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Take a Virtual Minibreak with a Visit to Ray Booth’s Healing Nashville Home
Continue ReadingA 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 a spiritual connection to Asian culture and antiques,” he says. “There is a simple, ethereal quality to them.” The same could be said of his […]
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Meet Our Experts: PAGODA RED’s Design Concierges
Continue ReadingClients who enter the PAGODA RED gallery often tell us they feel they’ve been transported into another world. Inspired by classical Asian elements but designed with a modern sensibility, our space is influenced by the belief—shared by world philosophies including Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and many Western practices—that balance can be achieved through the coupling of […]
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Tom Stringer: An Adventurous Life
Continue ReadingTom 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 they make their way across markets, cities and countries. For him, it’s a natural extension of the design process. He explains: “Part of the process […]
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Laura Pavlovich of Therese Carmel on Responding to Change & Rediscovering Home
Continue ReadingWe 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 day before before California’s governor mandated that retail stores close. Fortunately, the firm had plenty of one-to-two year projects in the works, and they found that […]
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Collector’s Edition: Green Acres, Taihu Stones & Scholar’s Rocks
Continue ReadingWith 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 be better? Today we turn our attention to the stunning home of a client, whose lush North Shore garden is like a dream sequence of […]
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In the Press: Treasure Trove Part 1
Continue ReadingThe 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 designers, architects, and landscape designers who worked together to create this storied, ultra-personal space. In this peek behind the scenes, Frederick H. Wilson of Morgante-Wilson Architects, […]
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Betsy Nathan’s 2020 Design Forecast
Continue ReadingEvery year, we turn to PAGODA RED founder Betsy Nathan for her interior design forecast. As always, she avoids trends in favor of timeless ideas that are nonetheless relevant to the moment we’re living in. Working closely with many different designers, she has both a broad view of the landscape and a specific knowledge of […]
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Gilty Pleasures: PAGODA RED x the bms.
Continue ReadingChicago artist Brian Stanziale has mastered the art of working with metal tacks, from making studded t-shirts for friends to creating brass-adorned coffee table books. “I’ve always been a fan of adding metal to things,” he says. “I think I was the only child in grade school that actually wanted braces.” Stylist, designer, and artist, […]
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Nora Schneider: Deepening the Design Process
Continue ReadingFor Nora Schneider, interior design brings the opportunity to know someone’s story. Many clients expect to begin the process with color samples or magazine clippings, but Schneider takes a different approach. “I always start by asking them to share something they already own, something they love,” she says. “It might be a rug or an […]
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Bruce Fox on Perfecting the Eclectic Aesthetic
Continue ReadingIn a room designed by Bruce Fox, every object feels like family. Art Deco, mid-century and 1970s styles get along surprisingly well, creating a harmonious whole. “It’s as if all your relatives had great taste and you inherited everything,” Fox says. He makes it look easy, but it takes mastery of proportion, materials, color and […]
