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September is the month the holiday calendar stops being theoretical.

A single room done properly runs eight to twelve weeks from first conversation to final styling. Two weeks for design development, four to six for procurement and fabrication depen

These past weeks have been about showing the machinery rather than the result.

The scaled drawings that prevent expensive misjudgements. The materials tested in the actual room rather than under showroom lighting. The trade relationships that change

The final ten percent of a project takes disproportionate time and is the reason a room reads as inhabited rather than delivered.

Everything can be correct — the layout resolved, the upholstery right, the walls papered beautifully, the lightin

The final ten percent of a project takes disproportionate time and is the reason a room reads as inhabited rather than delivered.

Everything can be correct — the layout resolved, the upholstery right, the walls papered beautifully, the lightin

The guest bedroom is the room nobody thinks about until the week guests arrive, and by then nothing can be done about it.

In most houses it exists as a repository. Furniture that was retired from elsewhere, a mattress chosen without much thought, a

The first two hours determine everything that follows.

A consultation is not a sales meeting and it is not a chance for me to describe my portfolio. It is the only opportunity to understand how you actually live before anyone starts making decisions

Trade only means the material never reaches a showroom floor.

A great deal of what I specify for clients cannot be bought directly. Certain fabric houses, wallpaper mills, furniture makers, and workrooms sell exclusively to the trade, which means ac

Wallpaper is the most transformative and most frequently botched investment in residential design.

The material itself is rarely the problem. Pattern matching, seam placement, and wall preparation are where projects fail, and a poor installation is

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