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Luxury interior designer Donna Hoffman is an award-winning design authority who specializes in residential interior design. As a design client herself 25-plus years ago, she was inspired to attend Parsons School of Design and Temple University for interior design. Donna believes experiencing the “clients’ side of the table” profoundly affected her business model, making her acutely aware of the stresses design clients face. As a result, IDH processes are honed to deliver the exceptional experience Donna would have liked from interior design along with project and budget management.

As a published luxury interior designer, thought leader, consultant, teacher, and design business coach, Donna has been featured in Forbes, Family Circle, Real Simple, Country Accents, and select business journals; as well as appeared on radio, CNBC.com, ABC and more.

As a native New Yorker, Donna’s charitable work and support include a favorite organization, HomeFront, a non-profit that supports at-risk communities with education, skills, and emergency support. Donna is grateful to be happily married to the same (patient) man for 30 years, and she is equally blessed by their children Anna and Brett. Her favorite things shortlist encompasses her family, laughing until it hurts, anything chocolate, travel, and quality time with friends.

Christina brings excellent interior architectural skill to IDH having spent 12 years in commercial design working across a range of large and complex projects. However, her heart has been in residential design for a while. Christina’s ability to manage design detail and construction detail is outstanding, as is her ability to conceptualize hard finish design for construction and renovation. She is equally skilled in expressing these in 3-D format and loves the deep world of soft finish design that residential work has opened to her at IDH.

Chloe brings sharp design and creative vision to IDH, able to think swiftly and broadly in interior design as easily as she can drilling into the layered details necessary to create a truly curated environment. Skilled in 2-D and 3-D CAD, Chloe‘s understanding of art – whether bridge price point or gallery – aids in the development of the curated and award-winning residences IDH is known for among our local, national and international clients.

With a background in the home furnishings industry, as well as an MBA, Syntel also brings significant procurement experience in the luxury interior design world. Her developed organizational skill and enjoyment of the highly detailed world of procurement for luxury interior design make sure an outstanding fit at IDH. Her love of interior design as craft, along with along with her operational strength enables her to aid the IDH team in polishing the efficiencies that benefit our clients design deliverable experience.