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" Photo: Emily Followill VIEW MORE PHOTOS Lisa and Pui Panich are friends in Atlanta I&amp;#039;ve known for more than a doz\u00ADen years. Whether we&amp;#039;ve hung out at their downtown loft, 1920s bungalow or at their current 1956 ranch, Pui&amp;#039;s savvy eye and appreciation for contemporary furniture has always been on view. The Josef Hoffmann sofas, duplicates of 1910 originals, have worked in every one of his and Lisa&amp;#039;s places, because, as Pui says, true modern classics can work with pieces from different eras. Spoken like the true pro Pui is! Ever since the furniture guru moved here from Thailand in 1988, he&amp;#039;s been displaying his passion for modern pieces, most recently at his nearly two-year-old Atlanta furniture store and gallery, Context. Photo: Emily Followill When Pui and Lisa moved into their not-so-exciting ranch house eight years ago, they tore down walls and enclosed a deck off the living room and kitchen to create an open space that encompasses kitchen, living and dining areas. Two skylights in the living section and one in the dining area add tons of light. Dark pine kitchen cabinets were swapped for gray ones with aluminum frames and glass fronts, and the entire place was painted white to make it extra bright. Natural materials like slate, used on the deck and dining room floors, and Tennessee bluestone, applied to an entire kitchen wall, are another cool feature. Pui says bluestone is an inexpensive material that doesn&amp;#039;t necessarily look like much on the floor, but mount it on the wall in an interesting pattern, and you&amp;#039;ve really got something. Pui treats furnishings as you would art. The gallery-white walls and open spaces are the perfect backdrop for his carefully curated collection of modern furniture. &amp;quot;A lot of people misunderstand open space\u2014they think it&amp;#039;ll be cold,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;But with natural light, warm materials and distinctive furniture filling this home, the place glows.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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