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Use What You’ve Got: Fork Follows Function? Think Again.

June 10th, 2009 2 Comments

One of the moments I recall most meaningfully from my childhood memories of The Little Mermaid is when Ariel, in her underwater world naïveté, uses a fork to brush her hair.  Not knowing its original intended purpose, she assigns it one of her own, and in this I learned a lesson about form and function [...]

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Staging For Success

May 7th, 2009 2 Comments

Everyone knows it’s a buyer’s market, but in this economy what makes the difference between a sure thing and a rough sell? In NYC and Brooklyn it’s all about the concept of space rather than the actual square footage, but unless one has an eye for design it can be practically impossible to unload [...]

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Caging Light

April 30th, 2009 6 Comments

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Cornering Studio into Palace

April 23rd, 2009 1 Comment

When living in New York City space is always an issue and getting the most out of your space for outrageous rents in these economical times can be a nightmare.
There’s nothing worse than moving into a new apartment with the baggage from your old, only to find that you have half as much room, and [...]

Category: Redesign Redone