Designing a home for a client is one thing, but designing a home for yourself is a whole other story. This week, we asked 10 designers—Cyndy Cantley, Lauren Conner, Mark Gettys, Kate Hartman, Kristin Mullen, Kelly Neely, Tyson Ness, Sarah Randolph, Vani Sayeed and Patti Woods—to share the pros and cons of being their own client.

Decisions, Decisions

“It was an experience that was equal parts easy, hard, exciting and overwhelming! I joked that I should have hired a designer for my own house! For me, it’s such a black-and-white process to design other people’s spaces, but designing my own had a lot of gray area. I think this is partly because, as a designer, I am drawn to so many different types of details and styles, and I appreciate all design. Because of that, it was hard for me to ma

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