“When my husband and I decided to buy and completely renovate a co-op overlooking San Francisco Bay, we knew that the aesthetic we had lived with since our days in London, English Country, updated by our years in Connecticut, would not work in the nine floor high rise built in the 1950s. And yet there were three or four pieces of furniture that we were unable to part with in the huge purge we did moving from 9000 sq ft to 4000.  Darlene made it work! Our new apartment can be described as almost minimalist, and yet the antique dining table and sideboard work with the help of modern rugs, fixtures and dining chairs.  ”