms. Busch's strength always begins by getting a sense of the client’s physical, emotional, and psychological make-up. “Once that vision is there,” she says, “the rooms just start talking to me.”</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">And what a conversation it has been.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="line-height: 120%">Ms. Busch's work has been seen in Architectural Digest and she has graced the cover of Home & Design Magazine many times. Additionally, her work has been featured in other publications including Luxury Homes, Washington Spaces, Chesapeake Home, Capitol File as well as the home design book series, The Perfect Home: Leading Residential Interior Designers (Sandow Media Corporation, June 2006.) Busch’s design savvy advice has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, Chicago Tribune, and other leading newspapers. Busch is an Allied Member of ASID.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify"> </div> <div style="text-align: center"><img alt="" align="textTop" width="200" height="300" src="/users/LucasTrunnell7050/docs/Image//L_Headshot_LowRes.jpg" /></div> <p style="text-align: center"> <span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Arial">Lucas J. Trunnell</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">Assoc. AIA, Allied Member ASID, LEED AP</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">Vice Principal of Great Falls Distinctive Interiors, Alice Busch's son Lucas Trunnell joined GFDI in 2005. Lucas came to us after receiving his Bachelor of Architecture and Minor in Business Administration from the University of Miami in Florida. While in school, Lucas studied in Rome where he discovered his admiration for architectural detailing and urban planning. Lucas was a designer with the world-renowned urban design firm Duany Plater-Zyberk in Miami before joining GFDI.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">Lucas is an Associate Member of AIA, Allied Member of ASID and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Lucas is also a candidate for his Masters of Real Estate from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">If you would like to contact Lucas, please email him at </span></span><a href="mailto:lucas@gfdii.com"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,255)">lucas@gfdii.com</span></span></span></a></p> </font></span><br> <h1> Great Falls Distinctive Interiros, Alice Busch, Lucas Trunnell, Luke Trunnell, Interiors, Interior, Design, Interior Design, Interior Design Worldwide, washington dc interior designer, northern virginia interior designer, maryland interior designer, interior decorator, scalamandre, kravet, althorp, maitland-smith, theodore alexander, home and design, washington spaces, capitol file, LEED AP, LEED, LEED Accredited Professional, Green Building, Green Design, Green</h1>
