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Musings...

"True design should reflect the personality of the client, not the designer."

"Show me something you love - a pin cushion, a tea pot, a pair of glasses - and I can design your home around it."

"I will work with you, listen to your wants, needs, likes and dislikes, and ensure that your home will reflect you. However, I am also duty bound to ensure that your neon-pink-hand crafted-cost a fortune-real elephant tusk-coffee table, not actually become your coffee table."

"Design must be liveable. It doesn't do to have a fabulous space that the kids and the dog can only look at."

"I am in a happy place when I find a simply stellar item for my client. It can be anything from a magnificent slab of marble or architecturally detailed windows, to the perfect drawer knob, or that just-right shade of soft blue."

"If you spend a small fortune on one major piece, the rest of the space can be done inexpensively, because that one main piece brings up the value over all.

"Whenever I push my clients to a level that its just beyond their comfort level, they have LOVED the results."

"A designer should be able to work within many disciplines: formal, traditional, transitional, contemporary, ultra-modern, French country, country cottage...I've done them all."

"A beautiful, well put together home gives a sense of peace and order and just makes life plain easier."