On Monday, interior designer Elissa Ellie Cullman will join architect Allan Greenberg in an intriguingly named program at The Society of the Four Arts The Uneasy Marriage of the Architect and Interior Designer.

Cullman founded New York City-based Cullman & Kravis 30 years ago and has designed interiors for a number of Palm Beach homes. Greenberg runs his eponymous firm, which has offices in New York City; Greenwich, Conn.; and Alexandra, Va.

As a preview, the Palm Beach Daily News asked Cullman for a little insight into the delicate relationship between those who build houses and those who decorate them. Heres what she suggests, in her own words.

CHRISTINE DAVIS

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The success of a professional marriage between an architect and an interior designer (and often the client, not to mention a long list of other design professionals like painters, contractors, landscape architects, lighting designers and art advisors) is based on the same principles as any personal I dos collaboration, support, teamwork, open-mindedness, mutual respect, flexibility and harmony:

* Building a strong team from the ground up is the secret for success. A complete team can consist of an architect, interior designer, landscape architect, painters, contractors, lighting designers and on and on. Every detail must be addressed and analyzed from so many different perspectives, so a talented team of pros who work together in a spirit of harmony and flexibility will result in a much stronger final product.

* The designer and architect should be engaged at the floor-plan stage because the decorators perspective about such important details as furniture proportion and placement has an critical impact on the architects scheme such things as the height of a chair rail in the dining room or the length of a wall in the bedroom to accommodate a king-sized bed and two night tables are good examples of when the decorators input to the architects plan are invaluable.

* Lines can be blurred between each partners domain when the partners collaborate on each others choices and challenges, the results are seamless and effective. There is no good decorating without good architecture, the good bones that make a decorators work sing.

* The clients vision is the inspiration in the professional marriage: Architects and designers dont work in a vacuum. Teamwork wins the day. If a client has strong directives and opinions, the pros must team up to make it work for everyone.

Link:
Designing a happy marriage between decorator, architect

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