Nisley's signature was stylish, relaxed interiors, and the sandpiper model units that she had designed in 1958 were among her best-known commissions and was in the mood with the modern vision of architect William Krisel. Her “airy desert style emphasized the topic of the carefree desert life of sandpiper,” noted the sales ads. A unit was “set up in contemporary style with the new blue and green color plus mosaics from Mexico.” A second unit had Danish furniture in yellow and pumpkin. A third “reflects the blues, pink and purple of the surrounding Santa Rosa Mountains.” With your own work rooms that produce curtains, upholstery and accessories Finished units within weeks.
Other model units that Nisley decorated were the Mediterranean-style houses in Thunderbird Villas, Sandcliff, Desert Bel Air Estates, Tal of the Sun and Green Acres. Over the years, she was involved in the founding and activity of the local chapter of the interior design association. After Jerry Nisley's death, she married Egbert H. van Delden and bought a house in circle 8 in Sandpiper, where it was further renovated And decorate units until they retire in the nineties.
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Gary Jon
(1940–1995)
Originally Los Angeles, Gary Jon, moved to Palm Springs in the early 1960s and joined with established designer Joan Billings and founded the Billings Jon company. In 1964 he went out alone when Gary Jon Interiors. The early customers included Bob and Dolores Hope, Jack and Ann Warner, Dinah Shore, Trini Lopez and Hal and Martha Wallis.
Jons designs in the 1960s stood out for their striking color palette – lime green, yellow, red and white – and multipolished rooms that became his business card in advertising that appeared in them Palm Springs Life. In the mid -1970s, he followed the migration to Rancho Mirage, where the property was larger and the houses extended to around 8,000 square meters accordingly. Most of his projects, including his own home, were in and around the Tamarisk Country Club, including Tamarisk View Estates, and he finally moved his office to Rancho Mirage.