National and Texas state award winning Building Designer and Interior Designer Newell Cheatheam, of Newell's Designs, Katy, Texas visited with Michael Berman of Los Angeles, California on October 28th during Fall Market at Decorative Center of Houston. Berman is one of today’s most innovative interior/furniture designers with his furniture design, interior design and articles in Tradition Home Magazine, Retro Modern, Stone & Tile Design Magazine, Interior Expressions, Los Angeles Magazine, Southern Home, Interiors, Home Design, Architectural Digest and numerous other magazines. His furniture designs are in showroom all across America.
Cheatheam said the discussion about interior design in today’s market, that Michael Berman and Carol Braden, editor of Paper City Magazine with a Designer Studio audience was excellent in sharing interior design, interior colors, ideals, client relations, his furniture and trends of furniture was excellent.
Cheatheam, himself has designed over 3,000 custom homes and numerous commercial buildings around Houston, Katy and across Texas.
Date: 11 Sept 2002
Katy, Texas. Award winning building design firm Newell's Designs associated with Polhemus Engineering Co. (www.newellsdesigns.com) of Katy, Texas was selected in August to design the new facilities for KatyChristianMinistries. The non-profit organization - KCM has over 25 churches that contribute support to their annual budget.
Newell's Designs and Polhemus Engineering Co. completed preliminary building design plans in August for the 10,000 s.f. office building proposed to be built at Katy Fort Bend Roadand Fifth Street, Katy, Texas. The preliminary plans are out for preliminary building costs to contractors by KCM.
Newell's Designs is an award winning design firm winning numerous national and state design awards. The building will have a metal structure with metal, stone, and hard plank exterior with brick gable entrances, with a country look exterior. The building will provide community services for administration, domestic abuse center, food pantry, social services, storage, tri county interfaith ministry, and public meeting rooms. This is just one building in the future long planning goals of KCM to meet the needs of the Katy Community and surrounding areas by bringing community services of KCM into one location.
Newell's Designs and Polhemus Engineering Co. has designed numerous commercial projects in Katy and surrounding areas for over 30 years. Newell Cheatheam, AIBD, CPBD, a certified professional building designer and president of Newell's Designs has been very active in numerous organizations, including Katy Chamber of Commerce, and WestlandBaptistChurch in the Katy area for over 24 years. Cheatheam said he is excited in working with KatyChristianMinistries in designing their future building facilities to meet the needs of the Katy community.
CHEATHEAM WINS STATE BUILDING DESIGN AWARDS
Newell Cheatheam, President of Newell’s Designs, Katy, Tx attended the Texas Institute of Building Design (T.I.B.D.) 43rd TIBD Convention in Amarillo, Texas June 3-June 6, 2004. Cheatheam won three building design awards for first place Multi-Housing Projects, second place in Commercial Projects-Dr. Walkers Professional Bldg, Katy, and second place for 2001 s.f..-4000 s.f. Custom Homes for the Stenison beach house, Treasure Island, Surfside, Texas. Robert Alford, President of T.I.B.D. presents Cheatheam design awards at Texas Institute of Building Design Convention, Amarillo, Tx.
Texas Construction-Cheatheam elected to TIBD Board of Directors and Publicity Chairman 2003
Newell Cheatheam, AIBD, CPBD, president of Katy-based Newell's Designs, was recently elected to serve on the Texas Institute of Building Design board of directors. He will also serve as publicity chairman for the organization. Cheatheam has more than 35 years of experience in commercial and residential building design. He majored in architecture and interior design at Midwestern State University and the University of Houston, and is a certified professional building designer and a Texas licensed registered interior designer. He holds memberships in the Houston chapter of the Texas Institute of Building Design and the American Institute of Building Design
Newell Cheatheam, President of Newell’s Designs, Katy, Tx attended the Texas Institute of Building Design (T.I.B.D.) 43rd TIBD Convention in Amarillo, Texas June 3-June 6, 2004. Cheatheam won three building design awards for first place Multi-Housing Projects, second place in Commercial Projects-Dr. Walkers Professional Bldg, Katy, and second place for 2001 s.f..-4000 s.f. Custom Homes for the Stenison beach house, Treasure Island, Surfside, Texas. Robert Alford, President of T.I.B.D. presents Cheatheam design awards at Texas Institute of Building Design Convention, Amarillo, Tx. 
