|
|
Article: Paterson, N.J., Interior Designer's Taste Stands Test of Time.
- Article from:
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 27, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
By Joan Verdon, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 27--Ellie Jacobs has been called "the Energizer Bunny of interior design" (she keeps going and going) and a "design icon." At 81, she is one of the most in-demand designers at Greenbaum's Interiors in Paterson.
She has third-generation clients (grandmothers and mothers refer their daughters to her) and has helped furnish everything from starter homes and studio apartments to palaces of the super-rich.
We spoke with her about what keeps her on the job.
The story of your hiring is something of a Greenbaum's legend: You walked in and told the ...