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Exclusive with Jamie Drake | From Back Yard Fort Designer to Designer for the Stars

Gail Doby — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:14:30 EST

Interior designer Jamie Drake is renowned for his exuberant color sense, his eye for the unique and telling detail, his practical approach to planning, and his equal facility in traditional and modern styles. Drake creates inviting, delightful and livable environments....

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Exclusive with Jamie Drake | From Back Yard Fort Designer to Designer for the Stars

Gail Doby — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:14:30 EST

Interior Designer Barbara Barry Shares Her Secrets

Gail Doby — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:23:41 EDT

Award-winning designer Barbara Barry is internationally known for her streamlined interiors and elegant home furnishings.�Her look speaks to quiet luxury, comfort and ease � supporting her design philosophy that living simply and with quality is the highest form of luxury....

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Exclusive | Style Icon Barbara Barry Shares Her Views on Home Design

Gail Doby — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:23:41 EDT

Sneak Peek Behind The Scenes Of NBC Interior Design Show "George To The Rescue"

Gail Doby — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:51:26 EDT

In April, Philadelphia interior designer Susan Hopkins received a surprising call from someone who saw her website. That one phone call turned into a life-changing opportunity for her....

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Secrets Behind Architectural Photography

Gail Doby — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:31:04 EDT

Daniel Newcomb of Architectural and Interior Design Photography creates award winning, magazine-quality photographs for interior designers, architects, builders, furniture designers, resorts, property management, and advertising agencies....

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Behind the Scenes of Architectural Photography with Daniel Newcomb

Gail Doby — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:31:04 EDT

Interview With Real Estate Developer Turned Interior Designer

Gail Doby — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:55:52 EDT

Ed Lobrano enjoyed a successful career in real estate development and syndication for years before working as a senior designer for well-known firms such as Bunny Williams, Inc. (New York), David Easton (New York), and Antony Childs (Washington DC). In 1997 Lobrano decided to establish his bi-coastal boutique firm, Edward Lobrano Interior Design, to provide high-end design, development, and architectural services for discerning clients....

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Real Estate Developer Becomes Interior Designer to Feed Creative Passion

Gail Doby — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:55:52 EDT

Interview With New York Interior Designer Michael Rosenberg

Gail Doby — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:42:32 EDT

Michael Rosenberg, owner of the boutique New York interior design firm, Michael Rosenberg & Associates, works wherever his clients have luxury homes. He and his team have designed projects in Miami, Cincinnati, Chicago, Palm Bridge, South Hampton, and of course, New York City. Many of these projects have been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle D�cor, New York Spaces, and the TV show Open House on NBC....

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Robert Passal's Passion for Interior Design Stems From Unlikely Place

Gail Doby — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:05:29 EDT

Robert Passal began his career working for antiques dealer John Roselli, which served as both his design boot camp and graduate school for design. Passal, who opened his own interior design firm in 2000, credits his time with Roselli as being a �hands-on tutorial� in furniture, interior design, and decorative arts....

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Design Writer Linda O�Keeffe Reveals the Brilliance of White

Gail Doby — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:23:48 EST

The color white is underappreciated. When it comes to design, some critics may consider it blah, unimaginative, and pedestrian. Linda O�Keeffe disagrees. Her book, Brilliant: White in Design, explores the color and its multi-facets from a design perspective. �I think white has this ability to harmonize furnishings and textiles from every period, every prominence, and every geographic location,� says O�Keeffe....

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Ivanka Trump Hires NY3 Design Group for her Manhattan Jewelry Store

Gail Doby — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:52:02 EST

There is one Trump who is not firing people these days, but hiring. Ivanka Trump hired the team at NY3 Design Group to design the space for her new jewelry store at 109 Mercer Street in Manhattan....

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Architect and Designer Penny Drue Baird Shows Off The New French Interior

Gail Doby — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:32:03 EST

Penny Drue Baird, owner of Dessins, LLC, creates design for the individual. "For young people, let�s do this cool, young, free, fresh look, and for older people, let�s get rid of this junk that we�ve been accumulating throughout our lives and let�s get it cleaner," says Baird, author of The New French Interior, which was released by Random House in September 2011....

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Should You Hire an Interior Designer?

Gail Doby — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:50:35 EDT

What is the value of hiring an interior designer?...

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From Tennis Player to Architect & Interior Designer, Gideon Mendelson Entertains

Gail Doby — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:10:10 EDT

Self-described "regular guy," Gideon Mendelson seemed destined to become an interior designer. His grandfather was an architect, his grandmother an artist, and his mother had her own interior design firm. He grew up surrounded by blueprints and fabric samples and remembers doodling on paper-covered tables when sitting in restaurants with his family....

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An Inside Look at Designer Showhouses with NYC Designer Scott Sanders

Gail Doby — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:26:31 EDT

This is an excerpt from an interview with Scott Sanders about his recent project....

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Interior Designer D'Aquino Monaco on Current Global Luxury Market Trends

Gail Doby — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:49:53 EDT

Carl D�Aquino of D�Aquino Monaco, an award-winning architecture and interior design firm based in New York City, says that �luxury market preferences are interesting right now. I am seeing completely contemporary work that is extremely transitional at the same time. Our clients want modern, clean, bold, glamorous interiors. Our current projects take us to London and the Caribbean, and we find our clients are requesting similar styles though we execute them uniquely.�...

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Interior Designer Faith Sheridan Brightens Up a Seattle Penthouse

Gail Doby — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:59:03 EDT

Visions of the Seattle gray and gloom inspired Faith Sheridan�s interior design clients to infuse color into their part-time residence. Sheridan�s first meeting with the couple was brief....

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Pirate-Inspired Interior Design of Screenwriter's California Home

Gail Doby — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:57:11 EDT

Los Angeles interior designer Ernie Roth remembers a jaw-dropping moment when driving to a high-profile, award-winning screenwriter's home one morning. As he approached his client's home on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, he saw a pirate ship used in one of the Johnny Depp films anchored below. Roth's experience creating over 1,100 commercials and being the production designer on a feature film did not diminish his awe of the spectacle.

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Interior Design Book Helps Find the Perfect Rug for Your Home

Gail Doby — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:31:26 EDT

Handmade rugs can be intimidating according to Alix Perrachon, author of The Decorative Carpet in Interior Design, a new and definitive book on selecting the perfect underpinning for your home. The mission of Perrachon�s book is to remove the fear of investing in what can easily be the most impactful and expensive element of a room....

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Eco-Friendly Interior Furnishings by Kristin Drohan

Gail Doby — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:15:02 EDT

"Tackle it and take the bull by the horns," is Kristin Drohan's motto. Drohan, a savvy interior designer and businesswoman, founded her interior design firm six short years ago. "You don't have to be the most fabulous designer in the world. If you're artsy fartsy and can't run a business, you'll fail."...

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Matthew Smyth: The Accidental Interior Designer

Gail Doby — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:20:06 EDT

Matthew Patrick Smyth's traditional middle class Irish Catholic upbringing did not include exposure to interior design. He discovered his accidental career path when attending a dinner party in Lake Forest, Illinois....

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Stunning Interior Design Without The Attitude

Gail Doby — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:27:51 EST

The stereotype of interior designers as snooty, pushy and exorbitantly expensive is the opposite of reality for one of today's top design professionals, Ernie Roth, CEO of Roth Design Group, Ltd. in Los Angeles, California....

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