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Every designer has their particular areas of greatest strength and
designed for maximum livability and use.

There are a lot of things that you have to consider in making a room
scale and shapes of the furniture, good lighting, colours that evoke the
mood you want to create in the room…all of those elements combine
to create a space in which people WANT to spend time.
turns out, if you are afraid to use the room for fear of staining or
marking up the furniture it is not a success.
A magazine once described my aesthetic as ‘European elegance

of style and history. And while I love so much of the European design
aesthetic, there is something very special about the ease of life in
of both worlds.
One of the best examples of this philosophy at work, can be seen
recently published book, An Invitation to Château du Grand-Lucé (Rizzoli.)
The single comment that people most often repeat after staying at
the chateau for a couple of days, is that while they were afraid that it
was going to be a little overwhelming, they leave thinking that it is the
most comfortable and relaxing place they have ever spent time.
Of course, part of that is the architecture and grounds, but I think
that it is equally about the way that it is furnished. There is a sense
room could easily be used in another (and in fact, they often do). None

more because of their relationship and contrast to each other.

My book, “An
Invitation to
Château du GrandLucé” is a great
demonstration
of how even the
fanciest place can
also be welcoming
and pleasurable.
into living in an
historic home in a
modern way

LEFT: The Timothy Corrigan Collection of fabric and furniture for Schumacher
nuanced and pretty
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