Designer adds custom touches to difficult spaces

0 Comments | Capital, Aug 24, 2007 | by McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

Designing lavish rooms for affluent clients would appear to be any interior designer’s dream job.

Usually it is, said Troy Beasley, of Beasley & Henley Interior Design in Winter Park, Fla. But decorating for the upper-crust also poses unique challenges.

Most obviously: Upscale dwellings are larger and more elaborate than the humble homes of the hoi polloi. Mansions boast higher ceilings, wider windows and all kinds of special features: grand staircases, wine cellars, movie theaters, towers that would do Rapunzel proud. Even million-dollar condos may come with gigantic master suites, libraries or double-sided fireplaces.

Sometimes you can’t find furniture that is big enough, Mr. Beasley said. Or that fits into odd-shaped spaces. Or suits a distinctive architectural style
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