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Ask a Designer: How to make dining room more useful

Special to The Detroit News 12:04 a.m. EST January 23, 2015
Q. My design dilemma is my dining room that is off my great room. It’s been a space that we really only use twice a year or so for a sit-down holiday meal or buffet table for the holidays. Our kitchen, which also has a dining […]

Best of Houzz Design & Service 2015

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Modern Design

Updating to ‘Techno’ and ‘Graffiti Urban.’
By Susan Kehoe, Ph.D.
Have you ever started what seemed like a simple remodeling project and found obstacles that made it ridiculously complicated? Margaret Skinner (Margeaux Interiors ~ margeauxinteriors.com) brings an expert eye to these issues because she has a builder’s license in addition to her design credentials.
“The design process goes […]

StyleLine – Artistic Bent

Click here for Styleline Magazine link:  http://stylelinemag.com/magazine/73/#97

By Jeanine Matlow Photos by Gene Meadows

Above: A table and cupboard that belonged to the homeowners join a new console and chairs in the dining room. The art above the cupboard is by Banksy, a well-known graffiti artist.

Finding the right designer isn’t always easy, especially when you’re new in town. Online […]

Designer Inspiration – Margaret Presti

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Designer Inspiration: Margaret Presti

The beauty of this space traveled all the way from England to this humble abode in Ann Arbor, cialis generic prescription Michigan. The homeowners wanted to bring a piece of their home with them when they picked up and moved halfway across the world. To avoid feeling completely homesick, sildenafil they brought in […]

Best of Houzz 2014

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Cooking up Modern for Two Michigan Kitchens – Sherwin Williams

Two Michigan kitchens get modern makeovers with the help of Sherwin-Williams paint colors. One goes “modern-sleek-and-warm” with clean lines, while the other heads down a country lane of sorts, embodying a style its designer calls “modern farmhouse.” As different as the two are, their gray wall colors showcase one of today’s hot neutrals.

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@Home Magazine

Click this link:  Michigan Design Center @Home Magazine – Volume 2

Taking Time for Tea and More

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An Ann Arbor Kitchen with a British Edge

INTERIOR DESIGNER

Margaret Presti of Margeaux Interiors of Birmingham worked with Prestige Design & Build of Birmingham to create a bright and functional kitchen for homeowners David Collins and Christina Anderson. You’ll often find Collins, who grew up in England, sildenafil and Anderson preparing a […]

Detroit Home Awards 2013

Use of Color

Second (Tie)

Margeaux Interiors designer turns heads

Margaret Presti, principal interior designer and owner of Birmingham-based Margeaux Interiors, is turning heads with her eye-catching and innovative vignette designs for the Michigan Design Center and other shows in metro Detroit. Her furniture and home decor accompaniments are also gaining recognition.

She was published in September 2011 as part of a new book by E. […]

Tips For Adding Local Flair To Your Home From A Detroit Designer – CBS Detroit

Bringing a bit of flair to your home and, at the same time, incorporating a few local elements is easy if you understand the area where you live and the history around you. These elements are key, says interior designer Margaret Presti of Margeaux Interiors in Birmingham, to adding a bit of local touch to your […]