I advise clients to splurge on a few must-have classic items that can set the tone of a room, like I did with my Saarinen dining table.

我建议我的客户在把钱主要花在一些能够定下整个房间的基调的必买物品上，就像我买的Saarinen餐桌。

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Houston-based Lauren Rottet, founder of Rottet Studio, encourages her clients to forgo a formal dining room for a home office with a desk that can double as an occasional grand table, for that rare event that calls for one.

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