“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) With the luxury marketplace doing better than ever, high-end luxury design and real estate is flourishing. Apartments at the top, that is, luxe-type custom residences, are finding buyers who consider now a very good time to...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) David Estreich, Gail Green, and Brian Blackburn, the principals of Eastland Kitchen and Bath Design, have been collaborating on innovative, beautiful, and trendsetting kitchens and baths for more than 25 years. Having completed hundreds of projects,...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) Similarly to “the eyes being the windows of the soul,” doors are the portals of the house through which one experiences a change of landscape, an insight into the beyond. Not exactly an “Alice in Wonderland”...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) With the onset of a new century, there is a calm sensibility prevailing over lifestyles. This New Serenity embraces design where today’s renovators and creators are seeking a timeless, classical quality that invites a refuge from...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) The powder room is a unique space by invention. While functional in nature, it is a room that demands its own character. It can be whimsical, flirtatious, functional, charismatic, more expensive per square foot than any...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) While modern sensibility gravitates towards the neutrals of beige and beige, we seem to have forgotten the neutrals of “the lost generation:” black and white. Gertrude Stein may have had other colors in mind in coining the...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) With the advent of this new year, the Spector Group finds itself embarking on new territory - the HOME. While the architecture firm has designed and built houses for clients in the past, it is now turning...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) A major trend in today’s design world comes in two forms: detail and finish. The age of Serenity heralded forth a new concept in terms of living that has decidedly influenced design both architecturally and decoratively....
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) With this issue we are starring a new format: question and answer. If there are specific questions you have relating to design, decoration or architecture, this is your forum. Please email your questions to: [email protected]. Dear Gail:...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) Get ready for some creative fun at the 31st annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House. April 21st marks the opening of the country’s premiere interior design event of the year. This show, located at 18 East...
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