Becoming an Interior Designer

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A revealing guide to a career as an interior designer written by New York Times bestselling author Kate Bolick and based on the real-life experiences of the cofounders of the acclaimed Brooklyn firm Jesse Parris-Lambrequired reading for anyone considering a path to this profession.

Becoming an Interior Designer takes you behind the scenes to find out what its really like, and what it really takes, to become an interior designer. This artful profession combines visionary creativity and taste with architecture, engineering, and business savvy. Acclaimed Brooklyn-based studio Jesse Parris-Lamb specializes in crafting warm, textured room designs shaped by the people that inhabit them. Bestselling author Kate Bolick shadows founders Amanda Jesse and Whitney Parris-Lamb to show how this dream job becomes a reality. Visit their studio as they as they map out new projects. Watch as they inject beauty and atmosphere into open air lofts and historic brownstones. Decide on the perfect shade of blue that will complete a serene reading room. Gain professional wisdom as Bolick traces the founders paths to prominence, from attending design school and starting a studio, to building top-tier clients and planning landmark redesigns.

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Kate Bolicks first book, the bestsellingSpinster: Making a Life of Ones Own, was aNew York TimesNotable Book. A contributing editor forThe Atlantic, Bolick writes for a variety of publications, includingThe New York Times,The New Republic,The Wall Street Journal,Cosmopolitan,Elle, andVogue, and hosts Touchstones at The Mount, an annual interview series at Edith Whartons country estate, in Lenox, Massachusetts. Previously, she was executive editor ofDominoand a columnist forThe Boston Globe.