Article: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: A LOOK INSIDE ONE DESIGNER'S "LIVING ROOM".(Edmundo Castillo)

When women's designer Edmundo Castillo set out to open his first namesake shop eight months ago at 219 Mott St. in New York, he envisioned a store that was different from the rest. "Everything out there is very `store,"' he said. "I find most stores boring. They're just shelves with shoes."

Castillo's vision was to re-create an intimate world much like that of his living room, the place where his business began three-and-a-half years ago. "The store concept was a living room with a shoe closet, something warm and welcoming, yet modern," he said. The designer chose New York-based CAN Resources, whose projects include mostly bars and lounges such as New York's ...

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