New York Magazine – July 22, 2019

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most interior designers have a few inex-

pensive room-transforming tips up their sleeves,

unsexy Home Depot finds that you won’t see cred-

ited in World of Interiors. One particularly tried-

and-true strategy is to replace depressing light

fixtures with the classic hardware-store pairing of

a white porcelain socket and a globe bulb ($9 for

both). In this brass-obsessed design moment, the

utilitarian favorite “leaves things looking nicely

unfinished,” says David Netto, a Los Angeles–

based interior designer who learned about it

from architect Annabelle Selldorf. “They’re sexy

in their simplicity.” Other small but equally

impressive fixes include adding a stately,

plaster-esque ceiling medallion ($30) or

swapping in a more traditional-feeling

black toilet seat ($50), which can, sur-

prisingly, make a world of differ-

ence. For more high-impact,

modestly priced upgrades

gathered from deco-

rators and aes-

thetes, turn the

page.

The

Low-Lift

Renovation

Guide

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