About Maida

Maida Korte writes books that blend interior design with family, teaching lessons about the hysterics both bring to life.

Being a mid-western gal, Maida has a need to work hard and always planned to run a small country.  Having four daughters instead, she feels she has accomplished this goal.  An Interior Designer for decades, Maida has her first memoir coming in in fall of 2025, “From There to Here:  How an Old House Remodeled Me” and a second Memoir coming out in spring of 2026, “Basically, It’s Going to be a Nightmare:  Lessons in Remodeling.”  She is working on her first novel.

Maida has a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing.  Her husband Andy keeps her centered and her four daughters and eight grand-children form her launch and her landing.

Maida contributes to her blog weekly and writes columns for the publication, Intellectual Take-Out, as well as The Epoch Times in their Home and Design section.  She has published articles in Chicago Home Magazine, Parenting, Remodeling Magazine, and the Chicago Sun-Times.