Integrate styles when furnishing first home
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Kristen Johnson, interior designer and associate at Kirksey Architecture, offers her tips for furnishing a first home:
Be patient: Not many people can afford to do everything at once.
Get organized: Make a list of what you want to keep, what you want to toss and what pieces you need to supplement what you already own.
Live in it: Don't make decisions before you live in the house. Pay attention to the way you entertain and which spaces you spend the most time in. You may surprise yourself.
Hire a professional: An interior designer can pay for himself as he helps you stay within a budget and purchase pieces with longevity.
Have fun: A home's interiors should reflect the owner and not be a interpretation of what was in Elle Décor last month.
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The design, which Huguely likens to the chic but timeless feel of Pottery Barn, also reflects a change in guest attitudes toward the design of guest units. “Years ago, guests told us we needed to be consistent from hotel to hotel because they wanted to




