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10 Minutes with California Closets' Brenda MacLeish: Making room for sex toys and humongous flatscreen tvs

by Marjorie Cohen | 5/04/12 - 1:53 PM

Brenda MacLeish has been working as a designer for California Closets for over 10 years and is now also the sales manager for the...
10 Minutes with window treatment, glass and radiator-cover guy Lou Manganiello: Only fools take their own measurements (or buy online!)

by Marjorie Cohen | 4/20/12 - 1:08 PM

Lou Manganiello, owner of Strachman on the Upper West Side, is in the business of selling and installing window treatments, shower doors, mirrors,...
10 Minutes with Rose Praino: Touching up (and custom-fitting) NYC apartments until they're move-in ready

by Annabel Lee | 1/20/12 - 12:57 PM

For eight years, Rose and Frank Praino, a married couple, have run Your Decor NYC, a handyman-cum-design service....
10 minutes with Noa Santos: Interior design and staging on a renter's budget

by Lucy Cohen Blatter | 1/05/12 - 2:15 PM

Noa Santos, 23, is the founder of 50 for Fifty, an interior design firm geared toward young New Yorkers "on a renter's budget and timeline." He...
10 Minutes with John Rahat, Handyman: "I try not to give stress, and I don't want to take any"

by Elizabeth Kuster | 7/15/11 - 10:25 AM

When we mentioned to the folks at Beacon Paint & Hardware on the Upper West Side that we were looking for a handyman to interview,...
10 Minutes with Liz Parks, Art Advisor

by Alana Mayman | 6/15/11 - 11:10 AM

Liz Parks is the owner of Parks Fine Art, a Manhattan-based art advisory firm specializing in contemporary art.
What is an art...
10 Minutes with NYC mover Zvi Manor: 15-20% is a good tip. Biggest ever? $6k

by Kelly Kreth | 4/27/11 - 3:45 PM

Zvi Manor runs New York City-based Manor Moving and Storage, which handles local and long distance moves.
How and when did you start being in the...
10 minutes with Mark Loffredo, exterminator: Biggest fear? Bringing bed bugs home

by Kelly Kreth | 4/20/11 - 10:39 AM

Mark Loffredo (pictured) runs Post Exterminating, a family-owned business on Staten Island specializing in bed bugs and termites in the NY metro area....
10 Minutes with NYC firefighter John Ceriello: Why standing on your fire escape is legal but dumb

by Kelly Kreth | 4/13/11 - 9:42 AM

John Ceriello has been a NYC firefighter for 23 years. He is currently a lieutenant in Squad 252 in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
When you're called to investigate an alarm from a carbon monoxide detector, about...
10 Minutes with...Ronnie Sanchez, NYC plumber: Don't show him a toilet from China or Mexico

by Kelly Kreth | 4/06/11 - 11:35 AM

Ronnie Sanchez has been a plumber in the Tri-State area for over 15 years. He is apparently somewhat camera shy.
What time of day and what time of year do you...
10 Minutes with dog walker Tanner McAuley, the guy to call if your dog needs a date to your wedding

by Kelly Kreth | 3/30/11 - 7:01 AM

Tanner McAuley runs Puptopia, a NYC dog walking and sitting service. McAuley, who walks Upper East Side pups,...
10 Minutes With Professional Organizer Jeffrey Phillip: Even the rich need Bed Bath & Beyond

by Kelly Kreth | 3/24/11 - 7:18 AM

Professional organizer Jeffrey Phillip is passionate about helping New Yorkers cure their time and space deficits. Here are some excerpts from his recent interview...

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