MILIEU

GETTING Personal

piece of furniture arrives at a client’s home, Shannon Bowers likes to be on site. “My intention always is to make a client’s home personal, tailored exactly to their lives,” says Bowers, a Dallas-based interior designer who is also ’s editor-at-large. “If I’m present and something arrives, I can’t help but rearrange the furnishings and accessories. It’s part of my desire to make the interiors exactly right

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