Hidden Treasure

July 15th, 2008

Signature Interior Designs
One-stop shopping

Entering Signature Interior Designs is more like walking into an art gallery than a remodeling and interior design firm. Amid the bright, open floor plan, colorful vignettes outline each phase of the design and remodeling process, underscoring how the firm provides “one-stop shopping” from concept to completion.

After working out of a home office for nearly a decade, Barbara Savicky now has the perfect place to showcase her ability to transform a living space with a beautiful design that best reflects each of her client’s own individual personality and style. The company specializes in high-end residential projects that incorporate rich textures and natural materials in traditional, transitional or contemporary home designs.

“Our new showroom provides a relaxed, stress-free environment where clients can completely put their projects together,” says Savicky, principal designer of Signature Interior Designs. “With the many details involved in every project, we know it’s essential that homeowners get the personal attention they need, while having every resource at their fingertips. This is invaluable both for long-time residents who want to give their homes a fresh look and for new homeowners looking to make their new home truly theirs.”

Signature Interior Designs offers a highly personalized process specifically designed to make projects go more smoothly. Its team of experts makes creative decisionmaking easier by thinking through and attending to every project detail, saving clients a most precious commodity—time. Whether remodeling a kitchen, bath, master bedroom, den, home office or adding an extension or addition, Signature Interior Designs provides both construction and interior design services.

“We start with the design phase, then set up installation with our quality contractors, and finally we offer an array of products to complete both the construction and the interior decoration right down to the final accessory,” says Savicky. “For clients who want to remodel their homes, we provide liaison services between contractors and homeowners so that projects stay on track and quality work is performed.” In addition, Savicky designs and fabricates custom cabinetry, custom furniture and upholstered pieces, as well as provides fabrics and unique materials and surface treatments for floors, walls and counter tops. Her appreciation of nature is apparent throughout the showroom— bright natural fabrics, sustainable woods and other eco-friendly products adorn the walls and dot the showroom floor.

Being eco-conscious is a key part of the firm’s design philosophy. Signature Interior Designs has made a strong commitment to sustainability by offering and encouraging the use of environmentally friendly products through the entire remodeling and design process. Going eco-friendly is one of many choices given to clients.

Signature Interior Designs, 979 Post Road East, Westport, CT. Mon. thru Thurs., 10 to 5, Fri., 10 to 4, and Sat. by appointment. 203-227-4315.

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From the Publisher

July 15th, 2008

If you’ve noticed that this issue looks a little different, it is. Please
join me in welcoming our new Creative Director, Richard Zoehrer,
to the team. Richard brings a fresh eye, years of amazing experience and a sophisticated design sensitivity to the pages of the magazine as we take it to the next level and beyond. We are delighted to have him on board.

This month in Fairfield County Home we celebrate three different local homes each with their own distinctive approach to design.

Award-winning builder, E. M. Rose Building Company specializes in the art of fine home building for some of the best architects in the world. Known for creating custom multi-million dollar masterpieces, E.M. Rose Building Company and Moisan Architects of Woodbury CT show what can be achieved with a meticulous attention to detail, exceptional taste, uncompromising standards and superlative products. The result can be described as truly magnificent.

New York City-based designer Robin Baron brings elegance, sophistication and a sense of calm to a Greenwich couple’s home. With a restful color palette, luxurious fabrics plus clever design touches, the upper level of the house reflects the owners’ tasteful formality. But for a complete change of pace, see the English pub, complete with authentic bar, that Robin created for them in the basement—a reflection perhaps of their more lively social side.

Formal meets friendly, too, in the ASID 2007 Design Awards of Excellence winning dining room/family room by Hollie Sutherland, owner of Hollis Interiors. More and more, she sees a trend in home design away from austere formal spaces; her mantras these days are “livability” and comfort. The owners of this house liked traditional design but wanted it re-styled with a contemporary twist and kid friendly feel, so she brought in warm wood tones, combined different textures and fabrics and turned it into a beautiful but highly livable, “approachable” home.

And finally, on another celebratory note, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate local interior designer, Lynne Scalo, recipient of the Best of Year Award from Interior Design Magazine, announced at their annual ceremony last November in New York City. This highly prestigious award is given for design excellence for projects around the world, and in winning it, Lynne joins a very impressive group of past recipients including Victoria Hagan, Gensler, Clive Wilkinson and Tsao and McKown Architects. On behalf of the entire team here at Fairfield County Home, Lynne, we are proud to have worked with you over the past few years—and proud that a Fairfield County based designer has shown the rest of the world what great design looks like!

Susannah Pask

Publisher

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