This document introduces Marla Jaffe, an interior designer sharing stories from her career. It describes her early interest in design from painting walls as a child to studying interior design in college. After graduating, she worked in the field and taught interior design. The document highlights Marla's passion for transforming spaces and seeing homes come to life from her childhood imagination. It provides contact information for readers to ask Marla design questions.

1. MARLA’S CORNER
FEBRUARY 2010 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1
A creative vision transforms a concept into reality
- fresh, exciting, never duplicated.
While You Were Out
Jaffe Design Associates
Interior Design Well, it has been over a quarter of a century now and after some very serious thought I
felt it was time to put my stories down on paper. Some people might call this sharing, I
“The joy and fulfillment I would rather call it friendly story telling. It began about forty years ago, unless you ask
receive each time I undertake my mother (the day I was born). My creativity evolved from early paintings on the
a new project unite me on a walls, with a tube of Desitin to years of art lessons. Graphic wall paintings helped
creative journey with my offset college expenses. Guitar and voice lessons lead to the role of Anna Leonowens in
clients… the ultimate result is
my high school production of “The King and I.” After graduating Florida State
University in Interior Design, I worked in the field while enjoying the wonderful
one of individuality, beauty,
privilege of teaching Interior Design (Ringling School of Art in Sarasota Florida) to
and self expression.”
other creative minds. Little did I know that all these years later I would be sitting here
-Marla Jaffe Nassau reminiscing about the thing I loved most, Homes. It didn’t matter if they were big,
small, new or old. If you ask my mother she would tell you of the many new home
construction sites she found me on after school. I would stand there in the middle of a
slab of concrete and imagine the living room, dining room, kitchen, bedrooms and
bathrooms. I could see all the furniture, so clearly, then I would go home and wait for
the perfect moment when my parents would leave the house. Voila! When they would
return home, just like an episode of, “While You Were Out,” I, with all the strength of a
COLOR OF THE
12 year old, had rearranged the entire Living Room. I can still see the look on my
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parents’ faces today, and can’t help but to smile.
RED If you would like to ask Marla a design question she can be reached at:
Red while it is traditionally marla@jaffeinteriordesign.com
the “color of passion” also
triggers many other thoughts
and emotions depending on
the shade or values added to
the base color. Red is one of
those amazing colors that can
range on the side of deep red-
orange to lipstick red, red
browns, burgundy red to
purple reds and red violet.
Certain reds may evoke anger
and agitation; some stimulate WE’RE NOW ON THE WEB! www.jaffeinteriordesign.com
energy, while most reds say
love, warmth and romance.
When selected appropriately
for an accent it will create
drama, defining the space ECO-FRIENDLY THOUGHT:
you are in.
Flooring can be one of the most expensive investments you can make in your home.
Today, we need to make sure that we take into consideration the beautiful
environmentally friendly alternatives which include bamboo, reclaimed or sustainable
harvested wood, cork and natural linoleum. Always try to use a non-toxic installation.
You can either nail down the bamboo and wood or float the floor above a sub-floor to
allow for climate changes. Should you elect to glue flooring down, please try to use
non-toxic products and read the directions very carefully to make sure the adhesive
works with the product you have chosen. This will prevent buckling.