Maggie Ferrante-Barrella, Design Finishing

Rooms by the water

Living room with paper lantern pendants and sunflowers before an ocean view — **Living room facing the ocean.** Private residence, Jersey Shore.

Dining nook with woven pendant, glass table, and protea centerpiece — **Dining room.** The centerpiece is the final decision.

Primary bath with double vanity, brass fixtures, and a fluted vase of stems — **Primary bath.** Brass, marble, and cut stems.

The finishing layer

Five bedrooms and baths, each completed by the objects: a vase, a pendant, a branch, the light itself.

Bedroom with floating nightstand, bud vases, and blue glass pendant — **Guest bedroom.** Bud vases and a blue glass pendant.

Bedroom corner with walnut nightstand and glass pendant — **Bedroom.** Walnut, glass, and greenery.

Bedroom with grasscloth wallcovering and layered textural pillows — **Primary bedroom.** Grasscloth and layered textiles.

Powder room vanity with red branches in white sculptural vases — **Powder room.** Red branches carry the color.

Bedroom at dusk with warm lamplight and greenery on the nightstand — **Bedroom at dusk.** Lamplight does the finishing.

Kitchens, bars, tables

Kitchen with marble waterfall island and oak cabinetry, styled with greenery and ceramic vessels — **Kitchen.** The island, styled for the day it is photographed and every day after.

Finishing decisions are made where the light actually falls.

Maggie works on the luxury floor at Surroundings and inside clients' homes, matching a two-hundred-year-old object to the newest fabric collections with the same steady eye. She has guided millions in sales each year by listening, and she mentors the young designers coming up behind her.

Built-in bar with grasscloth backing, floating shelves, sculpture, and teal glass — **Bar.** Private residence, Margate. Styled shelf by shelf.

Kitchen bar with brass cylinder pendants and woven counter stools — **Kitchen bar.** Brass light on stone.

The Laurel, Rittenhouse Square

Kitchen at The Laurel with black stone island, fluted wood column, and Philadelphia skyline views — **Kitchen, The Laurel.** Black stone against the sky.

Dining corner at The Laurel with sculptural upholstered chairs and styled built-in shelving — **Dining corner, The Laurel.** Fifty floors up, finished like home.

Four decades in the trade

The early years

The Antiques Trade

Dealer and specialist

Auctions, estates, and objects with histories. Published in several industry magazines.

Independent practice

Ferrante-Barrella Designs

Principal

Whole-room design and finishing for private clients, under her own name and her own standard.

2005 to today

Surroundings Interiors

Head of the luxury showroom floor

First employee. Leads design finishing across art, accessories, antiques, and textiles. Millions in sales each year. Mentor to young designers.

The last decade

Fête Urbane

Co-founder, with her two daughters

Best of Philly floral and event studio, featured on The Drew Barrymore Show, with clients including the Philadelphia Eagles.

Best of Philly, Philadelphia magazine The Drew Barrymore Show, featured Philadelphia Eagles, client Industry press, published