Carolyn Gatzke - a parent coach and Diane Lechner - an interior designer found an unexpected kinship in each other and in their work – in 1995 - when Diane enrolled her three-year-old daughter in Carolyn’s parent-participation preschool class and Diane re-designed Carolyn’s home for better family living.

Their work together inspired a friendship and now a business. Engage Environments –Children’s Bedding, Furniture and Accessories, provides the solution to a challenge both women faced in their work - children’s room décor often competes with children’s own interests and sometimes hinders their ability to play freely in their own space.

While Carolyn urges her clients to provide spaces that focus on how children develop physically and socially and how to set them up for success, Diane creates attractive environments that also welcome the inevitable presence of characters, crayons and crafts. Now you can have it all - beautiful surroundings that embrace children’s developing abilities, as well as their ever-changing interests – always remember, how it lives is as important as how it looks.