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Moura Starr Added by Waki 10 Sep 2006 (address: www.mourastarr.com/ ) With stores in New York and Los Angeles, Moura Starr designs furniture and accessories for every room in your house. Website has lots of information, 3D views and specs for each beautifully designed product sold at their stores. More... Add comment \| View 98 comments	home accessories	(4 ratings)
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What an incredible experiance to work with Shelley Starr..the pieces she created and produced for me are without a doubt the highlight of the home. Look forward to next project together :)

Added by John 20 May 2012
TEQUILA BAR BY SHELLEY STARR FOR DON JULIO Shelley Starr’s designs are notable for her attention to detail, particularly in the natural materials she uses. It’s not unusual for Starr to personally fly to South America to select the perfect slab of wood for a specific item of furniture. Starr’s approach to quality also reflects the philosophy of Tequila .

Added by Michael 18 May 2012
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Our very own Creative Director, Shelley Starr, was invited to design the Great Room for HUGO BOSS, a loyal Esquire Signature Space sponsor. The great room, on the primary floor of the loft, was a challenge. The design had to be elegant and luxurious, but it had to show restraint and focus to balance out the strong architectural elements.

Added by Michael 18 May 2012
Esquire pairs best-of-class interior designers with its advertisers to create unique rooms that bring each individual brand to life, while embodying Esquire’s overall philosophy of Man at His Best. Naturally enough, in the ClockTower space. Shelley Starr and HUGO BOSS map the terrain between timeless design and constant change in the great room.

Added by Michael 18 May 2012
Esquire let the Daily News in early to check out this year’s “Ultimate Bachelor Pad” located in 1 Main St. in Dumbo. Shown above, the first floor of the three-story penthouse has 14-foot-tall glass clock faces that look out over views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges. Shelley Starr designed this great room for Hugo Boss, taking advantage of colors in its fall line.

Added by Michael 18 May 2012
Shelley has designed my Home and she has done a wonderful Job. It will be featured in a magazine in Orange County and i cant even express how happy i am. The whole project went smooth and i will refer her to everyone i know!!!!!

Added by Michael 18 May 2012
Moura Starr has moved to Beverly Boulevard in the Avenues of Art & Design in Los Angeles and is now representing the Baltus modern home furnishings collection in addition to stunning furniture and lighting from such respected European design houses as CasaDesus, i4Mariani, Serip, Windfall and Nobre.

Added by Design Aficionado 12 Apr 2012
I am in my 16th year as an interior designer, a creative director at a prestigious firm here in NYC and have seen my share of nightmare orders.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
I know things can go wrong because after all it is furniture and that is just the nature of the game. The experience I had with Shelly "Starr" (Reich prior to Badauy and now after Badauy changed to Starr) and her company Moura Starr really take the cake though.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
A colleague, the principal of her own firm warned me not to work with Shelly or Moura Starr based on her own experience a few years back when she placed an order. I thought her issue was isolated happening when the company was still pretty new to the game. Funny; Shelley Starr had the nerve to even publish my colleagues work on the Moura Starr web-site too!

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
Given my colleague’s situation, I requested to work with Shelley Starr the owner directly. I called for her a few times leaving word with her staff to set an appointment with my client and I who lives mainly in LA . She actually saw pieces in the the LA showroom she thought would work for her project her in NY.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
She is a well known actress and treated as such during her visited to the LA showroom. She made it clear she or her designer would be in touch. My firm's policy is not to use our client's name to gain leverage with vendors for various reasons as one can imagine, especially when leaving a message (especially when client is one of notoriety).

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
After three weeks, none of my calls returned, my client and I met for a shopping trip in SOHO. I wrote Shelley and her staff off as flakes and figured I could steer my client to equally beautiful pieces from other vendors.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
We happen to be passing Moura Starr and decided to go in even without an appointment as it is also a retail showroom. My client received a call and had to take it in the car, so I went ahead and walked the showroom for a minute or two.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
I approached a salesperson fluffing pillows. In the middle of one of my questions she walked away, right past me to greet my client who was coming thought the doors without excusing herself.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
This would be my first meeting with Shelley. Apparently, when in LA my client had spoken to Shelley during her visit to the showroom. I later found out from my client during the visit; though she told Shelley she has a designer already, Shelley offered my client her design services regardless. So we went through the showroom together, listening to Shelley’s lowdown.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
I asked some questions and requested Shelley send me some collateral on items. Shelley directed the answers to my client who graciously reminded Shelley I am the designer. During a moment alone, I mentioned to Shelley my office tried to reach her a few times to set an appointment.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
She told me she never received any messages, blaming her staff and herself with the excuse the business was in the midst of expansion and her traveling, “on the hunt for the very best for her Moura Starr’s clients”. In the future she instructed me to reach her on her mobile phone if there is anything else “her” client or I needed. Did she mean “my” client???

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
Based on my colleague’s experience and now my dealing with Shelley, I mentioned the encounter to the principal due to the substantial amount of money we were about to drop on pieces from one showroom. He said he had heard some funny stories about Shelley and Moura Starr but wasn’t concerned she would poach our client.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010
Our client had been working with my boss for years now and was completely loyal to our firm. He pointed out we are placing our orders at least six months prior to the installation date, so even if the orders are late, we still have some cushion.

Added by Design Las 3 Aug 2010