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Which Cabinet Color Should I Choose?

Q&A: Which cabinet color should I choose? Q: We are building a new house, and the model home construction comes with grey tile floors in ...

Finding a Designer: Style Match

The thought of looking for designer can be intimidating. Where do you look? How can you be assured of a good job? As part of our series “...

How Long Will It Take?

Everyone always asks how long their renovation/remodeling/redesign is going to take. Of course, it’s one of the three key questions every...

Design Consultations: 7 Reasons to Schedule a Design Consultation Before Your Renovation

As you know, renovating your home is a big decision—or, truthfully, it’s many big decisions. And most of our clients struggle to come up w...

Success In the Details

When conceptualizing a design solution for a new project, it’s important to look at the larger picture: circulation, functionality, scope...

Secrets to Successful Loft Designs

There is a definite allure to inhabiting a raw, floor-through space with high ceilings and remnants of a bygone era. But the design chall...

Finding A Designer: Experience Match

You stand in your apartment and look around…. It’s rough around the edges, it doesn’t really meet your needs, and it doesn’t reflect who ...

The Real Value of Your Home

The following article “The Real Value of Your Home” by Daniel Ian Smith was originally published in the West Village newspaper WestView N...

Winter Light

It’s winter here in the West Village, bringing with it cartoonishly long shadows and that wonderfully clear, bright sky over the Hudson R...

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