Designing Women: Where They Work

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I was in graduate school, I interned at an advertising agency. The president of the firm gave me an important piece of advice: "You have to decide if you are a business person or a creative person." It took me a surprisingly long time to answer this question, and I suffered much professional unhappiness as I tried to be someone I was not. It is important to remain open-minded and explore different opportunities, but the answer to the question - "What do you want to be when you grow up?" - often can be found in the passions we held as children. What did I love when I was young? Books, reading, writing and rearranging the furniture - the same things I love today. In celebration of the creative life, I share some photos of the workspaces of some creative women (who lead successful businesses). Enjoy! </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt86b5wX8CKEn4AO6TH2v_iNVXvCdcNfXyDhZ42rqmw5sz_ErTQQvRc34TjYvR_IMlGdSpRPaWi6OcF5EUWneohbWeWU2P4um4UWVbH4sCQRkKvl9w722oQPgwbZOYWI2KcyKudiKcCXI/s1600/img_designerdigs_3TradHomeAlessandraBranca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt86b5wX8CKEn4AO6TH2v_iNVXvCdcNfXyDhZ42rqmw5sz_ErTQQvRc34TjYvR_IMlGdSpRPaWi6OcF5EUWneohbWeWU2P4um4UWVbH4sCQRkKvl9w722oQPgwbZOYWI2KcyKudiKcCXI/s640/img_designerdigs_3TradHomeAlessandraBranca.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The library/conference room of <a href="http://www.branca.com/" target="_blank">Branca</a>, the creative design group founded by decorator Alessandra Branca in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Bessler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Wilson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/designerdigs_3.html" target="_blank">Inspire Me! Designer Digs</a>" produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1_p8PRUkmfCaHmdBX44vg7hjwejCbvvVMhUMFu9rJmcQmpRsRA8Z2KlMHSOjCvoYTz6y51LwoFaI0X1V7AmsVBGwYqj6t_Fog6u7JrJj3MR7JzkHZKi4LN1nm6jbegiW1G6frknfezU/s1600/img_designerdigs_4TradHomeBranca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1_p8PRUkmfCaHmdBX44vg7hjwejCbvvVMhUMFu9rJmcQmpRsRA8Z2KlMHSOjCvoYTz6y51LwoFaI0X1V7AmsVBGwYqj6t_Fog6u7JrJj3MR7JzkHZKi4LN1nm6jbegiW1G6frknfezU/s640/img_designerdigs_4TradHomeBranca.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.branca.com/" target="_blank">Branca</a>, the creative design group founded by decorator Alessandra Branca in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Bessler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Wilson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/designerdigs_4.html" target="_blank">Inspire Me! Designer Digs</a>" produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WIRnwzgzrS0ISw6nqn3_XvFdYQ87_XeOoQJYhMEqBc0PZc2VvqkA2XK-z9frPufAt5gMYhnpzFTEEpbozSNjNn8JcgMyA-TRfmsF7tol3_JUB6NOcjpxSGG-1lhzlDYnQWlSFdw67uE/s1600/img_designerdigs_5TradHomeBranca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WIRnwzgzrS0ISw6nqn3_XvFdYQ87_XeOoQJYhMEqBc0PZc2VvqkA2XK-z9frPufAt5gMYhnpzFTEEpbozSNjNn8JcgMyA-TRfmsF7tol3_JUB6NOcjpxSGG-1lhzlDYnQWlSFdw67uE/s640/img_designerdigs_5TradHomeBranca.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alessandra Branca's "office walls are upholstered with lively red-and-white paisley. A bulletin board filled with photos of family and friends holds center stage. Vintage textiles and fabric samples are piled throughout for easy access."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.branca.com/" target="_blank">Branca</a>, the creative design group founded by decorator Alessandra Branca in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Bessler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Wilson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/designerdigs_5.html" target="_blank">Inspire Me! Designer Digs</a>" produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zULV4VYxRwrJwJ3dT6zrTNF1bDngSFbs9Ye6neEn-rWZKknEsJWq_q_-Q6g3VnoNFGBDqEX2eZ2zd1GuybbWqa3bOILqUeTzKalvMLqaZmm1_nV_sSF4PlEAiKg_TswELThtDwY5K-A/s1600/img_barbara-barry_1TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zULV4VYxRwrJwJ3dT6zrTNF1bDngSFbs9Ye6neEn-rWZKknEsJWq_q_-Q6g3VnoNFGBDqEX2eZ2zd1GuybbWqa3bOILqUeTzKalvMLqaZmm1_nV_sSF4PlEAiKg_TswELThtDwY5K-A/s640/img_barbara-barry_1TradHome.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“ 'My office is white and clean and without decoration - a blank canvas on which to create,' says Barbara [Barry]. The only must-have items in the office? Fresh flowers from the garden. Open space. And sunlight - plenty of sunlight."</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The office of Los Angeles-based designer <a href="http://barbarabarry.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Barry</a>.</span></div></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mark Edward Harris.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/barbara-barry_ss1.html" target="_blank">Inspire Me! Barbara Barry</a>" written and produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0AjMjSvfUuCCajol352H64rRL07BDo_f4IcIWm7PTyUq8WCcThm9iZw4I7ByIw8wSFWLWcTU-y-fkLv-XMRLL5p4hXZlvc5WJezqL-TAwGw7QqfTIUncYSus3XGdCf9JryHHbd1L64Y/s1600/img_barbara-barry_4TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0AjMjSvfUuCCajol352H64rRL07BDo_f4IcIWm7PTyUq8WCcThm9iZw4I7ByIw8wSFWLWcTU-y-fkLv-XMRLL5p4hXZlvc5WJezqL-TAwGw7QqfTIUncYSus3XGdCf9JryHHbd1L64Y/s640/img_barbara-barry_4TradHome.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A bulletin board full of inspiring images takes on a life of its own."</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The office of Los Angeles-based designer <a href="http://barbarabarry.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Barry</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mark Edward Harris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/barbara-barry_ss4.html" target="_blank">Inspire Me! Barbara Barry</a>" written and produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39Url3EormSQ_dic7XSB-2d2bPrSzo0vhyphenhyphen54njh-PeIQ73XN4zsnuGhKUgJvA0hlnBL0wbHleZPTMxrP0yxnlRk_TogyHw-f3uYLNnDX_I7bkhluIzivf6p84eM9yWJmQrTKIFN_HVWc/s1600/img_barbara-barry_2TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39Url3EormSQ_dic7XSB-2d2bPrSzo0vhyphenhyphen54njh-PeIQ73XN4zsnuGhKUgJvA0hlnBL0wbHleZPTMxrP0yxnlRk_TogyHw-f3uYLNnDX_I7bkhluIzivf6p84eM9yWJmQrTKIFN_HVWc/s640/img_barbara-barry_2TradHome.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'We take our work seriously, so our office is a bit like a laboratory with its absence of decoration and color. It allows us to approach each new project unencumbered,' says Barbara [Barry]."</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The office of Los Angeles-based designer <a href="http://barbarabarry.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Barry</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mark Edward Harris.</span></div><em><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/barbara-barry_ss2.html" target="_blank">Inspire Me! Barbara Barry</a>" written and produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></span></em><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxNIY_tGVeCYUXH0Vmjom14sQiktMf24vRA8fNyqyNt6WjML1Wegob8jdauPxEXnk-WI9JDuyvg9GQ9FyR3vp3Go-XZzwHURduAaTGCRZBHUutiVUHjg2BGJCxMzMIL9dnrJ1HiqxmtY/s1600/img_wherewomencreate_3BobbiBrown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxNIY_tGVeCYUXH0Vmjom14sQiktMf24vRA8fNyqyNt6WjML1Wegob8jdauPxEXnk-WI9JDuyvg9GQ9FyR3vp3Go-XZzwHURduAaTGCRZBHUutiVUHjg2BGJCxMzMIL9dnrJ1HiqxmtY/s640/img_wherewomencreate_3BobbiBrown.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">"Color boards and palette possibilities for Bobbi's newest lines fill her studio. The vintage train case was the impetus for the makeup case sitting atop it."</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Makeup magnate <a href="http://www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com/" target="_blank">Bobbi Brown</a>'s think tank/retail space/"education center" that she and her husband, developer Steven Plofker, created out of a former auto-body shop in New Jersey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Photography by John Bessler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Text by Jennifer Wilson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/wherewomencreate_3.html" target="_blank">Where Women Create</a>" produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-d_yk5DoikdZztocaIQSDntS2ko38WAUru09JVG2eYKY3U6WyVy1an4v5jyBqBqQDB1o0H18T0Dv5jZiAZvj0tNHhK1XNFRtug63anTYuGcs8ikVPIHePGgcov-3O2LqOS95qpm3Pvg/s1600/img_wherewomencreate_4TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-d_yk5DoikdZztocaIQSDntS2ko38WAUru09JVG2eYKY3U6WyVy1an4v5jyBqBqQDB1o0H18T0Dv5jZiAZvj0tNHhK1XNFRtug63anTYuGcs8ikVPIHePGgcov-3O2LqOS95qpm3Pvg/s640/img_wherewomencreate_4TradHome.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"Vintage bottles on Bobbi's desk spur colorful new products."</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Makeup magnate<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com/" target="_blank">Bobbi Brown</a>'s think tank/retail space/"education center" that she and her husband, developer Steven Plofker, created out of a former auto-body shop in New Jersey.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by John Bessler.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Wilson.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/wherewomencreate_4.html" target="_blank">Where Women Create</a>" produced by Jenny Bradley.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uybBb_zYoz4Z6-LLtGRkQXQTwg4hesIr_zsdGlycYzifZF1CXU8kGm5DEIbgG1lglr5nxdIJ4oi-AJ6iR2Br_FCtVNp_7whR_FoUiXz6wpLv5AiaHpKnJJjFFod292xp2A0N2vfx3u0/s1600/img_wherewomencreatelg_2TradHomeBobbiBrown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uybBb_zYoz4Z6-LLtGRkQXQTwg4hesIr_zsdGlycYzifZF1CXU8kGm5DEIbgG1lglr5nxdIJ4oi-AJ6iR2Br_FCtVNp_7whR_FoUiXz6wpLv5AiaHpKnJJjFFod292xp2A0N2vfx3u0/s640/img_wherewomencreatelg_2TradHomeBobbiBrown.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"Old-fashioned molded woodwork and wood floors warm an otherwise industrial space. Bright daylight streams through wide windows - perfect for analyzing colors."</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Makeup magnate<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com/" target="_blank">Bobbi Brown</a>'s think tank/retail space/"education center" that she and her husband, developer Steven Plofker, created out of a former auto-body shop in New Jersey.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by John Bessler.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Wilson.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/wherewomencreate_2.html" target="_blank">Where Women Create</a>" produced by Jenny Bradley.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGac0A8CSZZZKXboBKuXxV6uzyWVVXPkgSWMGtaqG9ze3PLn6HB7XUPIbLQZw-yMF6ftUrhtKDYIfwf3YLJ7W10TlrNgPwNzT5zjUiY7ZE71EZjd9M1pchixdHdTp6WzjU04Vd5-BHNxY/s1600/work_force_02-lgnEDTamaraMellonMartynLawrenceBullard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGac0A8CSZZZKXboBKuXxV6uzyWVVXPkgSWMGtaqG9ze3PLn6HB7XUPIbLQZw-yMF6ftUrhtKDYIfwf3YLJ7W10TlrNgPwNzT5zjUiY7ZE71EZjd9M1pchixdHdTp6WzjU04Vd5-BHNxY/s640/work_force_02-lgnEDTamaraMellonMartynLawrenceBullard.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Decorator <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/" target="_blank">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a> perfected [former] <a href="http://www.jimmychoo.com/" target="_blank">Jimmy Choo</a> president [and founder] Tamara Mellon's London study by mingling a vintage Jansen desk with a 1960s hot-pink leather chair; the print of Grace Kelly is by Andy Warhol."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/great-ideas-work-force#slide-2" target="_blank">Great Ideas: Work Force</a>" by Helen Yun.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGW0ZTpsBmP2A9Hs_5uegzNsePK_vBzE3CAU3I9RA_PZFSglKgPyj_NiNKz7zauQv9FZc01wFKrLM-NuDSBYcq728caC9lpSVy0uBoFzChxe7HdLT4-qwl-UDP2OgVwVPIGQRhENKWlE/s1600/tamara-mellon-afl-0910-02-deHarpersBazaar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGW0ZTpsBmP2A9Hs_5uegzNsePK_vBzE3CAU3I9RA_PZFSglKgPyj_NiNKz7zauQv9FZc01wFKrLM-NuDSBYcq728caC9lpSVy0uBoFzChxe7HdLT4-qwl-UDP2OgVwVPIGQRhENKWlE/s640/tamara-mellon-afl-0910-02-deHarpersBazaar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamara "Mellon is all about business at her Maison Jansen desk."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City apartment of <a href="http://www.jimmychoo.com/" target="_blank">Jimmy Choo</a> founder Tamara Mellon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/" target="_blank">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Douglas Friedman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/tamara-mellon-apartment-pictures-0910#slide-6" target="_blank">A Fashionable Life: Tamara Mellon</a>" by Derek Blasberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/" target="_blank">Harper's Bazaar</a> (August 12, 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCccgu_YnDgyqIzchrnTyJx010y7-q_nN9wz4kRCqJZqUoJFkGSvzvodH6VvPW1-FhNQ7kGoeLHLtBpWkv27v6FyVz-GJl4XJED1rPbLek1KzTXPEmaaz_nHOnSkRX8E-dn7q6TCQjax8/s1600/100219_EGDines_KaslerOffice_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCccgu_YnDgyqIzchrnTyJx010y7-q_nN9wz4kRCqJZqUoJFkGSvzvodH6VvPW1-FhNQ7kGoeLHLtBpWkv27v6FyVz-GJl4XJED1rPbLek1KzTXPEmaaz_nHOnSkRX8E-dn7q6TCQjax8/s640/100219_EGDines_KaslerOffice_01.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The library of interior designer <a href="http://www.suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>'s Atlanta office.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erica George Dines.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/article/bright-star" target="_blank">Bright Star</a>" by Clinton Smith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/" target="_blank">Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles</a> (April 28, 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTkLGH-t8cFSYFQr9fcWFe1gq38tLHDWmKIaaKnARi0rYg693XPk7tVvHt_PH6kP8SZyrENyetQuyVkKrbaYfAclj72yA7boHXPWR629BmhW0TKEWGBUDp0ZBhF1O0Z-xyjhQOsB61EU/s1600/100219_EGDines_KaslerOffice_07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTkLGH-t8cFSYFQr9fcWFe1gq38tLHDWmKIaaKnARi0rYg693XPk7tVvHt_PH6kP8SZyrENyetQuyVkKrbaYfAclj72yA7boHXPWR629BmhW0TKEWGBUDp0ZBhF1O0Z-xyjhQOsB61EU/s640/100219_EGDines_KaslerOffice_07.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Suzanne] Kasler's own work space features personal mementos, including her collection of Eiffel towers."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Atlanta office of interior designer <a href="http://www.suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erica George Dines.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/article/bright-star" target="_blank">Bright Star</a>" by Clinton Smith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/" target="_blank">Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles</a> (April 28, 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjQylWRN1mzjPRtXKXXEGDRx7Ez8e5sNhYspejBGQCvtuFSsYQobdXiuoQ9rj3xx9EFNPHLrwoP1y2GthcOW1SclWjFRNMzRdjAwXgZnGFEvOgjRY2G9h225N-0IJ731fSXThJpuE2ng/s1600/100219_EGDines_KaslerOffice_13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjQylWRN1mzjPRtXKXXEGDRx7Ez8e5sNhYspejBGQCvtuFSsYQobdXiuoQ9rj3xx9EFNPHLrwoP1y2GthcOW1SclWjFRNMzRdjAwXgZnGFEvOgjRY2G9h225N-0IJ731fSXThJpuE2ng/s640/100219_EGDines_KaslerOffice_13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oversize drum shades by Boyd Lighting help to delineate the office's work areas."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Atlanta office of interior designer <a href="http://www.suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erica George Dines.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/article/bright-star" target="_blank">Bright Star</a>" by Clinton Smith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/" target="_blank">Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles</a> (April 28, 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmgi_dJJFgcmV44_5-TIRdhHLKjzon_4N8qQ338QxniKTv7R1KeUysGPN8eEcQlWqNV4hea-LiiA3-mf1wxwjpjXkAWgS41hR9G28nxhPQ9sPN4cE-hFITyZgGL612eyYEkn4IRn6D5E/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.aerin-lauder-03-main-roomAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmgi_dJJFgcmV44_5-TIRdhHLKjzon_4N8qQ338QxniKTv7R1KeUysGPN8eEcQlWqNV4hea-LiiA3-mf1wxwjpjXkAWgS41hR9G28nxhPQ9sPN4cE-hFITyZgGL612eyYEkn4IRn6D5E/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.aerin-lauder-03-main-roomAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Green sofas and a Bagues chandelier brighten the main room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan headquarters of <a href="http://www.aerin.com/" target="_blank">AERIN</a>, Aerin Lauder's home-and-fashion business.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Jacques Grange.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/aerin-lauder-jacques-grange-manhattan-office-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Aerin Lauder's Glamorous Manhattan Offices</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusNScFt820YnlHLkLHXpUoasANm7CSQNZ86tcy2pmDDtMxYQNuvFnnzA3C_uUzW8HDfi6e2dnXB_EesPTX6JWbElm5sdBh4r2HIpd8jnTZD47EwwnaWhy519oTbAzV4Q2tpc7WIxkU5w/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.aerin-lauder-04-meeting-roomAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusNScFt820YnlHLkLHXpUoasANm7CSQNZ86tcy2pmDDtMxYQNuvFnnzA3C_uUzW8HDfi6e2dnXB_EesPTX6JWbElm5sdBh4r2HIpd8jnTZD47EwwnaWhy519oTbAzV4Q2tpc7WIxkU5w/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.aerin-lauder-04-meeting-roomAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A George Condo oil in a meeting room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan headquarters of <a href="http://www.aerin.com/" target="_blank">AERIN</a>, Aerin Lauder's home-and-fashion business.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Jacques Grange.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/aerin-lauder-jacques-grange-manhattan-office-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">Aerin Lauder's Glamorous Manhattan Offices</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilammJFlfolHorkSfjF7uHjoKJHNHKq-ioAHCX5Nmqk4OdBwuLvGmGtql_IyB_VMi-qFbnxtfBxzBygWumETeVsgoQ04fBL22g612nsJHDYHBSTM25f5c4qhdAq4AAbZWqGo_yqCJZ1NU/s1600/faar_gucci_01_h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilammJFlfolHorkSfjF7uHjoKJHNHKq-ioAHCX5Nmqk4OdBwuLvGmGtql_IyB_VMi-qFbnxtfBxzBygWumETeVsgoQ04fBL22g612nsJHDYHBSTM25f5c4qhdAq4AAbZWqGo_yqCJZ1NU/s640/faar_gucci_01_h.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Rome office of Frida Giannini, creative director of <a href="http://www.gucci.com/">Gucci</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nine-story palazzo designed by Raphael and his pupil Giulio Romano circa 1515.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by architect Federico Gigli.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by James Mollison.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2009/10/gucci/" target="_blank">Roman Empire</a>" by Alessandra Ilari.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/">W Magazine</a> (October 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTOfr65ifv_IBd3S7Xa28-08bYxMrJP5QcdkpyHgpcHITGoOns7zdci8862iTzCFuEHC_u5Xk5tXylSHot_kPUiyPCeCqTW_MZ1hV6ocyvJBT_uHlSMlEpMDxPll2sBl5DexjeHKNHqE/s1600/HOqWNSmZjO4lTaraGuerardLonnyJune2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTOfr65ifv_IBd3S7Xa28-08bYxMrJP5QcdkpyHgpcHITGoOns7zdci8862iTzCFuEHC_u5Xk5tXylSHot_kPUiyPCeCqTW_MZ1hV6ocyvJBT_uHlSMlEpMDxPll2sBl5DexjeHKNHqE/s640/HOqWNSmZjO4lTaraGuerardLonnyJune2013.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Tara] Guerard conceived the uniform shelving that lines the back wall and had it custom-made to fit the room. Binders purchased at <a href="http://www.walmart.com/" target="_blank">Walmart</a> and office supply stores were enlivened with strips of paper, and tangerine colored boxes are nods to the company's orange logo."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charleston, South Carolina, office of <a href="http://www.taraguerardsoiree.com/" target="_blank">Tara Guerard Soiree</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Julia Lynn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/June+2013/2fgma509w1b/1#25" target="_blank">Wedding Belle</a>" written by Jennifer Fernandez.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (June 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe7Y1D4cQoMsU6wIyjELgxdU9UOucRKyjirm_D1u2NUGsqkFgayasZg-eICs1qGiKsncflmLlsh2EgutMZuvRhewjRp4DexKj_VTNOleYN-yfJEX7wlEMNmLUinBV6S7bino24RcRabo/s1600/kApw4R3PgMqlTaraGuerardLonny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe7Y1D4cQoMsU6wIyjELgxdU9UOucRKyjirm_D1u2NUGsqkFgayasZg-eICs1qGiKsncflmLlsh2EgutMZuvRhewjRp4DexKj_VTNOleYN-yfJEX7wlEMNmLUinBV6S7bino24RcRabo/s640/kApw4R3PgMqlTaraGuerardLonny.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A framed orange-and-gold wedding kimono dominates one wall of the front office, which is designed like a living room and doubles as a conference area for meeting with brides-to-be. A zebra-striped screen found at a local antiques mall provides visual interest next to a white settee punctuated with patterned pillows."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charleston, South Carolina, office of <a href="http://www.taraguerardsoiree.com/" target="_blank">Tara Guerard Soiree</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Julia Lynn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/June+2013/2fgma509w1b/1#25" target="_blank">Wedding Belle</a>" written by Jennifer Fernandez.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (June 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9hdf_e-jUrioPBM0IE_4gnnjTkLfWpQRZRW2xu-tAIbWda9zzRHfuh7LlGyKYHiz538Nokhr08OBc8R7xG-ET2bAds-9T5cv26OoDpqu7j6Xl2EOpYwtN9d-uenpJdLpCKWLqgAj2SQ/s1600/work_force_01-lgnElleDecorSheilaBridges.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9hdf_e-jUrioPBM0IE_4gnnjTkLfWpQRZRW2xu-tAIbWda9zzRHfuh7LlGyKYHiz538Nokhr08OBc8R7xG-ET2bAds-9T5cv26OoDpqu7j6Xl2EOpYwtN9d-uenpJdLpCKWLqgAj2SQ/s640/work_force_01-lgnElleDecorSheilaBridges.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In Sheila Bridges's Harlem office/guest room, bold stripes by Pintura Studio create a graphic background for engravings of indigenous peoples; the armchair is Bridges's own design."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/great-ideas-work-force#slide-1" target="_blank">Great Ideas: Work Force</a>" by Helen Yun.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (November 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37my0WIGsha7ZhurjxC6uHWca5O_1tglZmmlGXTkG8BOVqayNS53FVNzmVKdgATShdljvaD9cCxZVR_xb0xBJPVL-IG_eiesZhv33Eq_LqHERTL-eleQSMkxUKOUjco5v6UZ_nmZZAgw/s1600/OB-VB785_mag111_G_20121023232445WSJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37my0WIGsha7ZhurjxC6uHWca5O_1tglZmmlGXTkG8BOVqayNS53FVNzmVKdgATShdljvaD9cCxZVR_xb0xBJPVL-IG_eiesZhv33Eq_LqHERTL-eleQSMkxUKOUjco5v6UZ_nmZZAgw/s640/OB-VB785_mag111_G_20121023232445WSJ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.toryburch.com/">[Designer Tory] Burch</a> holds one of a string of daily staff meetings in her vibrant orange office."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kevin Tachman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204425904578072623956764696.html#articleTabs%3Darticle" target="_blank">Tracked: Tory Burch</a>" by Adrienne Gaffney.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/page/magazine-index.html?mg=blogs-wsj">WSJ.Magazine</a> (October 26, 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYMRQc4BTwbJW4Z6V5ahkGJ-3CSqhW_ewwSPZfvtDPbGsAcYStarWdgyEzadGKyMZhvlJ74CAIFaS5uAD2tIrnPh-oiolHacK9TbbwhANxUhE7veeF9lISvK9h98T5cx4-aT0zfaxltw/s1600/gene_fiche_isabel-marant-showroom-2_0bf4a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYMRQc4BTwbJW4Z6V5ahkGJ-3CSqhW_ewwSPZfvtDPbGsAcYStarWdgyEzadGKyMZhvlJ74CAIFaS5uAD2tIrnPh-oiolHacK9TbbwhANxUhE7veeF9lISvK9h98T5cx4-aT0zfaxltw/s640/gene_fiche_isabel-marant-showroom-2_0bf4a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/" target="_blank">Isabel Marant</a>'s Paris Studio, 2013.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/workshop/studio/" target="_blank">Photo obtained from Isabel Marant's website</a>.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB03FRK2enzJE8yXDUbARpFifVa_Fiy3w2QE9eDBU9bcdXGV9IaxoltEPOY48wAMahUTtm2_EnfEWfnRzDSQCqH2UIF68JMjB37feJJrUVO5SUsMxv2OkWhNYyKbjp_uWvAMxiClUgQA/s1600/gene_fiche_isabel-marant-showroom-4_4c668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB03FRK2enzJE8yXDUbARpFifVa_Fiy3w2QE9eDBU9bcdXGV9IaxoltEPOY48wAMahUTtm2_EnfEWfnRzDSQCqH2UIF68JMjB37feJJrUVO5SUsMxv2OkWhNYyKbjp_uWvAMxiClUgQA/s640/gene_fiche_isabel-marant-showroom-4_4c668.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/" target="_blank">Isabel Marant</a>'s Paris Studio, 2013.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/workshop/studio/" target="_blank">Photo obtained from Isabel Marant's website</a>.</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1FuMRBhjbGhBSpq6BZj-t5P_y2DdDh7FX_q4HxmjnXliMELBBtwV1Xbr6FECquI80CJGND4Kv7AkASGxGq8LatJ0LGDPMbJ4uiiMpO6zN-EYRFkjVKB8OOUPa8ja0EO2zegCKZX0oRU/s1600/OB-YL899_mag091_OZ_20130807181617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1FuMRBhjbGhBSpq6BZj-t5P_y2DdDh7FX_q4HxmjnXliMELBBtwV1Xbr6FECquI80CJGND4Kv7AkASGxGq8LatJ0LGDPMbJ4uiiMpO6zN-EYRFkjVKB8OOUPa8ja0EO2zegCKZX0oRU/s640/OB-YL899_mag091_OZ_20130807181617.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer <a href="http://www.isabelmarant.com/" target="_blank">Isabel Marant</a> at her company headquarters, in Paris."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Angelo Pennetta.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324354704578638002156146528.html?KEYWORDS=isabel+marant" target="_blank">The Cult of Isabel Marant</a>" by William Van Meter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/page/magazine-index.html" target="_blank">WSJ.Magazine</a> (August 19, 2013).</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcJ7JImsx3jA0V6cgl0VqJp9qd3etm_UkVGx43scP93IsN6XAw_T5OwTDTpRhEifk4Hpu2aXwHXZ6DxZ_qoRNzK-S-WlhKcauhOxfEECFfWQm09wppyoKalUbc5nnbAkhbGWg4eBFHbY/s1600/3008068-slide-slide-1-feature-175-jcrew-lyonss-denFastCompany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcJ7JImsx3jA0V6cgl0VqJp9qd3etm_UkVGx43scP93IsN6XAw_T5OwTDTpRhEifk4Hpu2aXwHXZ6DxZ_qoRNzK-S-WlhKcauhOxfEECFfWQm09wppyoKalUbc5nnbAkhbGWg4eBFHbY/s640/3008068-slide-slide-1-feature-175-jcrew-lyonss-denFastCompany.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Office of Jenna Lyons, executive creative director and president of <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J.Crew</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Matt Furman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3008068/creative-conversations/inside-jenna-lyons-office" target="_blank">Inside Jenna Lyons' Office</a>" by Fast Company Staff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/" target="_blank">Fast Company</a> (May 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUd1AAJsUCH4S7gTxsQDiON1CaGpcC3yRQXAx0qWwWH5xiL31RPTj8akCUcX2aak4_GIxxDba9HEXpATU8hu4_ZxLBx2y4GxIbT1rrH96vAlgKUckAjIZWFwxPvv2xh1ihoGlrigQwUc/s1600/3008068-slide-slide-16-feature-175-jcrew-lyonss-denFastCompany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUd1AAJsUCH4S7gTxsQDiON1CaGpcC3yRQXAx0qWwWH5xiL31RPTj8akCUcX2aak4_GIxxDba9HEXpATU8hu4_ZxLBx2y4GxIbT1rrH96vAlgKUckAjIZWFwxPvv2xh1ihoGlrigQwUc/s640/3008068-slide-slide-16-feature-175-jcrew-lyonss-denFastCompany.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Office of Jenna Lyons, executive creative director and president of <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J.Crew</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Matt Furman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3008068/creative-conversations/inside-jenna-lyons-office#16" target="_blank">Inside Jenna Lyons' Office</a>" by Fast Company Staff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/" target="_blank">Fast Company</a> (May 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijG4WwC__xJLCIzV9t9kPTWoAJagyV9E1-5R-Noyt5mWrHZhMyGnmd-Idf-54IpMDzNg_8CrPEfJq0KdYAvMKleC0s73k9F3KbBYWg2nZoljzzZOhhQiiapzWgyiS_KCnAlwjXtxpMk/s1600/3008068-slide-slide-4-feature-175-jcrew-lyonss-denFastCompany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijG4WwC__xJLCIzV9t9kPTWoAJagyV9E1-5R-Noyt5mWrHZhMyGnmd-Idf-54IpMDzNg_8CrPEfJq0KdYAvMKleC0s73k9F3KbBYWg2nZoljzzZOhhQiiapzWgyiS_KCnAlwjXtxpMk/s640/3008068-slide-slide-4-feature-175-jcrew-lyonss-denFastCompany.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Office of Jenna Lyons, executive creative director and president of <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J.Crew</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Matt Furman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3008068/creative-conversations/inside-jenna-lyons-office#4" target="_blank">Inside Jenna Lyons' Office</a>" by Fast Company Staff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/" target="_blank">Fast Company</a> (May 2013).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVM9rbnu-0155Lu43_BmjZpHgMLeKVe-y4WtzwplXD_GVFvpQZ7qnISxcjRfAudJovE9gkhn8EdEUzuYhpkdzhhlByrjlWcIa9UvdvrbcXlQqRWXDwKVarv_Zr5WTZsVArMf_doMyl08/s1600/P1310151NYSDAlexaHampton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVM9rbnu-0155Lu43_BmjZpHgMLeKVe-y4WtzwplXD_GVFvpQZ7qnISxcjRfAudJovE9gkhn8EdEUzuYhpkdzhhlByrjlWcIa9UvdvrbcXlQqRWXDwKVarv_Zr5WTZsVArMf_doMyl08/s640/P1310151NYSDAlexaHampton.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The partner's desk belonged to Alexa's father, [the late] designer Mark Hampton."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Office of interior designer Alexa Hampton of <a href="http://www.markhampton.com/" target="_blank">Mark Hampton LLC</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeff Hirsch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1904391" target="_blank">NYSD House: Alexa Hampton</a> by Sian Ballen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/" target="_blank">New York Social Diary</a> (November 12, 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZSBKCtVfSYXGLcB1wS6guG6N8RVgB1mU21WXTV7jG2ny9js0O2BX_ZFsj-pFAf1Rekb2i6uRaaEUXLa6dHTOSZjJtnRJDI6udMqUWHeLyI4_G0HBZN8a9qr-dmUkhpR1psddE_W9jbk/s1600/P1310224NYSDAlexaHampton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZSBKCtVfSYXGLcB1wS6guG6N8RVgB1mU21WXTV7jG2ny9js0O2BX_ZFsj-pFAf1Rekb2i6uRaaEUXLa6dHTOSZjJtnRJDI6udMqUWHeLyI4_G0HBZN8a9qr-dmUkhpR1psddE_W9jbk/s640/P1310224NYSDAlexaHampton.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">William Kent table. "Alexa Hampton's design library is bursting at the seams. 'I've had to take some of the floor space for them,' " she says about her books.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Office of interior designer Alexa Hampton of <a href="http://www.markhampton.com/" target="_blank">Mark Hampton LLC</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeff Hirsch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1904391" target="_blank">NYSD House: Alexa Hampton</a> by Sian Ballen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/" target="_blank">New York Social Diary</a> (November 12, 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

Designing Women: Where They Work

While I was in graduate school, I interned at an advertising agency. The president of the firm gave me an important piece of advice: "You have to decide if you are a business person or a creative person." It took me a surprisingly long time to answer this question, and I suffered much professional u…

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Words

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What does your home say about you? The art you select offers clues about your lifestyle, your creativity or your sense of humor. Some homeowners hang letters or signs from flea markets to create custom messages on their walls. Hand-painted postings convey a casual spirit. Other homeowners pay six or seven figures to fill their rooms with the words of contemporary artists. Take a look . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgBBeL2Z35eq4Mf70y-zSUih-HTfF4op7kOuGiZklvc7evRqxiA3jA5ZIej1bdHwS3kN8_qDbWMJWEvEVwUG__L163Ar9cEG6ob5306uG5Zs1T_kS5SrRPjkAtDLAih66bddzZ3-WjSg/s1600/celebrity-homes-photos-meg-ryan-08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgBBeL2Z35eq4Mf70y-zSUih-HTfF4op7kOuGiZklvc7evRqxiA3jA5ZIej1bdHwS3kN8_qDbWMJWEvEVwUG__L163Ar9cEG6ob5306uG5Zs1T_kS5SrRPjkAtDLAih66bddzZ3-WjSg/s640/celebrity-homes-photos-meg-ryan-08-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dining area's pendant lights are by O'Lampia Studio, the armchairs are slip-covered in a Summer Hill fabric, and the metal sign is vintage."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meg Ryan's home in Martha's Vineyard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Meg Ryan and interior designer Marsha Russell of <a href="http://www.satinwood-ltd.com/" target="_blank">Satinwood, Ltd.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/meg-ryan-hits-the-beach-64383#slide-2" target="_blank">Meg Ryan Hits the Beach</a>" by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (June 2010). </span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjB9ti7rKYXo-glE3gj1L3wNsNs1qC-JdyxXYqZpSGv9Bh_26jMVPLbSeNgKTC6mPv4r7RtnDl-4fenQbomQga2YnXRfr-wBCQRzeSwQBvzud1qJv3vRJ5XU4xXuKaM37w_YKlc8d9Nw/s1600/EDC060112Volpe05-625-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjB9ti7rKYXo-glE3gj1L3wNsNs1qC-JdyxXYqZpSGv9Bh_26jMVPLbSeNgKTC6mPv4r7RtnDl-4fenQbomQga2YnXRfr-wBCQRzeSwQBvzud1qJv3vRJ5XU4xXuKaM37w_YKlc8d9Nw/s640/EDC060112Volpe05-625-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In Roth and Emily Martin's bedroom, the Jacques Adnet armchairs are from Hedge, and the rug is by Mark Nelson Designs, the shelving is original."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stevenvolpe.com/" target="_blank">Steven Volpe</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/western-union#slide-4" target="_blank">Western Union</a>" by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPRgvtaccr-0hEimUCwmQOD-hlGZcoQy3C5dB_OuYy-y60vPzmHOaZBKhuwTHk2253aH5NS-h8HsyMVYKX6Zhw2VwYheUuUBnlt3J7eYOlyA1i0a6CBO2uK5wokB2F8i0GKub6AIfd1s/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl01_blakeAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPRgvtaccr-0hEimUCwmQOD-hlGZcoQy3C5dB_OuYy-y60vPzmHOaZBKhuwTHk2253aH5NS-h8HsyMVYKX6Zhw2VwYheUuUBnlt3J7eYOlyA1i0a6CBO2uK5wokB2F8i0GKub6AIfd1s/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl01_blakeAD.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 19th-century sign from a Pennsylvania hotel hangs in the entrance hall."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Karin Blake</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Nantucket Architecture Group</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">David O. Marlow</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/karin_blake/blake_slideshow_062007" target="_blank">Seasons by the Sea</a>” text by <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jean Strouse</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2007).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWnsWXT95rIPn7sjWgo-gILQM-6QP49IgZ6Z6ycAMonXVewF36sdiDsOhMw-oI0rbyb4nTQTUvfnHbFqtFcxwmLFbbed-rjnohKdUUVpi9tH53NZ65WU8NoIoJMUfhKohdI-5mMtnWEg/s1600/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.01_desai-chia-architecture-new-york-city-loft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWnsWXT95rIPn7sjWgo-gILQM-6QP49IgZ6Z6ycAMonXVewF36sdiDsOhMw-oI0rbyb4nTQTUvfnHbFqtFcxwmLFbbed-rjnohKdUUVpi9tH53NZ65WU8NoIoJMUfhKohdI-5mMtnWEg/s640/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.01_desai-chia-architecture-new-york-city-loft.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"The dining area of Tracy and Nick Lehman’s New York City apartment, designed by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext;">Desai/Chia Architecture</span><span style="background: white;">, combines a custom-made Corian-top table by Kenneth Asmar Custom Interiors, 18th-century French chairs, and a grid of typographical prints by Christopher Wool. The chairs in the adjoining media room are by </span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext;">BoConcept</span><span style="background: white;">. The bamboo floor is by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext;">Teragren</span><span style="background: white;">, and the wall paint is a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" style="outline-width: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext;">Benjamin Moore</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">custom blend."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;">Interior design by Katherine Chia, <a href="http://www.desaichia.com/" target="_blank">Desai/Chia Architecture</a>.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Brad Goldfarb.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-07/desai-chia-architecture-new-york-city-loft-slideshow" target="_blank">Inner Space</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2011).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPRhHqRAo-iyaa-tuoRjlf679Pwsfly__RpYGfg24C8VKVi__G_FSDf3GPKI06YPw2kwemsZHZQzrmjbnHSKKoKDoQmgdcNZiM8Feds3OY-U_cHJlCt_FtZy5VS8piblFCTVcqJ3tVoo/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-03-family-room-hans-j-wegner-ox-chairs-club-chairsAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPRhHqRAo-iyaa-tuoRjlf679Pwsfly__RpYGfg24C8VKVi__G_FSDf3GPKI06YPw2kwemsZHZQzrmjbnHSKKoKDoQmgdcNZiM8Feds3OY-U_cHJlCt_FtZy5VS8piblFCTVcqJ3tVoo/s640/item1.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-03-family-room-hans-j-wegner-ox-chairs-club-chairsAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the double-height family room, a 1965 Frank Stella canvas hangs over the mantel, while a painting by Yoshitomo Nara dominates the opposite wall. Grouped in front of the sofa, which is accented with an Hermès cashmere throw, are a Mattia Bonetti table from David Gill Galleries, a pair of Hans J. Wegner Ox chairs from Wright auction house, and two Gio Ponti club chairs. The lighting along the far left wall is by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, acquired from Galerie Kreo. The sheep are by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2012/09/counting-sheep-with-les-lalanne.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">François-Xavier Lalanne</span></a>, and the Moroccan carpet is by Didier Benichou."</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Six-story townhouse in Manhattan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Delphine Krakoff, <a href="http://www.pamplemoussedesign.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pamplemousse Design Inc.</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gut renovation by <a href="http://www.olivercope.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Oliver Cope Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-07/delphine-krakoff-oliver-cope-new-york-townhouse-slideshow_slideshow_Family-Room_2" target="_blank">Uncommon Vision</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2013).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnK8yNp2s0PNQMV6Thf4EXO9X_NmGsFNaWNuLWhdcraUCO12hFBnn5DACnbFE-Y6torsrDErG9Dv4clBWvDYSPG4UffLvB6uEUtjqJzZqbj-10kQd3fpSQ2_T_mnfNzZP_uIzMHP1tkI/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.atelier-am-aspen-home-03-living-room+(1)AD1211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnK8yNp2s0PNQMV6Thf4EXO9X_NmGsFNaWNuLWhdcraUCO12hFBnn5DACnbFE-Y6torsrDErG9Dv4clBWvDYSPG4UffLvB6uEUtjqJzZqbj-10kQd3fpSQ2_T_mnfNzZP_uIzMHP1tkI/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.atelier-am-aspen-home-03-living-room+(1)AD1211.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room features an expansive fireplace surround of blackened steel, a custom-made sectional sofa covered in a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: windowtext;">Loro Piana</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>cotton, stools by Atelier AM in a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: windowtext;">Sam Kasten</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>bouclé, a vintage Prouvé chair, and a Pierre Guariche floor lamp; the painting is by Richard Prince."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vacation home in Aspen, Colorado.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Alexandra and Michael Misczynski, <a href="http://www.atelieram.com/" target="_blank">Atelier AM</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Original architecture by David Finholm.<br />Photography by Pieter Estersohn.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by <span style="color: windowtext;">Patricia Leigh Brown. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-12/aspen-colorado-home-atelier-am-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Winter Palace</a>" produced by <span style="color: windowtext;">Howard Christian</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (December 2011).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBwVQlk6huqpcfpUCKhyphenhyphendIjRtlqkDbqZcCy-WC7XC6q0AShnuDynx1FO7mp3uqoh9nqrc-NnsTM6Z6IOO7jMDWbvdzof3EWAWUwHO7GYX4ZJXCuGYgRo0aEZQFVl4cmJQ4mAjzpbn6Zg/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jeffrey-bilhuber-trey-laird-08-library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBwVQlk6huqpcfpUCKhyphenhyphendIjRtlqkDbqZcCy-WC7XC6q0AShnuDynx1FO7mp3uqoh9nqrc-NnsTM6Z6IOO7jMDWbvdzof3EWAWUwHO7GYX4ZJXCuGYgRo0aEZQFVl4cmJQ4mAjzpbn6Zg/s640/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jeffrey-bilhuber-trey-laird-08-library.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Lawler photograph of lightbulbs presides over the library; the desk is 19th-century English."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trey and Jenny Laird's 1870s townhouse in New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by interior designer <a href="http://www.bilhuber.com/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Bilhuber</a> and <a href="http://www.rietveldarchitects.com/" target="_blank">Rietveld Architects</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by <span style="color: windowtext;">Rob Haskell. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-02/jeffrey-bilhuber-trey-laird-townhouse-new-york-slideshow_slideshow_item9_10" target="_blank">Back to the Future</a>" produced by <span style="color: windowtext;">Robert Rufino</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (February 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbiPLfphS6KQdU2UPKvRtzxoEK8DTDB4Kcoz71Zz3yGWx3T6LAOcm1i2kVkHiI3m9fha1a4JP990J3HdIsdYMw1erZWmL6qQ_njAW7mqseDcSPS9BbWA6NeGJgES24b8uJ4fUVQmbAz0/s1600/ss_101719315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbiPLfphS6KQdU2UPKvRtzxoEK8DTDB4Kcoz71Zz3yGWx3T6LAOcm1i2kVkHiI3m9fha1a4JP990J3HdIsdYMw1erZWmL6qQ_njAW7mqseDcSPS9BbWA6NeGJgES24b8uJ4fUVQmbAz0/s640/ss_101719315.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On a 30th birthday trip to Paris, Berkley [Vallone] happened on a flea market jumble of oversized letters from the side of an old German bank building. Back home, she tried arranging them in something comprehensible for her living room wall. When [future husband] Ken visited for the first time, he found the message she'd settled on quite compelling - 'KISS ME.' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scottsdale, Arizona, home of Berkley Vallone and her family.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Berkley Vallone, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://berkleyvallone.com/" style="color: #33aaff; display: inline; line-height: 19px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Berkley Interior and Lifestyle Design</a><span style="line-height: 19px;">.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder for remodel: Nance Construction.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/small-home-big-style_ss3.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Gotta Love It</a>!" produced by Barbara Mundall.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a> (May 2012).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNE5_X92_2Uwt_fyejfKcUbmVy8Ko5VGM1_ao_iWEAnhI-qFFI7QgS5qhPz7iKSa5AP83Cd58aypMCbvoubYrLjP4ZxA7TTvu38FXwaEkfJ1lL4J6A94jD7qORdjcXIAGj0q1STMT-S4/s1600/walter-schupfer-ed10-2011-02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNE5_X92_2Uwt_fyejfKcUbmVy8Ko5VGM1_ao_iWEAnhI-qFFI7QgS5qhPz7iKSa5AP83Cd58aypMCbvoubYrLjP4ZxA7TTvu38FXwaEkfJ1lL4J6A94jD7qORdjcXIAGj0q1STMT-S4/s640/walter-schupfer-ed10-2011-02-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">"A vintage Vladimir Kagan sofa, an Oscar Niemeyer chaise, and a 1960s French cocktail table in the living room." <i>I Feel You</i> artwork by Jenny Holzer.</span><span style="outline: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Manhattan apartment of Walter Schupfer and Gina Goldman</span><span style="background: white;">’s Manhattan apartment</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Architect Timothy Archambault. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Interior design by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ninaseirafi.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; transition: color 0.2s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Nina Seirafi</span></a><span style="background: white;">.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/a-townhouse-inspired-loft#slide-2" target="_blank">A Townhouse-Inspired Loft</a>" by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (October 2011). </span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpINntL1FxR5DJaNtYKv87f38VC14h_M3i8bphH7B1Vgz2s-hhGV2iptECOxNBroTrTw28bRjirBUade49y0N75G33SfG2PZr2uQL3XSem4tXE4_rqGxwYgMKvBa7vhyphenhyphenXCitKL6sMgEwA/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.elton-john-04-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpINntL1FxR5DJaNtYKv87f38VC14h_M3i8bphH7B1Vgz2s-hhGV2iptECOxNBroTrTw28bRjirBUade49y0N75G33SfG2PZr2uQL3XSem4tXE4_rqGxwYgMKvBa7vhyphenhyphenXCitKL6sMgEwA/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.elton-john-04-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space">"The lacquered partial wall that divides the living and family rooms hosts a neon work by Tracey Enim; paintings by Keith Haring are displayed nearby."</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space">Interior design by <a href="http://martynlawrencebullard.com/" target="_blank">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a>.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space">Text by Brad Goldfarb.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2013/elton-john-david-furnish-los-angeles-home-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Elton John and David Furnish's Beverly Hills Home</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2013).</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2-zR2BjqwqEKguHRueJGF2xPo3XCQBgzlOR_iEALcw6pwS3YzP5UEdS1OFDUv0eAfxOOixYDVZVahzcoVlhbMBjEaP2kNl9aCcAm09oUcIU7sVQg-4ml-wO51NYSM-bD5B4Sk5l8FIA/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.fox-nahem-05-living-roomAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2-zR2BjqwqEKguHRueJGF2xPo3XCQBgzlOR_iEALcw6pwS3YzP5UEdS1OFDUv0eAfxOOixYDVZVahzcoVlhbMBjEaP2kNl9aCcAm09oUcIU7sVQg-4ml-wO51NYSM-bD5B4Sk5l8FIA/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.fox-nahem-05-living-roomAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A work by Jeff Koons surmounts the living room mantel, near a Gerhard Richter abstract canvas and a Fox-Nahem sofa with a lyrical bronze base by Fran Taubman; the circular chair is by Pierre Paulin."</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich, Connecticut, Colonial Revival home of Allison and Warren Kanders.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Joe Nahem, <a href="http://www.foxnahemdesign.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Fox-Nahem Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: <a href="http://www.alveary.net/" style="text-decoration: none;">Alveary Architecture</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-06/fox-nahem-greenwich-connecticut-home-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Seismic Shift</a>" produced by Michael Reynolds.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2013).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9zsc-sT3_wREDzymQylcgahFI1-OptLYAEkePxdC9HKuDkRkbw8osIXZUsr0lPI6rHyQDapjqjiRwGj5o13nNhuhefEbkLEE88kbA39AO-tCEQDSPRESEUR4aDgjQgkxi8ZmfKFQOns/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.donny-deutsch-manhattan-townhouse-13-stairwayAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9zsc-sT3_wREDzymQylcgahFI1-OptLYAEkePxdC9HKuDkRkbw8osIXZUsr0lPI6rHyQDapjqjiRwGj5o13nNhuhefEbkLEE88kbA39AO-tCEQDSPRESEUR4aDgjQgkxi8ZmfKFQOns/s640/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.donny-deutsch-manhattan-townhouse-13-stairwayAD.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The stairway displays a Richard Prince joke painting."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Frederic Schwartz, <a href="http://www.schwartzarch.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Frederic Schwartz Architects</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Nikolas Koenig.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Leslie Bennetts.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2011/donny-deutsch-manhattan-townhouse-slideshow_slideshow_item12_13" target="_blank">Donny Deutsch's Modern New York City Townhouse</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE0EzdS34Pvp03_Wrvz3rmgptZuPdMbRpxOF6b-OHhp2Vo_vNfmlpUcmHykW_2Qf4Pf6mPDP9JrgCBvolcMym70v8ni4v0Pga43N0Ezoxa31sfV1vd4Py5P9B6XqFCBVNyLX2HJ7LM-4/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.vicente-wolf-01-living-roomADJan2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE0EzdS34Pvp03_Wrvz3rmgptZuPdMbRpxOF6b-OHhp2Vo_vNfmlpUcmHykW_2Qf4Pf6mPDP9JrgCBvolcMym70v8ni4v0Pga43N0Ezoxa31sfV1vd4Py5P9B6XqFCBVNyLX2HJ7LM-4/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.vicente-wolf-01-living-roomADJan2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the living room, a Barnaby Furnas canvas is installed over the mantel, with an Andy Warhol 'Rorschach' painting and a Tom Friedman cereal-box sculpture nearby; Tom Otterness bronze figures are displayed on the windowsills. An 18th-century Italian chandelier is suspended above a Saarinen table by Knoll, and the skirted chairs pulled up to the Steinway piano are upholstered in a Manuel Canovas cotton."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Classic prewar apartment in Manhattan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.vicentewolf.com/" target="_blank">Vicente Wolf</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julie L. Belcove.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-01/vicente-wolf-park-avenue-manhattan-apartment-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Breaking the Mold</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2013). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIEukO2j6TBgBiqsw3cORdSW5kiC4DCzbmPWoevxlvoPSgeNYultfIQ8BzPHPwAQtHgzGiUOzrfO6M2UnjGXRAP-xKj2it-hP5H029tDpJ_MaiLjOjTNyoIiDGTIdGdGkBZCI2D6U_JI/s1600/courteney-extra-wm-03-lgnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIEukO2j6TBgBiqsw3cORdSW5kiC4DCzbmPWoevxlvoPSgeNYultfIQ8BzPHPwAQtHgzGiUOzrfO6M2UnjGXRAP-xKj2it-hP5H029tDpJ_MaiLjOjTNyoIiDGTIdGdGkBZCI2D6U_JI/s640/courteney-extra-wm-03-lgnED.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Paintings by Harland Miller and a Turkish rug from Lawrence of La Brea in the entry."</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malibu, California home of Courteney Cox.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.triphaenisch.com/home" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Trip Haenisch</a>.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by Michael Kovac.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Sokol.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/courteney-coxs-private-retreat#slide-15" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Scene Change</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Elle Decor</a> (July/August 2011).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOx39ybR9NbnCMlDzCvLIE-gxjeFrsoN9V94POmRJDjovk17nGk5sAocfNPC9fSMLIvi_i6bfTJq0szMIh4Ij-lz-7HeJbw-ukQw4cRRJJ3doAXdaXtSxOUEYQRpAzWknXhZQJSiPsVA/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.nate-berkus-before-04ADNov2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOx39ybR9NbnCMlDzCvLIE-gxjeFrsoN9V94POmRJDjovk17nGk5sAocfNPC9fSMLIvi_i6bfTJq0szMIh4Ij-lz-7HeJbw-ukQw4cRRJJ3doAXdaXtSxOUEYQRpAzWknXhZQJSiPsVA/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.nate-berkus-before-04ADNov2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A stainless-steel wall sculpture by Octavio Abundez dominates one end of the living room; the bird painting is by Michael Hainey, and the Gilbert Poillerat chairs are clad in a Clarence House linen stripe."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer Nate Berkus's Manhattan apartment.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.nateberkus.com/" target="_blank">Nate Berkus</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Samuel Cochran.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/nate-berkus-manhattan-apartment-before-after-renovation-slideshow_slideshow_item4_5" target="_blank">Up Close . . . and Personal</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2012).</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKrJ8pCK2a2NOZtzq1YD5QpDTQXHoEsTkGa-L5ocujgtTX1ZbdBI8rNyggv0R43LbDM1ATorER3DOV30yux_wogc0_VQlsUTlyNd8eEq3jIRuQiijXHE6EiV5mGxqJq7xwn4HK7fVR6Y/s1600/135_0GardenAndGun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKrJ8pCK2a2NOZtzq1YD5QpDTQXHoEsTkGa-L5ocujgtTX1ZbdBI8rNyggv0R43LbDM1ATorER3DOV30yux_wogc0_VQlsUTlyNd8eEq3jIRuQiijXHE6EiV5mGxqJq7xwn4HK7fVR6Y/s640/135_0GardenAndGun.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The David A. Barnes House," the North Carolina home of Kenny Long Thomas and Leeta Harding.</span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Patricia Lyons.</span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/photos-inside-heritage-homestead" target="_blank">Heritage Homestead</a>" by Donovan Webster.</span></div><div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (December 2012 - January 2013).</span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_PIoY4goJN3YwC94Y-vuKK8T9ZQNjEFaWjrw9FL5dGg7PhYMXDi9pa4IQ8BJEA1c1_VTy1N1OYktQ6QKhmC5vwxSFpwDE-SgSfUUi7wH_nRh158UeZbNphLXZy8866Eoti7HdjBYEfY/s1600/vintage-sign-cottage-stairwell-0712-dempster13-lgnHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_PIoY4goJN3YwC94Y-vuKK8T9ZQNjEFaWjrw9FL5dGg7PhYMXDi9pa4IQ8BJEA1c1_VTy1N1OYktQ6QKhmC5vwxSFpwDE-SgSfUUi7wH_nRh158UeZbNphLXZy8866Eoti7HdjBYEfY/s640/vintage-sign-cottage-stairwell-0712-dempster13-lgnHB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-11" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAGrQ7omGL7wVikBRPf4yHp-IRvzg9X-TxXpBvKJyCUtjL9HJVA7TpJEHcjMcCFohrjyaSqFLLCoaFJgkbNfoXrpNpJyuatZhqTELYa920XKpsm7Vno_xhnhRIZvTU3UstSQeyebjlqY/s1600/VER-INDIA-HICKS-BAHAMAS-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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What does your home say about you? The art you select offers clues about your lifestyle, your creativity or your sense of humor. Some homeowners hang letters or signs from flea markets to create custom messages on their walls. Hand-painted postings convey a casual spirit. Other homeowners pay six or…

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