"For me, it was a great pleasure," Christofi, a designer based in North Reading, Massachusetts, explains. "What made it so wonderful to work with this couple is their generosity toward each other. They approached the fact that they have different tastes as an opportunity to find creative solutions, not as the basis for discord."

"I'm a California girl, and my husband is very traditionally rooted in New England," the wife says. "When we first met Mark, we were in the beginning stages of a new marriage, a second marriage for both of us, complete with a big, blended family. This was our first big project together."  read more >