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Deborah Wecselman Design, Inc
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Photography by: Heirloom Creative, Andrew Cebulka
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Designer: Lisa Barron, Allied ASID Design Firm: Dallas Design Group, Interiors Photography: Dan Piassick
Transitional formal and open concept living room photo in Dallas

Basement - traditional basement idea in New York

Ryan Siphers Photography
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Liz Glasgow
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Walter Elliott Photography
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Photographer: Beth Singer
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This 1970’s Ranch was purchased by a young family with active boys and animals. Changes were needed in this home for the family to be comfortable. With a very limited budget, Obelisk Home was challenged to be creative but keep with the clients sensibilities. We painted paneling, painted trim in custom colors, and took the room to a new level. High gloss paint on brick added to a bright open feel. New art, lighting, furniture and accessories were brought in to work with existing furniture that was incorporated from the clients Oklahoma home. Old, dark and full becomes light, airy and cozy. Photos by Jeremy Mason McGraw

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This entryway features a custom designed front door,hand applied silver glitter ceiling, natural stone tile walls, and wallpapered niches. Interior Design by Carlene Zeches, Z Interior Decorations. Photography by Randall Perry Photography

“Compelling.” That’s how one of our judges characterized this stair, which manages to embody both reassuring solidity and airy weightlessness. Architect Mahdad Saniee specified beefy maple treads—each laminated from two boards, to resist twisting and cupping—and supported them at the wall with hidden steel hangers. “We wanted to make them look like they are floating,” he says, “so they sit away from the wall by about half an inch.” The stainless steel rods that seem to pierce the treads’ opposite ends are, in fact, joined by threaded couplings hidden within the thickness of the wood. The result is an assembly whose stiffness underfoot defies expectation, Saniee says. “It feels very solid, much more solid than average stairs.” With the rods working in tension from above and compression below, “it’s very hard for those pieces of wood to move.” The interplay of wood and steel makes abstract reference to a Steinway concert grand, Saniee notes. “It’s taking elements of a piano and playing with them.” A gently curved soffit in the ceiling reinforces the visual rhyme. The jury admired the effect but was equally impressed with the technical acumen required to achieve it. “The rhythm established by the vertical rods sets up a rigorous discipline that works with the intricacies of stair dimensions,” observed one judge. “That’s really hard to do.”

HOME FEATURES Contexual modern design with contemporary Santa Fe–style elements Luxuriously open floor plan Stunning chef’s kitchen perfect for entertaining Gracious indoor/outdoor living with views of the Sangres