Ariel Okin, Founder of Ariel Okin Interiors

Ariel Okin is the Founder of her eponymous firm, Ariel Okin Interiors, a New York-based, full-service interior design firm specializing in luxury residential, commercial, and hospitality projects across the country. Ariel’s signature style can be interpreted as “Traditional with a twist” – warm, livable and elegant spaces with an edited, contemporary and practical approach.

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Keyanna Bowen and Malcolm A. Simmons, Reno Series

I’m excited to come back this week with my first two person interview with interiors photographer & design blogger Keyanna Bowen and interior design of Mas Means More, Malcolm A. Simmons. I will be continuing this week with my spring/summer series digging into home reno stories and sharing the ups and downs of these design challenges during our new normal.

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Jean Brownhill, Founder & CEO of Sweeten

Jean Brownhil launched Sweeten (as in “home, sweet home”) in 2011. Today, Sweeten has nearly $1.5B of construction projects in the pipeline. The two-sided marketplace brings trust, transparency and technology to a $400B industry, creating the end-to-end standard for the renovation experience. Sweeten has been called a “Renovation Game-Changer,” with Jean hailed as “The Contractor Whisperer” by New York Magazine and one of Inc. Magazine’s “Most Innovative Women Founders in America.”

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