Ali Azhar's philosophy of design is that lighting, color and texture make a room. As a contractor, he does it all from lighting to building to tiling, working from the ground up. He likes to say his approach is to make $1 out of 15 cents. It's a philosophy that will serve him well in his new role as design coordinator on
Design on a Dime. When he's not working on the show, Azhar's restoring his own home in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
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