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Hidden spatial potential revealed.
Layouts flow and transform.

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Many homeowners feel overwhelmed by renovation decisions

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  • Confident decisions that optimize your timeline, scope, and budget
  • An enjoyable renovation experience, supported at every step

You achieve spaces both open and graciously defined:

  • Light that reaches deeper into your home
  • Increased storage thoughtfully woven into the design

Your home becomes a space that feels expansive and inevitable.
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  • West End “Grand Five”
  • Live-Work “Grand Four”
  • Gramercy Pied à Terre
  • Fire Island Bungalow
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  • LED Cove Lighting For Your Pre-War Home

    Adding light to a pre-war home presents a particular challenge: how do you increase light levels while honoring the architectural character

  • Dramatic perspective view from the floor of an apartment’s open plan entertaining spaces looking up toward the white ceiling glowing with architectural cove lighting tucked behind a slim stepped crown molding. To the left is a Living Room with contemporary furnishings, art on the walls, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a wide door opening along the window wall leading to another room. To the right, an uncluttered wood floor leads to a glass-paneled door, and the beginning of a dining table extends out of the photo.
    Grand Flow: The Home Transformation Experience You Want

    Transforming your living space is a milestone life event, and your renovation experience must be as important as the final result.

  • Open-concept kitchen and dining area featuring wide-plank oak floors stained a dark brown, a large dark gray cabinet with glasses on floating glass shelves above, flanked by 2 door openings leading to a bright living room with honey colored parquet hardwood floors in herringbone pattern, eclectic seating upholstered in black and ivory with colorful throw pillows, blue and purple glass coffee tables, a turquoise hammock suspended near the windows, and a vintage white plaster relief around the fireplace, with indirect light and framed artwork throughout the connected spaces.
    Vintage Floors: Preserve or Replace?

    Learn how preserving vintage hardwood floors can honor your NYC apartment’s history while maximizing your renovation budget.

  • From left; Scott and Allegra stand in a white, minimalist room with a black and white checkerboard floor. The floor creates an optical illusion that makes Allegra, who is 5’5, look taller than Scott, who is 6’.
    3D Floor Plans Explained: Types and Uses

    We explain what a rendered Floor plan is, who makes them, and their use and limitations.

  • An elegant, multi-functional living room capturing both work and relaxation spaces. In the foreground, a modern workspace features desktop and laptop computers. The main seating area showcases a sleek black sofa and midcentury modern chairs thoughtfully arranged around two striking glass coffee tables in purple and blue, illuminated by an architectural cantilevered floor lamp. And additional two areas take advantage of the large windows of the room's natural light: an intimate window-side sitting area for two and, opposite it, a modern turquoise hammock suspended from the wall hangs in front of another window. The honey-toned parquet flooring creates warmth throughout, while pale walls seamlessly blend with the sky visible through large windows. Beyond, through a generous triple-wide doorway, glimpses of a contrasting room reveal deep azure blue walls, dark flooring, and expansive windows, adding architectural depth to the space.
    What Makes Great Design Happen

    Great design has a secret: it emerges when we create the right conditions for it to flourish.

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Dr. Lilian Ore at Columbia University: Introducing Allegra

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