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Husband-and-wife duo Phyllis and
William Taylor lead the Florida-
based interior design firm Taylor
& Taylor. With their expertise in
coastal living, they have taken
their business beyond Florida’s

borders to design exquisite homes
PASSING TIME in other sunny places. Here Phyllis

Taylor talks about a recent South
WITH TAYLOR & TAYLOR
Carolina project and an exciting
interview with phyllis taylor
written by rebecca poole new development.
photography by deborah whitlaw llewellyn

How did you get started in this
business? What do you love the
most about designing homes?
I went to architecture school and met
William, my husband and partner, there.
He complimented me on my project
and admitted two years later he didn’t
understand it. [Laughs] Our relationship
held, and we’ve been creating ever since.
Having a really strong background in
architecture helps with interior design,
and, although I never got my master’s,
William did, and it has created an
understanding between us. We value
each other’s opinions and observations,
and having that architectural knowledge
has been very effective.

If people didn’t pay me to design homes,
I would still do it. At first, I thought it
was too frivolous of a thing, and that
aspect bothered me until we started
working with Habitat for Humanity.
That’s when the realization hit that the
environment you wake up in every day
is extremely important to your well-
being. We’ve done personality tests in
our office of what motivates us to be

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