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she said.

If the home has become
more of a multifunctional
space, then the checklist
becomes more of a blueprint.

It keeps growing and
growing, which is partly why
Cuker keeps her schedule on a
short timeline. By the time she
gets to a job, it has grown into a
project. And since she wants to
please her client, she embraces
and completes said project.

Ideally, when it’s over,
the client doesn’t just have a
robust, multifunctional space:
The family has a full-scale
reflection of its desires.

In her own house, Cuker
installed two gas insert
fireplaces, one in the living
room and one in the sunroom.

Compared to a wood fireplace,
the gas version doesn’t need
logs or produce a smell.

Erdosi has a client who to the edges.

of her customers. “We have to
leads meditation classes, so she
“They have a heightened play psychologist a little bit as
designed his living room to interest in having a space that’s a designer.”
allow him to push his furniture uniquely theirs,” Erdosi said
Erdosi also said she could
Michelle Erdosi of Aeternum Design Studio completed this Fishtown living room project.  Courtesy of QA Interiors
see this theme continuing.

Working not just remotely, but
100% remotely, is now “very
common across industries,”
she added.

Cuker thinks this trend may
deepen over time.

“What’s going to happen
with technology? Virtual
reality?” she asked.

At the same time, Cuker
believes the interior design
market may have reached a
peak. Restaurants, bars and event
spaces are back open. Travel
is, too. So, clients won’t have
quite as much time or money
to put into their houses moving
forward. “When the world really
opens up, people may put
their emphasis back on travel
and less on their home base,”
she said. l
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