About Maida

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 2026, “Gutted:  How an Old House Remodeled Me” and a second Memoir coming out after, “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.