For Sandra Nunnerley, the design process is “collaborative, exploratory and appropriate to the specific needs of the client.” Through her work, which she describes as “timeless, classic, tailored and modern,” she seeks to give her clients interiors that will endure. “Fashion may influence design,” she observes, “but you can’t change rooms every season.” Noting that clients sometimes fear that hiring a designer will lead to out-of-control budgets and inflexible design dictates, she says, “I listen to my clients and give them interiors they never dreamed of.”

In light of the proliferation of home-decorating programs and resources on television, on the Internet and in design stores, she finds that design is increasingly affordable and available. Still, she says, “designers are hired for their taste, talent and professionalism.” Nunnerley welcomes the move toward “green” design and the fact that “construction is becoming more ecofriendly. But,” she emphasizes, “one has to be careful in selecting furniture—the wood can be ‘green,’ but often the glue is not.” She is now working on a residence for expatriate New Zealanders in her native New Zealand, a town house project (designed by Robert A. M. Stern) and two estates in Connecticut and a “classic” Park Avenue apartment, but there is one design development that so far has eluded her: “I can’t wait for an interior where there are no electrical outlets or cords. They are the bane of the interior designer’s life!”

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