THE 2007 HC&G IDEA HOUSE

Ghislaine Viñas, Ghislaine Viñas Interior Design LLC
Ghislaine Viñas established her interior design studio in 1999, when commissioned to do the complete build-out of a 9,000-sq-ft office/art gallery in the Starrett Leigh Building in New York's Chelsea art district. She has successfully completed many projects, both commercial and residential, ranging from a townhouse in Greenwich Village, lofts in Tribeca, an art gallery in Chelsea, to offices and homes in Los Angeles, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Born in the Netherlands and raised in South Africa, Viñas brings a special blend of international sensibility, intuitive style, humor and refreshing enthusiasm to her work. She says, "Color excites me. As a child, I would feel a rush of excitement when opening a box of crayons and seeing all the colors interact and relate. I still feel the same excitement when I see colors come together in a room." The designer lives in New York City with her husband and their two young girls. Her work has been published in Interior Design, New York magazine, Departures, Elements of Living, Frame and O At Home.

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