Design Perspectives

Born and raised in New York City, I always found myself surrounded by cutting edge art and stunning architecture.

My passion for art was one that developed early in life and always stuck with me. While studying Graphic Arts & Architecture at the City University of New York, I discovered photography through my coursework and began diving into the medium as a hobby. That hobby soon flourished into a professional career as I discovered a way to combine my excitement for photography & architecture.

I spent the first 15 years of my professional career as a Photographer, Art Director and Creative Director for marketing organizations across New Jersey and New York City. Today, as an independent photographer, I am able to combine 15 years of client-facing services, along with my vision as an artist to bring a best in class customer experience to my clients.

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Halden Interiors has earned a name for itself as one of New York’s stand-out, full-service design firms.

Every detail curated at Halden begins from a place of deep exploration. The ability to interpret our clients’ needs and expectations is the cornerstone of our interior design philosophy.

At Halden we achieve design excellence because we care about individualism, that’s why our design process only begins when we understand who you are. At HI we are unapologetically client-centric. We begin by listening — and keep listening. 

In the hands of Creative Director, Kesha Franklin, residential and hospitality spaces are transformed into stylish and well-appointed environments. Each space is expertly refined and functional.

Our aim is to design luxury interiors with personality—stimulate the senses, evoke energy, inspiration and a feeling of total well-being.

Every step we take with you, through the design-research process, from curating the design concept and architectural detailing to furniture and art selections, is about visually articulating shared ideas and creating a stimulating living environment that you love being in and can retreat to.  

Past commissions include, luxury residences, pied-à-terres and design build properties.

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FINALLY!!! I am going to share about my kitchen renovation. It was suppose to be 7 weeks & turned into 8 months! But let me tell you that it was very well worth it. The photo shoot has already happened & the video with House Beautiful will take place today! I am sooooo in LOVE with my kitchen & couldn't be happier!

Designer Linda Hayslett has a strong fashion and entertainment background. A lot of her inspirations comes from her experience working at companies such as VH1, Allure, W, Details & InStyle Magazine.

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She lived and worked in New York City for many years soaking up the electric vibe of the city. After working in fashion on the east coast, in 2003 she made a decision to move west and become an Angeleno. Linda planted roots in Los Angeles and started to absorb the west coast atmosphere. She worked with a well known celebrity stylist and assisted in styling celebrities such as Hillary Swank, Sandra Oh, Charlize Theron, Heather Graham and more.

Her passion in creativity led her to go back to school and get a degree for Interior Design at FIDM. After graduating Summa Cum Laude in Interior Design, Linda became interested in construction and planning. While Co-Designing on projects with other designers, Linda created LH.Designs. 

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From her connections and experience in the industry, she adds an arsenal of skills along with her talents. With her knowledge, she has infused a warm touch that is often missed when clients hire only a contractor or architect for their project. She realized that offering services that tailor and integrate the designer with construction at each level of building, from concept to completion, was the best way a person would truly get the lifestyle experience that they are looking for. By infusing a construction team with design, LH.Designs can uniquely make a client's project not only aesthetically pleasing but can raise the property's value higher than expected.

Prior to joining the esteemed global firm, Lisa was the Founder and Principal Interior Designer of Paradigm Design Group and PDG Studios, LLC, located in

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I’m a worker.  When I take anything on, I obsess about it, and stay up nights thinking about it until it comes to fruition in a special way. It’s not about a need for control or perfection. Be it a birthday party, a friend’s engagement, or an event at my kid’s school: I’m all in. I’m in with all the bells and whistles. When it comes to decorating, I either get an idea in my head and immediately realize my vision for a space, or I spend weeks thinking about what that piece of greatness will be, and then it hits me and I’m running.

The most time I spend on projects is the planning phase. I pore over pictures of furniture pieces. I lay them up into mood boards on my computer.  I cut them into squares and move them around.  I pile fabric samples on top each other and the pictures to determine the palette and the combinations. I continue to ask if this is what my client will love: will they see it as I do, is it right, is it them?  When the foundation is there, it’s time to layer on top of it. More thinking…

I always turn to books for inspiration.  Whether it be my piles of coffee table design books, or my hotel books, or most often I look at wallpaper books.  They give me the most inspiration for someone’s home. If ever I feel stuck, a wallpaper sample pile gets me going, and spawns something; even if I don’t use the paper. My family sees the things happening in my head all the time.

 My team is also precious to me. Each person who works with our clients is special and brings a unique perspective. With so many moving parts, having a flexible, very patient, smart team who can make turns on a dime is crucial to keeping projects moving in the right direction. Everyone sits right on top of one another because we’re all so dependent on each other. We tried sitting apart, and it just didn’t work.

It’s part the client and their likes, it’s part us and our influences, and it’s part everything else around that just moves us. 

This is how we build great spaces.

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Founded by NKBA certified kitchen designer Tanya Smith-Shiflett, Unique Kitchens & Baths designs bespoke kitchens and baths nationwide having built a radical following of over 90,000 Instagram followers in just 5 years. All cabinetry is customized with lifetime warranty and approximately 10 week lead times (other brands are typically 18-21 weeks!) and proudly manufactured here in the U.S by expert millworkers along with a team of in-house designers and Tanya's

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Amy’s career in interior design began over 20 years ago. She has worked for several

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