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Michigan Avenue - 2016 - Issue 1 - Spring - Naomi Watts

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michiganavemag.com  141 PhotograPhy by Nick Novelli CONTINUED... Luxe Living InterIor desIgner Donna Hall stays InspIred In her stunnIng home on east Lake shore drIve. by meg matHis When Mesirow Financial's Dominick Mondi first asked interior designer Donna Hall to decorate his new home, Hall was less than thrilled. The problem? She and Mondi had just started dating. "I was like, I can't make money off this guy," Hall deadpans. Still, she took on the project, which evolved as their personal relationship progressed, and for the last year and a half, Hall—now engaged to Mondi—has lived in the gracious residence in the Benjamin Marshall co-op at 229 East Lake Shore Drive. Hall compares each room to a child ("I can't pick a favorite"), though she is particularly fond of their unorthodox dining room. "I wanted it to feel really cozy," she says of the black-walled, oval-shaped space. Punctuating the dining room with her edgy- meets-traditional touch, Hall moved an Ed Paschke portrait from the master bedroom ("It's so perfect because it jumps off of the wall," she marvels) and added vintage European bar "I wanted a room that was a little bit more masculine," Hall says of the guest room, which she anchored with a whimsical portrait by Spanish photographer Paco Peregrín. space real estate & Design

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