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About
Hi there!
I spent twenty years as a concrete foundation contractor before founding Nicole Lio Design — and that background is still the lens I design through. A room has to work structurally before it can look beautiful, and I trained at the Fashion Institute of Technology to make sure it does both.
Today I run a small, residential-only design practice, working with clients across New York, Connecticut, Vermont, and South Carolina.
Background
Two trades, one practice.
20 years in concrete foundation construction
Two decades on job sites building the parts of a house no one sees — the part that has to be right before anything else can go on top of it.
Fashion Institute of Technology
Formal training in design, color, and materials — the eye that now shapes every room I take on.
Nicole Lio Design LLC
A residential interior design and decorating practice serving clients across NY, CT, VT, and SC.