Interior Design

The ellipse lounge chair in cherry and a suble textured and patterned upholstery its in front of a bay of windows with pastel colored skies and a vase on the windowsill. The ottoman that matches the ellipse lounge chair has a blanket draped over the top of it and there is a woven, neutral colored rug on the floor.

The Argonaut

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At the beginning of 2020, we all took a step back. We paused, we reassessed and headed into an unforeseeable future. For interior designer Alex Theofanidis, she took this time to step back nearly 50 years to begin redesigning her future.

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A Modern Victorian Kitchen

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Located on a beautiful property outside Boston, the homeowners had done extensive renovations to their Victorian home, saving the kitchen for last. The homeowners wanted a design that was mindful of the home's origins but felt fresh, modern, and functional for this busy family; that's when they turned to designer Karen Swanson.

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Kitchen Island with aria stools in walnut

A Designer’s Dream Kitchen

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If you could design your dream kitchen, what would it look like? For Betsy Barmat Stires, owner of DC-based design firm Frog Hill Designs, the opportunity to create a showhouse where she was the client allowed her to transform a blank canvas into an elevated space with refined details.

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Bedroom with walnut pencil post bed, vintage burl dresser and windsor chair. Exposed timber beams with white rug.

Design Spotlight: Marianne Jones

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Chosen for her ability to understand every step of the building and decorating process, Marianne Jones' clients praise her ability to listen to their ideas and transform them into the most beautiful interiors that fit their personality and style.

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A Cozy and Curated Coastal Farmhouse

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The Ferguson's found their four acres of heaven in Yarmouth, Maine. Resplendent with towering pines and verdant landscapes, they worked with local interior design firm Nicola's Home to create a three-bedroom contemporary coastal farmhouse that offered first-floor living with plenty of room to entertain and spaces that captured both their personalities.   

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Design Spotlight: Elizabeth Vallino

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Elizabeth Vallino traces her aesthetic formation to ballet class. This introduction to form, language and culture was the beginning of a lifelong fascination with classical and old-world elegance. We sat down with her for a quick Q & A about her approach to incorporating the Continuous Arm Chair's classic look into her clients' modern interior.

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Design Spotlight with Jennifer Magdol

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Located within San Francisco’s Golden Gate Heights neighborhood, this 1949 single-family home derives its inspiration from coastal forests and the Pacific Ocean.

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living room with cherry wood lounge chairs, cherry side tables, glass fireplace, recessed shelving

Designing an Open-Concept Space

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When a couple wanted to downsize they sold everything except their Moser furniture. We sat down with their designer, Marcye Philbrook, and asked her how she artfully designed and integrated elements of their existing Moser pieces to create a contemporary home.

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Resimercial Design

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Resimercial design blurs the lines of work and home by incorporating flexible spaces that double as a meeting space, a comfortable place for a quiet brainstorm or coffee break with colleagues that evoke a sense of comfort and shape how we view the modern workplace.

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