When architect Elizabeth Baird first visited her client’s site in Central East Austin’s Rosewood neighborhood, she was underwhelmed by the existing structure, but immediately knew the scale of the property made it a gem hiding in plain sight. “The original building was brick, from the 1960s, and the lot was overgrown, nothing special, really,” she says. “But when I stepped onto it with the real estate agent, we were both amazed by the sheer size of the lot, which in this neighborhood is kind of unheard of.”

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Imagine a natural setting, blending an array of whites and soft grays, some deep greens that range from bluish to reddish, browns and blacks, and a slightly muted brass that glimmers in the light. Now imagine that this was the entire color palette you had to work with. This is the chromatic world of Emily Brown, the Austin-based designer who launched her practice Emily Lauren Interiors in 2018, and won our Rising Star Award last year.

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