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Thinking of renovating?
The Michigan Design Center
hosts a day not to miss.
LYNNE KONSTANTIN ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
details
Renovations Done Right begins at
9:30 a.m. Friday, April 27, at the
Michigan Design Center in Troy.
RSVPs are required for keynote
speakers. For a full schedule and to
RSVP, visit michigandesign.com.
CLOCKWISE: Art | Harrison Design Studio
teamed with EW Kitchens to create this
renovation. Anne Strickland of PORT Mfg.
& Design used citrus-toned ombre draper-
ies as an unexpected way to vertically fill
this room with color. Strickland chose a
high-back settee as the focus of this room.
Another kitchen by Art | Harrison.
f a home renovation is in your future but
you’re not sure where to start, the Michigan
Design Center in Troy is making it easy for
you.
On Friday, April 27, the MDC hosts
Renovations Done Right, featuring presenta-
tions, demos and displays throughout the
day covering topics including kitchens, color,
space planning and more — all presented by
five of Metro Detroit’s hottest award-winning
designers and followed by Q and A sessions.
Here, a list of the five keynote speakers
and their topics:
• Birmingham designer Marianne Jones:
Creating Incredible Baths, sponsored by
Ann Sacks.
• Designers Arturo Sanchez and Barry
Harrison of Art | Harrison Interiors in Royal
Oak: The New Kitchen of Your Dreams,
sponsored by EW Kitchens.
• Pamela Livingston Hardy of Creative
Renovations in Birmingham and Jane
Synnestvedt of Jane Synnestvedt Interior
Design in Birmingham: Space Planning.
Jane’s presentation is sponsored by the
Ghiordes Knot; Pamela’s presentation is spon-
sored by Duralee.
• Kevin Serba and John Rattray of Serba
Interiors in Birmingham: About That Color,
sponsored by Schumacher.
• Anne Strickland (PORT Mfg. & Design,
Birmingham), Charles Dunlap (Dunlap Design
Group, Pleasant Ridge) and Michael Coyne
(Michael Coyne Design Detroit, Troy) each
conduct short presentations on the topic of
their choice in The Lightning Round, spon-
sored by Theodore Alexander.
In addition to the keynote speakers, which
require an RSVP, the day will offer presenta-
tions on working with tiles, creating and keep-
ing a budget, using fabrics, plus debuts of new
product lines available through the MDC. •
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