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Take a Virtual Minibreak with a Visit to Ray Booth’s Healing Nashville Home
A partner at the prestigious architecture and interior design studio McAlpine, Ray Booth discovered PAGODA RED online years ago before visiting our Chicago space in person. “I have always felt…
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Refurnishing & Revisiting the Farnsworth House
Designed by Mies van der Rohe in the late 1940s, the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois distills Mies’ modernist ideals into a clear expression of uncluttered structure. Over the years,…
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Tom Stringer: An Adventurous Life
Tom Stringer is well known for his worldly and client-centered approach, which he takes further than most designers. His process often involves traveling with clients, searching and shopping together as…
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Toyoharu Kii: Master of Modern Mosaics
A leader in the global craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii works with hand-cut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass handmade by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Constructed using…
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Laura Pavlovich of Therese Carmel on Responding to Change & Rediscovering Home
We can’t control what happens outside ourselves, but we can reshape our interior worlds. Laura Pavolich, owner of design firm Therese Carmel, opened her new Laguna Beach showroom just one…
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Collector’s Edition: Green Acres, Taihu Stones & Scholar’s Rocks
With only six letters, one short word can transform our entire outlook: Spring. A few short months that rewards our patience with blossoms, buds and a carnival of irresistible colors—what could…
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In the Press: Treasure Trove Part 1
The recently remodeled North Shore home of PAGODA RED founder Betsy Nathan, and husband Daniel Goldberg, was featured in Luxe Magazine. The project was a collaboration between a dream-team of interior…
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COVID-19 Update
In art, we see the resilience of the human spirit. During these challenging times, we’re doing our best to respond to the needs of our clients, team and community. Like…
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Just In: Video Conference Backgrounds to Bring a Bit of Peace & Calm
Whether you’ve been working from home for ages or it’s your first time using Zoom from your living room, it helps to dial in from a beautiful place. That’s not…
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Mark D. Sikes: Mastering Blue and White
We’ve long admired the work of interior designer Mark D. Sikes. Besides producing beautiful, timeless interiors, the prolific creative is an esteemed author and furniture designer, who recently launched his…