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    the RIGHT MOVE

    Aug 21, 2017 4 minutes
    INTERIOR DESIGN BY Carol Glasser PHOTOGRAPHY BY Peter Vitale WRITTEN BY Edward McCann

    CAROL GLASSER UNDERSTANDS the power of antiques, how something old has the ability to renew. “I’d rather have an eighteenth-century piece than something new,” says the noted Houston-based interior designer from her spacious, light-filled loft-style apartment in the city’s Museum District. “An antique gives character and patina to the room like nothing else.” In her new highrise home, Glasser has masterfully combined formal and traditional European furnishings with rustic, large-scale country-style pieces. “I think that’s the definition of eclectic,” she says, “the juxtaposition of the old and the new, the country and the gilt. To me, it’s the mix that makes a home interesting.”

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