Interior Designers reveal what to look for in well-made furnishings
You know it when you find it. When designing a room there are nearly hundreds of elements to consider, causing many of us to go through several “wrongs” before finding the room’s “right” items. Fortunately, there’s a method to the madness. Interior designers know that high-quality items make all the difference in creating a fashionable and highly functional room and they have learned how to sift through the flawed to find the worthwhile picks. Here, Ames Ingham of Los Angeles, Brian Snow of SemelSnow Interior Design, Inc. in Chicago, Mona Ross Berman of Philadelphia and New York City’s Scott Salvator divulge what they look for in furniture, rugs, window treatments and bedding to determine if they’re quality, so you can too.