Best of Arlington 2020

Interior Designer

A row house makeover by Suzanne Manlove. Photo by Jenn Verrier

No need to ban kids and pets from using the furniture Suzanne Manlove picks out. She doesn’t design museums. Rather, her spaces are homey, inviting and calming, with hues and patterns that mimic nature—a plus for lovers of the current animal-print trend, although she says she uses that sparingly. Manlove is more likely to let her favorite color—teal—find a place in her designs, along with textures including fabric, leather, metal, glass, mirrors and wicker. That’s a nod to her self-described “eclectic, collected style,” honed initially through her work in the fashion industry and now by trolling flea markets, the Arlington Festival of the Arts and, yes, hotel lobbies. “You can see some really amazing design happening,” she says. –Stephanie Kanowitz

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A. Houck Designs

InDesign Home

KPH Studio

Susan Sutter Interiors

Whittington Design Studio