Diane Cantone - Laundry Room & Vestibule

Diane Cantone is a self-taught room stylist who has worked on various room design projects for friends and family. In addition to representing NFL kickers Diane Cantone is launching a new company that has been a passion of hers for years. True Beauty dc will specialize in wellness products that include, face, body, spirit, mind and home. She believes the right blend of therapeutic ingredients can lead to well condition skin, a relaxed body, quiet mind and fulfilled spirit. She also believes the same holds true for visual cues.
 
In one of her rooms for the 2008 American Red Cross Shoe House, she strove to develop a sophisticated inspired sanctuary. In her effort to create a calm place where the occupants could rejuvenate their soul, she created a special room scent to help the occupants balance their energy.
 
For further information on Diane or her company True Beauty dc contact Diane at Designer@truebeautydc.com

Joseph Cortes & Kevin Marnell - Home Life Interiors - Salon...Couché

HomeLife interiors, Inc., proud winners of a 2007 ASID South Florida Chapter Design Excellence Award, is a full-service interior design firm based in South Florida's Palm Beaches. Dedicated to the creation of custom interiors, the company prides itself on
bringing together unique concepts and design professionals to complete projects
tailored to the individual styles and needs of its clients.

HomeLife Interiors, Inc. takes its name from its clientele: homeowners who appreciate beauty and design, and corporations who need dynamic spaces that enrich the lives
of their own clients. With over 40 years of experience, the firm approaches projects
from an architectural point of view, and finishes them with a signature soft-modern style.

Meet the Principals:
Joseph Cortes, President and Creative Director
Following a successful 20-year career in his native New York City, where he worked for several prestigious design/build firms, Joseph Cortes, ASID, continues his success in South Florida. His portfolio includes hundreds of high-end projects for Fortune 500 companies and even fashion designers. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Pratt Institute in New York.

Kevin Marnell, Vice-President and Administrative Director
Kevin Marnell brings his expertise in construction and renovation to the firm. Also born and raised in New York City, he spent 25 years working for a Fortune 500 company in Facility Management, during which he oversaw the renovation of one of the city's premier landmark buildings. He is a graduate of Queens College in New York.

Together, Cortes and Marnell offer a unique combination of architectural, design, engineering and construction knowledge. They also enjoy working with unusual materials, and take pride in staying current with the latest products and technologies.

HomeLife Interiors, Inc. is fully licensed and insured in the State of Florida.
Visit hlinteriors.com or email them: jc@hlinteriors.com or km@hlinteriors.com.

Nancy Corzine - Great Room

Design entrepreneur Nancy Corzine is one of America's leading home design talents. Her innate design talent, strong determination and entrepreneurial spirit are the driving forces behind her success in the design world. Her keen understanding of how people live today, coupled with her talent for creating stylish and elegant designs have made the Nancy Corzine name synonymous with elegance, quality, and style.

This commitment to excellence has enabled Nancy Corzine to not only design beautiful products for the home, but also manufacture and ensure their excellent quality. Over the past 21 years, her company has become a major success, encompassing 17 showrooms, two production facilities; and a textile line of over 2,000 selections. Nancy Corzine has attracted some of the country's leading interior designers and celebrities including, President Clinton, Donald Trump, Madonna, Brad Pitt and Sharon Stone as clients.

Virginia Courtney, Virginia Courtney Interiors -
Kitchen, Breakfast Room & Catering Kitchen

Virginia Courtenay
Schooled at the Art Institute of Chicago and Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris, with previous practices in Chicago and Louisville, National Award Winner Virginia Courtenay has
brought to Delray Beach an understanding of design founded in a blend of cultures
and environs through Virginia Courtenay Interiors sine 1976.

Virginia Courtenay is an honored member of the American Society of Interior Designers (FASID) and served on the National Board and as President of the Florida Chapter. She is nationally recognized for the Wilsonart Residential Award and the Florida Governor's Mansion Restoration. Her work has been published in: Architectural Digest, Interiors,
Palm Beach Life, Palm Beach Illustrated and Boca Raton Magazine.

Abbe Clement Stein
Abbe Stein, Allied Member ASID, has been with Virginia Courtenay Interiors since the fall of 1998. Originally from New York, she has worked in design in various forms throughout her life, including advertising, magazine, book and graphic design. Abbe has a diploma in Res-idential Design and the better part of a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, and a degree in graphic design from Finch College as well.
Abbe has a special interest in restoring or remodeling historic and older homes, but loves working on homes and buildings of every age and style.

Hazel McGuire
Hazel McGuire has been with Virginia Courtenay Interiors since June 2004. Originally from Michigan, Hazel has been involved in the design arena since graduating from Wayne State University, Detriot, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. For over twenty years she was involved in corporate, banking, and healthcare design. Refocusing on residential design and the joy of combining a hobby of antiquing and collecting with beautiful furnishings, she continues to rise to each occasion with the exuberance of someone who has never lost their enthusiasm for interior design nor wanted to be doing anything else.

Jennifer Garrigues, Inc. - A Woman's Library

Jennifer Garrigues always had an eye for style and an intuitive sense of design. Her days as a high fashion model for Christian Dior, James Galanos, Hanae Mori and Jean Muir of London introduced her to a world of sinuous shapes and sumptuous design. Drawing from this glamour, and with a love of architecture and interiors, Jennifer attended the New York School of Interior Design where she learned the business-side of interior design.

From her first projects, the Carlyle Hotel in New York, where she designed suites for her clients to the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club, where she created a villa for HRH Prince Charles, Jennifer made her mark in the industry.

Known for her creative exuberance and a style that melds elegance with comfort, Jennifer’s clients come to her by word of mouth. Over the past 30 years she has had the privilege of working with generations of families. Today her clients list covers the world, from CEO’s in the United States to their counterparts abroad.

Her work has aired on several segments of HGTV and has been featured in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, House & Garden,The New York  Times, Southern Accents, Robb Report, Palm Beach Life, Coastal Living, Florida Design, Florida International,Victoria Magazine and Palm Beach Cottages & Gardens.

Jennifer Garrigues, Inc. design studios are located in Palm Beach and New York City, offering design services for residential, commercial and hospitality projects. Antiques, furniture and accessories she has collected from around the world are offered at her retail shop in Palm Beach.

Jennifer Garrigues is an active member of ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) And IIDA (International Interior Design Association).

Cristina Keogh, Cristina Keo Interiors - Sitting Room

Cristina Keogh is an Interior designer in Palm Beach Florida, her career began 15
years ago. She worked at Smith Interior Design Group, the Interior Design Department
of renowned Architect Jeffrey Smith in Palm Beach. Designing homes for the most sophisticated clients in homes from Palm Beach, Jupiter Island, Manhattan and
South Hampton.

Known for a classic style with a young and fresh look. Her work demonstrates beauty and luxury to complement the clients over all life style. Cristina has been featured in national publications such as Palm Beach Cottages & Gardens, Florida Design Magazine (cover story), Architectural Digest and Windows and Walls, She is also featured in the "Savor
the Moment" a book that features lifestyle, recipes and table settings.

Michael Kirkland, Halleon - Collector's Entry Gallery

Halleon partners Michael Leondas Kirkland and John Hall Nelson, Jr.  present the Collectors' Entry Gallery for their third appearance in the 
Palm Beach American Red Cross Designers' Show House.

John Nelson studied interior design and marketing at the University of  Alabama. He was influenced by Joe McKinnon and his commitment to color as a young 
adult. He understood that his surroundings and decoration inspired him. In 1994 he moved to Florida to continue his design practice, John Hall Nelson 
Interiors. Mr. Nelson opened J Nelson in 2001, a showroom in the Design Center 
of the Americas, Dania Beach,  Florida in; with a January 2007 opening in the 
Atlanta Decorative Arts Center. The showroom focus is on fine textiles and 
home furnishings. His influences include Sister Parish, Jacques Garcia and Anouska Hempel. Mr. Nelson actively supports the southeastern design 
community. As a member of the Newport Preservation Society, he  has a keen 
interest in architectural preservation.

Michael Kirkland's background is deeply rooted in the Americas and
throughout Europe. After college at the University of Alabama, where he 
studied art history, painting and Literature, Mr. Kirkland spent several 
summers on a ranch in Wyoming, and admits to "studying life"  for a few 
years, where he refined his appreciation of art, architecture, music, traveling  with close friends and literature.  He used Paris as a base to study throughout 
Europe for two years after moving there from New York City "In hindsight, 
that was very sensible."  "When you are allowed to scatter your interests for a while, a seemingly ineffective phase can turn out to be very practical because
it sharpens your mind." During those years he completed his first important 
design projects for friends in Paris and the United States. His significant 
influences: Mongiardino, Le Vau and Le Brun, Hotel Lambert, Le Jonchet, 
Vermeer and Rimbaud. He is a collector of period French and Italian textiles 
and has a passion for Ottoman design.

Mr. Kirkland serves on the Junior Committee of New York City Ballet, the 
Board of Directors of the Society of the Florida Grand Opera, and is also active
in Save Venice and The National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2003 he 
curated "Textiles of an Empire", an exhibition on view at J Nelson -Florida which showcased over fifty documents from Versailles, Buckingham
Palace, the Place Vendome apartment of the Sultan of Brunei, the Vatican, 
among others. Mr. Kirkland is hosting the upcoming tour, " A Private View of 
Venice and the Venito", fall 2008, with the Editors of Veranda.

Halleon's work spans the United States, Europe and the Caribbean, with 
current projects in New York City, Los Angeles and Florida; and includes 
the renovation and interior decoration of the McKim, Mead and
White-designed Carriage House of Beacon Rock in Newport, Rhode Island.  

For the past two years the firm has participated in the American Red Cross 
Designers' Show House in Palm Beach, where Kirkland has presented such 
talents as Ann Getty and Sabina Braxton for the Show House Lecture Series. 
Halleon also participated in the 2007 Alliance Children's Theatre Guild’s 
Show House in Atlanta, Georgia. Halleon is the exclusive importer to the
Americas of textiles from Sabina Braxton and Luigi Bevilacqua, which
appear regularly in Architectural Digest, Veranda, The World of Interiors, 
AD France, Vogue, W, The New York Times.

Kristi Lei Interiors - Master Bedroom / His & Her Closets

KRISTI LEI BRYAN, President of Kristi Lei Interiors, graduated with honors from the University of Oklahoma under the School of Architecture. Earning a Bachelor of Interior Design and a minor in Art History, she has accomplished a great deal of prestige in her budding career. Kristi is an Allied Member of the American Society of Interior Designers
and a member of Who's Who.

Kristi Lei has been in the design business for over 10 years with extensive experience as a Senior Design Director for some of the most prestigious high-end Interior Design firms. In 2005, Kristi ventured out from under the wings of some of Palm Beach's finest design firms to start her own business, Kristi Lei Interiors, LLC.

With her professional design projects, she has varied from commercial to residential with special emphasis on complete renovation and new construction projects for high-rise condominiums. Venues of experience include Las Vegas with work on The Street of Dreams, Park Tower, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, and private homes; Los Angeles; North Carolina; and the Florida Coastal areas of Naples, Boca Raton, and
Palm Beach with work on Singer Island with both private residence & commercial work.

Kristi Lei transforms conventional into adventurous and exquisite designs- always with
style and elegance. She gives great detail to the overall design project and the excellence
of materials and workmanship without forgetting budget concerns and the individual
desires of the client.

Debra McLaughlin - Meditation Retreat

When it comes to style and custom design, Palm Beach interior designer Deborah McLaughlin likes to think of concinnity, the harmonious arrangements of parts as it relates
to the whole. That concept has become her mantra as she creates designs that reflect the client’s individuality and taste. Creative, meticulous attention to detail is the cornerstone of her business, Deborah McLaughlin Designs Inc.

With over twenty years’ experience in South Florida, Ms. McLaughlin designs in a range of styles, from the traditional and transitional to the thematic. Her services include turn-key projects, custom furniture and cabinetry, custom residential and hospitality design, and interior space planning. She works in partnership with clients, focusing on achieving the
look that suits their needs and desires.

Ms. McLaughlin has completed custom residential projects in California, New Jersey, Colorado, and Utah, as well as throughout Florida and the Caribbean, and her award-
winning designs have been featured in many publications, including Florida Design Magazine, Trends Magazine, the Palm Beach Post and the Sun-Sentinel.

Ms. McLaughlin has a degree in Interior Design. She is an allied member of ASID, Palm Beach Historical Society, Palm Beach Preservation Foundation and Newport Preservation Foundation. She is also the recipient of numerous Gold and Silver PRISM awards for Interior Design by the Gold Coast Builders Association. Before starting her own firm, Ms. McLaughlin worked for one of the largest and most prestigious design firms in Florida.

Located in the heart of Palm Beach, at 340 Royal Poinciana Way, Deborah McLaughlin Designs Inc. is an open and airy interior design studio and resource library, serving clients throughout the United States. For more information, please call 561-835-0001.

Stephen Mooney, Richard Plumer Design - Formal Dining Room

Since 1925, our award-winning designers, along with our dedicated design team, have been creating lifestyles for our clients. Interiors, from casual to formal, refined or eclectic, remain our commitment to our clients and their individual styles. Our designs have been seen in both local and national publications.

Richard Plumer Design, with studios in West Palm Beach, FL and Osterville, MA, offers many design services including consultation, space planning, renovation and restoration, interior refinishing, furnishing and accessorizing. In Palm Beach, Richard Plumer Design, located at 349 Worth Avenue, 10 Via Parigi, offers design services and an exciting selection of domestic and imported furniture, unique case goods, fine art and accessories.

Lon Morris - Contemplation Room

A native of New York, interior designer Lon Morris traces his fascination with interior spaces, and the way we inhabit them, back to early childhood. A prodigious young artist, he filled his free time with floor plans and drawings of architecture and furnishings. After a long career in advertising and public relations, Morris took another look at the fascination of his youth, and decided to make a change. "Life is too short not to spend it doing something you absolutely love," he says. He was accepted into the interior design program at F.I.T. in New York City and after completing the program summa cum laude; he immediately launched his own firm.

In just two short years he has completed and embarked on an impressive roster of projects, including a duplex apartment in Manhattan’s fabled Dakota, an apartment in the Pierre Hotel, a waterfront house in Southampton, and an office in Rockefeller Center.

Morris credits much of his hands-on experience to his peripatetic nature - he has moved no less than 17 times. "I am constantly falling in love with a new space, and with it new furniture, new colors, new objects, new ideas," he says. His own residences became the trial and error proving ground for his design philosophy, long before he started formal training. An inveterate collector over the years, clients often turn to him for his knowledge of, and cultivated eye for, art and antiques when assembling their own collections.

With his belief that one's home should be a very personal expression of one's own style and interests, Morris eschews a packaged "look", in favor of interiors which are as unique and individual as his clients.

Angela Orrell Reynolds, Angela Reynolds Design - Family Room

Angela Orrell Reynolds began her design career in London working for an international client base with a diverse sense of style. Angela's first steps into design, more than 12 years ago, were under the tutelage of Kelly Hoppen, the queen of "East Meets West." This experience left a lasting impression. Both a classicist and a modernist, Angela stimulates the senses with interiors that are cultured and elegant, striking a balance between lavish and comfortable.

Angela graduated from the Inchbald School of Interior Design in London, after earning a
BA in Art History from American University. Inchbald is one of the most respected design schools in England and Europe. Angela's training is the foundation for her creativity and design technique.

In 1995, after working for Kelly Hoppen, Angela co-founded Orrell and Brown Interiors, a decorative antique and design showroom in London's fashionable antique district of New Kings Road. She designed residential and commercial interiors in London, Shanghai, the United States and neighboring Home Counties. She soon joined forces with John Stand, a contract furnishings company, and extended her services to investment properties in London. She designed model homes and furnished entire loft buildings, down to the forks
and knives. Her clients included several large developers, such as St. George and Berkeley Homes. In 2000, Angela relocated Orrell and Brown Interiors to West Palm Beach. Although she maintains an international client base, her primary focus is Palm Beach County, Washington DC, London and New York City.

Angela favors a layered and collected approach to design. She creates a feeling of luxury with subtle layers of texture, color, objects of art and furnishings from around the world. This creates a well traveled look, and each object is an individual center piece for conversation and exploration.

Scott Robertson - The Gallery

Scott Robertson is proud to be participating again in the Red Cross Designers' Show House. Scott's background in the fine arts and his London training in painted finishes have established him as one of Palm Beach's most accomplished decorative painters. Scott received his BFA from the University of Texas, and completed his training in decorative finishes at the Pardon School in London. Scott moved to Florida in 1989, after many years in New York where he worked decorating Manhattan apartments, Greenwich estates, and the weekend homes in the Hudson valley and on Long Island. Current projects include the creation of stenciled cypress ceilings for one of the major new homes on Palm Beach, and a new residence in the Ocean Club on Paradise Island.

Scott and his team of professional artists have worked in south Florida with top local and national designers on projects ranging from large estates, and individual rooms, to single pieces of furniture. Scott Robertson Decorative Painting has completed work on the restoration of the main public rooms at Whitehall, the Henry Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, as well as restoring and repainting the ceilings at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach.

Keith Williams joined Mario Nievera Design Incorporated in 1998. Mr. Williams is Partner and Vice President of Mario Nievera Design Incorporated and has served as a Project Manager and Designer for several residential and commercial projects in New York, Texas, the Bahamas and Florida. Mario Nievera Design Incorporated is based in Palm Beach with an office in New York City and currently has projects underway in The Bahamas, Indian Creek, South Beach, Bal Harbor, Miami, Windsor, Vero Beach, the Hamptons, New Your City and in Palm Beach. Mr. Williams is currently working on the restoration of the Old Fischer Estate on Miami Beach as well as several commercial properties such as the DCOTA in South Florida.