Paul Siskin

Paul Siskin is a New York City-based interior designer. He studied at Parsons and worked for John Saladino Inc. before starting his own firm Siskin Valls in 1984. He is ranked among the country's top 100 designers by New York, House Beautiful, and New York Home magazines and was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 2006. He is building his first country house in Columbia County, New York.

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Keep Cool

It has been two weeks since I visited my house. Imagine how pleased I was when I drove past the house next to mine, the one that started construction a year after Brokeback Manor, and saw it was a beehive of activity. It is much closer to the final stage of completion than Brokeback Manor. One could hardly call Mitch with his crew of one a beehive. They have all the activity of a Buddhist monaste... More

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Act of God

According to Contractor Mitch, there is the possibility of a hurricane, or at least the effects of one coming up the coast this weekend. Now I haven't heard of it but it seems to have motivated him to seal up the house this week. Who am I to question his weather forecasting? Let's see if it's really going to happen. This should mean that those windows that have laid half caulked should be fully se... More

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“Hey Pops, Wanna Sit Down?”

Finally, new pictures! In the last week, there has been progress up at the Manor. Okay not that much progress, but progress still the same. Firstly, there is a completed wall in the powder room. Since there is only one tiled wall in the room we could actually check off powder room tiling. The two guest bedrooms have had their floor tiles installed and are awaiting grouting instructions. Mitch lik... More

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The Power of the Spoken Word

Perhaps I've been too tough on Contractor Mitch. I was up at the house on Saturday and instead of finding the usual lack of progress I noticed that Mitch had listened carefully to my litany of complaints about his work. For example: On the subject of bathrooms: "Mitch, you need to get the bathrooms in. Please get someone in there to tile the bathrooms so you can install the plumbing that's be... More

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Summer Re-Runs

Let's just pretend this blog is in summer reruns. You know how if you tune in your favorite TV show in the summer, it's one you've seen before. Well that's how these pictures are. They are new photographs but you've seen it before. This all due to everyone's favorite general contractor, Mitch. Mitch had assured me, he had never been in a better position to work on the house, he has three men line... More

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