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When Linda-Marie Leyble first got her hands on this residential entryway/living room/dining room in Great River, New York, it had very little style with which to recommend itself.  The entryway was bland, and in the living room, there was old wallpaper, old wall-to-wall carpeting, dated window treatments, no moldings, little light, two ‘70s table lamps, a leather couch, and a computer armoire with computer.  It was hardly a dream room. 

The dining room had a large-scale, Chinese-inspired dining table of dark wood with wide legs and large-backed chairs; but it could only fit eight people; and the chandelier hanging over the table was totally out-of-scale.  On the walls, old, dated paintings did nothing to hide the peeling wallpaper or the boring, builder’s off-white paint, original to the house in 1978.

Linda-Marie Leyble is a self-proclaimed “magician with interiors.” A creative, passionate, upbeat, funny, gregarious soul, Linda always looks for the best in people and helps them translate who they are, or perhaps who they want to be, into the design of their home. One of her greatest skills as a designer is her understanding of people. Linda has a gift for seemingly reading her clients’ minds and accurately determining what they want.

But it has taken many years and a variety of experiences to build these skills. Although Linda has loved interior design since she was a child, she has spent years in the world of business and has explored many creative passions along the way, including being both a musician and a stand-up comedian!

“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains, of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.”  - Steve Jobs

Linda answers all the questions you'd want to ask ... and more!