The Professionals: Cecil Hayes

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A designer of interiors and furniture, Cecil Hayes is also the author of a how-to book on decorating.

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A mosaic "stream" flows in the entrance hall of actor Wesley Snipes's Florida residence (see Architectural Digest , April 1997).

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In another house in Florida, Hayes incorporated her clients' collection of contemporary, African and Asian artworks into the strongly architectural setting ( AD, December 2005 ).

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"I approached the job almost as an artist would approach a collage," she said of designing actor Samuel L. Jackson's Los Angeles home ( AD, April 2000 ).

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The living room of Hayes's own Florida home features African rhythm pounders and an armchair of her design ( AD, September 2004 ).

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Varied textures and pieces, including a wood Pygmy bed and a headboard crafted from an Indonesian screen, adorn the master bedroom of a Florida house ( AD, December 2005 ).