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KELLY BEHUN The INTERIOR DESIGNER who loves houseboats, Transcendental Meditation and is most creative in bed. PORTRAIT BY RICHARD POWERS *QYFKF[QWƂTUVFKUEQXGT[QWYCPVGF VQYQTMKPCETGCVKXGKPFWUVT[!I found at a pretty young age, like 10 or 12 years old. When we would travel as a family, I had a tendency to move things around the various hotel rooms to create what I thought was a more pleasing arrangement. This would often include stashing ugly pillows in closets or under the bed. When I discovered that my friends weren't doing the same, l thought that was so odd, and later understood it was some kind of sign. 9JCVKUVJGJCTFGUVRCTVQH[QWTLQDVJCV PQQPGYQWNFIWGUU!Saying goodbye at the end of a project can be hard. It's such an exciting but also emotional journey, and there is nothing more gratifying than a happy client, DWVƂPKUJKPICRTQLGEVCPFOQXKPIQPECPCNUQ be bittersweet. %CTGGTJKIJNKIJVUQHCT!Working with Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz on their home, the Razor House. They are as inspiring and iconic a couple as there is. The creativity level is, of course, renowned, but it was also just wonderful to see them together, behind the scenes of their hectic lives, and to witness how down-to-earth, loving and family- oriented they are, and how important home is to them. That was a really gratifying project. +UVJGTGUQOGVJKPI[QWFQQTWUGKPCNNQH [QWTRTQLGEVU!5QOGVJKPIVJCVOCMGUKVC pUKIPCVWTGq-GNN[$GJWPNQQM!I strenuously avoid trying to have a signature look or style; it not only doesn't interest me, it sort of scares me. 9JGPCTG[QWOQUVETGCVKXG!This may sound strange, but there is something about the period just before drifting off to sleep, YJGPVJGOKPFƂPCNN[SWKGVUFQYPDWV before it starts doing fantastical dreamland stuff. It's that pre-dream zone that feels so particularly expansive and free. You're not asleep yet, but you're also not fully awake and tethered by the constraints of the status SWQ+JCXGJCFUQOGQHO[DGUVCPFOQUV creative ideas then. The challenge, of course, is remembering them all in the morning. 1 5 QU ESTI O N S FOR ... 136 BAL HARBOUR 3+2726%<+(,',·6%5,'*(3+272*5$3+