Interior Designers
Anthony-Wright Interiors, LLC
12 Hamilton Pl., Suite #2
Tarrytown
(914) 332-0011
www.anthony-wright.com
Word apparently spread, and Susan Anthony, Allied Member ASID, got plenty of projects. And so, not long ago, she formally joined forces with longtime collaborator Maureen Wright, whose eye for color and detail make them a formidable team. A former vice president for the design firm of William Turner and Associates, Anthony also honed her skills as a product manager and interior designer for Ralph Lauren home furnishings. Today, she’s translating those skills into services such as design consultation and cabinet and furniture design.
Arrangements Inc.
301 Roaring Brook Rd.
Chappaqua
(914) 238-1300
Louise P. Rosenfeld, ASID, concentrates on what she calls “senior solutions”—a hot topic in the design world today. She helps
clients who opt to downsize or move to a more convenient space as they age, consulting on layout, whether to use or remove existing furnishings, and how to incorporate more accessibility into the design.
Barbara Bell Interiors
55 South Broadway
Tarrytown
(914) 332-1532
Barbara Bell, Allied Member ASID, is president of this full-service firm that offers space planning, lighting, bath and kitchen design, and furniture design (as a matter of fact, she was the recipient of the Country Furniture Award for outstanding room design given by Century Furniture). Last year she was an adjunct professor at Pace University, where she lectured on interior design.
Barbara Sternau Interiors/ The Design Shop
37 Main St.
Tarrytown
(914) 631-1875
www.barbarasternau.com
A graduate of the FIT Interior Design program and a professional member of ASID, Barbara Sternau has been in the business of full-service residential design for 18 years. Sternau defines her style as “eclectic, traditional design,” but she sums up her approach in three words: color, comfort, and creativity. If you want to see how this plays out in interiors, check out her store, The Design Shop.
Beata Buhl Interiors Inc.
11 Hickory Kingdom Rd.
Bedford
(914) 234-2784
cooking with class
Bedford-based interior designer Beata Buhl-Tatka designed this sophisticated Armonk kitchen with maple wood cabinets stained a dark honey color, black granite countertops, and a brass tile backsplash, giving it a formal yet warm look.
Beata Buhl Interiors is an architectural and interior-design firm specializing in high-end residential and commercial design. Owner Beata Buhl-Tatka, Allied Member ASID, has a master’s degree in architecture, as well as an associate’s degree in interior design, which gives her a dual perspective into the structural and design end of her projects. With a recent focus on designing custom furniture, Buhl-Tatka provides services in all areas of design, including lighting plans, kitchens and bathrooms, room design, furniture layout, color schemes, and window treatments.
Beautiful Home
37 Popham Rd.
Scarsdale
(914) 472-6457
Nancy Almeida is owner of this full-service interior-design firm, which maintains a Scarsdale showroom featuring custom furniture, mantels, and window treatments (there are also offices in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Florida offices in Naples and Palm Beach). Almeida and her staff execute about 25 to 30 projects a year.
The Blair Interiors Group, Ltd.
1 Chase Rd.
Scarsdale
(914) 472-8159
With decades of experience and scores of clients, Linda Blair, Professional Member ASID, has become a veritable institution in these parts. Her credentials are legion: ASID New York Metro Chapter President, chair of Scarsdale’s Board of Architectural Review, a bylined design column in the New York Post, and her book, Design Sense: A Guide to Getting the Most from Your Interior Design Investment (Wiley & Sons. 1996). Blair’s larger-than-life persona is well-earned, backed by gorgeous interiors and a proven professional team, including project managers, designers, and architects, as well as her LBD Construction Management group. B&B Interiors, the firm’s newest venture located in Naples, Florida, offers both first and second homeowners the same meticulous service Blair’s Westchester clientele has come to depend upon.
The Color Schemer
18 Coralyn Rd.
Scarsdale
(914) 725-4075
www.thecolorschemer.com
Georgene Mongarella has gained local renown for her uncanny ability to pick the just-right color and assimilate it into interiors, whether that’s for a new home or just for a new look using existing furnishings. Mongarella (ASID-Allied Trades, IDS, Professional Women in Construction) is the busy homeowner’s dream come true. Her firm handles space planning, lighting and millwork design, and hiring architects, serving as a de facto general contractor. No time for shopping? She’ll bring the shopping to you, with floor plans, products, and catalogs to check out offerings without leaving the house.
DeBear Designs Inc.
6 Circle Rd.
Scarsdale
(914) 725-2385
www.debeardesign.com
Carol DeBear, Allied Member ASID, began her career as a textile stylist and designer after graduating from The Fashion Institute of Technology, and continued her interior design education at The Parsons School of Design. Her work has been published in New York Spaces, Home Remodeling & Makeovers, Woman’s Day, and Westchester Magazine. DeBear Designs was one of the designers who participated in the prestigious Scarsdale Show House in 2005 and, more recently, designed a vignette for Lighthouse International’s Second Annual Posh Interiors House Sale in New York City.
Design Concepts/Interiors, LLC
8 Devonshire Ct.
Cortlandt Manor
(914) 734-1383
www.designconceptsinteriors.com
If you’re looking to catch a celebrity in the making, Phyllis Harbinger, ASID, CID, an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, was chosen as the Designer of Record for an episode of HGTV’s hit show “Designers’ Challenge,” which will air in 2008. Design Concepts/Interiors, which employs two additional interior designers, focuses mostly on residential projects, which encompass 90 percent of its work. In addition to offering a full range of design services, Harbinger is a Certified Feng Shui Consultant. which enables her to integrate Eastern methods and theories of design and balance into her work.
DesignSmith Interiors
7 Knollwood Dr.
Rye Brook
(914) 939-9033
www.designsmithinteriors.com
Featured in Inspired House magazine, Principal Designer Pamela Smith and her multi-lingual staff (English, Spanish, and Portuguese) offer access to great products available to the trade, as well as furniture and accessories imported from Brazil. DesignSmith’s highly customized approach utilizes the talents of many professionals including a skilled team of craftsmen and local artists.
Donna M. Sherry, ASID, Interior Design
17 Churchill Rd.
Rye Brook
(914) 934-0537
A residential designer for more than 25 years, Donna M. Sherry, ASID, specializes in color planning and designing custom built-in pieces to maximize storage and space. Her philosophy is to consider the function of each room in order to hone in on design and product selection, ensuring that spaces best meet the needs of homeowners and provide maximum comfort.
Elmo Design Group, Ltd.
908 North Broadway
Yonkers
(914) 476-2530
John Elmo, Fellow ASID, CID, brings to his craft more than 50 years of experience and scores of clients (many of them satisfied for decades). His designs for furniture and fabric manufacturers (Drexel Heritage, Ethan Allen, Seckers Fabrics in England), for hotels and major buildings (The Helmsley Palace, the U.S. Consulate in Milan), and for corporate interior and product design (Ringling Brothers, the Archdioceses of New York) have made Elmo an interior-design notable in these parts and around the country. Elmo is also an active expert witness for the legal profession (more than 45 cases to date) regarding interior-design and home-furnishings product liability questions.
GLS Design, Inc.
142 Seton Dr.
New Rochelle
(914) 636-6370
GLS Design, Inc. is an interior architecture and design firm focusing on mid- to high-end residential interiors. Gail Sirota, Professional Member ASID, earned her B.S. in interior design from Cornell University and started her own firm in 1998.
Gregory Allan Cramer & Company Inc.
43 Lawton St.
New Rochelle
(914) 637-7500
history tudor
Designed by Gregory Allen Cramer of New Rochelle, this French-style living room in a 1928 New Rochelle Tudor is filled with distinctive antiques, including fireplace tools, an English mirror (circa 1850), and decorative boxes. An Aubusson rug centers the room.
Gregory Allan Cramer designed a captain’s house in Sag Harbor that was featured in the July 2006 issue of Country Living and a sophisticated, elegant New Rochelle Tudor that received a place of prominence in the pages of Westchester Magazine’s Home & Garden. Cramer’s recent renovation of an historic Miami Beach property was featured on the cover of Home Miami magazine. His eye for detail, tireless energy in finding just the right piece, and artistic faux painting techniques make the designer a hot commodity in lower Westchester—and beyond.
Iliana Moore Interiors
133 Pondfield Rd.
Bronxville
(917) 689-1937
www.ilianamoore.com
Iliana E. Moore, Allied Member ASID, grew up in Greenwich Village in an old clapboard house with a lawn so small her father cut it with scissors. Her family summered in a 19th-century artists’ colony in the Catskills, where she learned to love the local vernacular architecture and the art of the Hudson River School. Today, she brings a passion for color and texture to her projects (whether that’s an urban apartment or a country home), an interest in architectural heritage, and respect for project location, creating spaces that appear anything but newly designed.
Interior Consultants
621 Fox Run
South Salem
(914) 533-2275
www.interior-consultants.com
One of the first things you’ll notice about Denise Balassi’s projects is the warm color palettes that draw you into the room. (According to Balassi, Allied Member ASID, rich shades not only create inviting spaces, but different colors can reflect the homeowner’s personality.) The second thing you’ll observe is the exquisite architectural detailing in her projects, which have been featured in Woman’s Day, Design Times, and Westchester Magazine. Some of Balassi’s recent projects include a complete renovation of a 1920 Victorian home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and a townhouse in Georgetown.
J. Carrau Decoration, Inc.
60 Seaview Ave.
New Rochelle
(914) 835-0495
The Mamaroneck-based store Haritz Barne has become a mecca for fans of French home furnishings. Those who need a hand in translating French designs and pieces into their own homes don’t have to look much further than its owners, Jean Carrau, ASID Industry Planner, and Anita Babkian, whose design talents equal their ability to spot and import the stunning painted furniture, lighting, and accessories that fill their boutique. The couple received the award for “Best of Showhouse 2007” at the Connecticut Home
Design Expo.
J.R. Cattington Interiors
585 Pleasantville Rd.
Briarcliff Manor
(914) 762-7722
www.jrcattington.com
Joseph R. Stabile, president of J.R. Cattington Interiors, was recently awarded Florida’s Best of 2007 Platinum Award for Interior Design and the Gold 2007 Prism Award in Interior Design from the Gold Coast Builders Association for his work on a Boynton Beach home. But it’s his Westchester projects that have our interest piqued. (The incredible details and play of color in a Stabile-decorated Rye home made us want to detour off a recent house tour where it was featured and stay for a while.) Specializing in window-treatment design and custom cabinetry work, Stabile also has his hands in commercial work, such as the model apartments and public spaces at City Center in White Plains and model apartments at Trump Tower.
Jacqueline D. Cutler, Inc.
5 Burgess Rd.
Scarsdale
(914) 723-2820
Scarsdale’s native daughter Jackie Cutler has developed a loyal following in the village (and throughout Westchester, Manhattan, Connecticut, the Hamptons, and Nantucket). Born and bred here, she understands her high-end clientele well, creating designs that are suitably elegant but ultimately livable, which is why her impressive roster of repeat clients keeps growing. Having graduated from Syracuse University with a dual major in architecture and design, she brings to her jobs a strong architectural background.
Kaja Gam Design
125 Main St.
Ossining
(914) 923-2393
www.kajagamdesign.com
Schooled in France, in the United States, and in her native Copenhagen, Kaja Gam was trained in the European guild tradition and later at studios in the U.S. Gam, whose designs span from historic restorations to modern minimalist style, helps clients reconfigure interior and exterior spaces, draw up plans, and create custom designs using European techniques and traditions. Her work has made area notables applaud: clients include both John and Steven Stark of carpet fame, as well as socialites Betsy von Furstenberg and Eileen Guggenheim.
Karen Houghton Interiors
41 North Broadway
Nyack
(845) 358-0133
www.karenhoughtoninteriors.com
As a child in the 1960s, Karen Houghton would tag along on treasure hunts with her parents, antiques dealers in Nyack. After spending several years apprenticing in the family business, Houghton opened her own design studio, focusing on creating personal interiors sensitive to a family’s lifestyle and personality. More than 20 years later, she and her staff of three designers accommodate a wide range of projects, and Houghton’s work has been published in Architectural Digest and in Chris Casson Madden’s Bedrooms and New American Living Rooms. Known for her creative use of fine textiles, furnishings, and antiques, Houghton also runs her own proprietary workroom, allowing her to provide draperies and upholstery with flexibility and timely service to the client.
Laurel Bern Interiors, Inc.
16 Lowell Ct.
Goldens Bridge
(914) 232-3022
www.laurelbern.com
Her work has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens and in Westchester Magazine’s Home & Garden. (We were enchanted with Laurel Bern’s talent for subtle, clean-lined, elegant designs.) Bern, Allied Member ASID, specializes in residential and small commercial projects, offering services in custom upholstery, slipcovers, rugs, carpeting, blinds, lighting, accessories, and window treatments.
Lifestyles & Interiors by Lisa
33 North Riverside Ave.
Croton-on-Hudson
(914) 862-4163
www.lifestylesandinteriors.com
See Furnishings & Accessories page 43.
Motif Designs
718 South Fulton Ave.
Mount Vernon
(914) 633-1170
www.motif-designs.com
Headed by President Lyn Peterson, Motif Designs is a 25-year-old, full-service decorating firm specializing in residential and commercial design. Motif’s interiors have been featured in House Beautiful and House & Garden and Peterson has participated in the prestigious Kips Bay Designer Showhouse. The company’s 15,000-square-foot office, with a complete design library and full-time staff of eight, handles everything from floor plans to furbelows.
Posh Home Design
(888) 771-POSH
www.poshhomedesign.com
The brainchild of three furniture-industry
veterans, Posh Home Design is a full-service design and decorating company that can help to create beautiful and comfortable spaces with its myriad services, including space planning, color selection, window treatments, artwork and accessory selection, and home staging. PHD also offers several top-quality lines of furniture and consults in your home.
SGH Designs Inc.
PO Box 535
Pound Ridge
(914) 764-8042
www.sghinteriors.com
A husband-and-wife team who have been designing together for more than 30 years, Stephen & Gail Huberman, Allied Members ASID, boast a client base ranging from top Wall Street execs and Forbes 400 clients to entertainment VIPs, and their work has been showcased in 16 designer showhouses (including the venerated Southampton and Kips Bay events). House Beautiful and The New York Times have featured the work of the Hubermans, who have recently ventured into product design, including a line of decorative hardware.
Shelley Morris Interior Designs
New Canaan, Connecticut
(203) 801-9911/(914) 764-5130
www.shelleymorrisinteriors.com
In 2000, industry publication Design Times named Shelley Morris as one of “Top Ten Designers to Watch”—and we have, in publications such as Colonial Homes, Decorating Ideas, Women’s Day Walls Windows & Floors, Bedford Magazine, and in our own pages. A specialist in high-end residential interior design, Morris, Allied Member ASID, is versed in a variety of architectural periods and design idioms that integrate traditional forms and scale with nontraditional looks.
Spice Hill Interiors
211 North Highland Ave.
Ossining
(914) 945-0966
Karen Kline, owner of the recently opened Spice Hill Interiors, studied psychology and served as a lawyer. That’s not bad training for a designer who negotiates the often emotionally charged world of home design. Kline, who attended the Parsons School of Design, has founded a store that does just that with ease, with a range of fabrics from Romo, Osborne & Little, Rogers & Goffigon, Robert Allen, and Kravet, among others. Her storefront establishment, which also offers a wide array of wallcoverings, window treatments, bedding, and custom upholstered furniture, is a perfect complement to her interior design business.
Susan Marocco Interiors, Inc.
37 Indian Hill Rd.
Bedford
(914) 234-7066
www.susanmaroccointeriors.com
An MBA grad, Susan Marocco, Allied Member ASID, was a marketing executive in the cosmetic industry for 20 years before translating her professional skills—managing budgets, mastering the art of “seeing” color, and honing project-management skills—to her interior-design projects. Her full-service firm plans, schedules, executes, and manages projects from concept to completion, including drafting floor plans, designing window treatments and lighting systems, and coordinating with construction contractors.
Tania CA Design
16 Studio Arcade, Apt. 3B
Bronxville
(914) 771-6133
www.taniacadesign.com
In her design philosophy, Tania Cavalheiro, Allied Member ASID, points to a saying by English artist/writer William Morris: “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” She also adopts feng shui principles in her approach, working to create balance and harmony through placement and arrangement of space (very useful when it comes to her staging services). Cavalheiro has been designing in the New York metropolitan area, Miami, and Brazil for 11 years.
Victoria Klein Design for Living
318 Sea Cliff Ave.
Pelham
