Home & Garden Designers'
Who they are; what they think; why you need them.
by Mary Beth Kelly   Photographs by Thom Thompson

Eileen seated in a room of her design.
    Are you intimidated by bartering with an antique dealer, or by trying to explain your ideas to an interior decorator? Do you know where to begin on a remodeling project? The longer you own a house, the more likely you are, at some point, to be overwhelmed by these and similar questions. The best way to get over that shyness and lack of designer or decorator expertise is to meet the enemy and discover, in most cases, that they are very much like you. With one big difference. They are the Home & Garden professionals who help distinguish the Main Line and the Western Suburbs as one of the most cultured and abode-centered areas in the country.
26   April 2001   MAIN LINE TODAY next