A Clever Idea

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Interior design is not a science - that is something I've come to learn after reading designer interviews and articles, and learning how designers actually carry out their projects. That is a bit of a relief for me. Do you ever have the impression, like I do, that the best designers know right away exactly what they are going to do with a space and exactly how it will be executed? And they never make mistakes? How intimidating! But I think even the best sometimes have to improvise, and often come up with great ideas in the process.

In Garrow Kedigian's Upper East Side NY apartment, he wanted to use a flea-market mirror above the sofa, but it didn't have the size and heft needed. So ... he simply framed the frame. By improvising, Garrow found a way to retain the appeal of the original frame, but also make it work in the space.

Very clever.
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See New York Social Diary for more photos of the apartment and charming attic office.
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