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Alexis Petras is a professional residential interior designer, working with clients in Manhattan, Westchester, Long Island, including the Hamptons, and New Jersey. She has also recently completed several projects, outside the tri-state area, in Miami and San Francisco. Alexis is a graduate of the Willsey Institute of Art & Design, and New York University, where she completed their Appraisal Studies of Fine and Decorative Arts program. As a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, she has the education, training and expertise to manage diverse projects, that vary in scope, size, style and budget. Ms. Petras also studied fashion at the Fashion Institute of Technology, in NYC. She ran her family's business for over twenty years, where she designed both their private label collections and celebrity line of luxury outerwear and accessories. Alexis now devotes all her time to her interior design business. Professional Affiliations: ASID American Society of Interior Designers ASID Allied Board of Trade AAA Appraisers Association of America Member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation "My fashion background contributes toward a more modern aesthetic, through color, texture and design, which gives my work an edge. Modern sensibility, great design, color harmony and functionality all come together to create environments that are visually stunning. My training in fine and decorative arts helps create rooms that are classic and timeless, but still fresh and exciting. I like to break the rules and reinvent a space. I can also appreciate and embrace the architectural style that already exists in a home. Whether that dictates and determines what elements should exist or what I can do to give it it's own personality, is acheived through good communication between the client, myself and my team of experts."