Designer Profile - Lisa LaPorta

I am an HGTV junkie and one of my favorite shows is Designed to Sell.  There are several versions of the show with different hosts and designer combos and I definitely gravitate towards a couple of those combos.  One of my favorite duos is Lisa LaPorta and Clive Pearse.  I like Clive simply because he’s a Brit and I have a crush on all things British.  Lisa I like because she is pragmatic and to the point all while being incredibly charming.  She’s also an architect and I see her architectural point-of-view in her design solutions and advice to homeowners and I really appreciate that.  So it goes without saying that I and the Home Infatuation team were very excited to bump into Lisa at the Causal Living show in Chicago and to get a chance to talk about her latest endeavor in outdoor living.

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Designer Profile - Jeffrey Gordon Smith

A few years back I saw Jeffrey Gordon Smith’s Japanese Cottage in Sunset Magazine and I was immediately taken by his ease of marrying form and function in his design.  The other aspect of his work that struck me was his use of the elements water and fire.  I have yet to run across a designer who I think uses fire in their designs as well as Jeffrey does.

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