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ONE OF THE BEST THINGS RIGHT NOW TO COLLECT INVESTMENT
IS...
Twentieth-century modern masters; painters like Motherwell and Pollock.
IN THE AREA OF HOME ELECTRONICS, PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR...
It's not home theaters, it's not surround sound, it's televisions.
Everywhere.They're even in the medicine cabinets.
IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN DESIGN
WILL BE...
What I did 10 years ago, I'm doing now. What I did 20 years ago, I did 10
years ago and I'm doing now. Tried and true and traditional: It'll look fresh today
and fresh 10 years from now.
MY BIGGEST DESIGN MISTAKE
WAS...
On one project the finished sofa did not fit into the house—I thought about
taking out the windows, but that didn't work, so I called the upholsterer and said he
had to come and cut the sofa in half to get it into the living room. When it came
time for them to move, the client called me and said, "The movers have been here for
four hours, and they can't figure out how to get that sofa out. Did you take off the
roof to get it in?" I told her I'd send the upholsterer over to cut it in half and put it
back together again.
MY FAVORITE ROOM TO DESIGN IS...
Either the dining room or, if the house or apartment is large enough, the room
you don't know what to do with. You can create a folly. Instead of a staid dining room,
you can have a chinoiserie fantasy or go Etruscan with Greek pottery. I love when
you can have a room that's playful.
I CHANGE MY OWN INTERIORS...
Only when I move. Whatever I do for myself I do because it was my goal,
my intention; I love the result, and it stays. It may get more embellished over time,
but it doesn't change fundamentally.
THERE ARE MANY RULES DESIGNERS SHOULD BEAR IN MIND. ONE
IS...
We are the arbiters of style and must keep in mind color, scale and balance.
Without that, you have no style.
THE ORDER I FOLLOW WHEN I DESIGN IS...
I always start with the largest room first—the nucleus of the house. But
with every project it's a little different. If a client comes to me with a blank canvas, I
have to extract what they want. Or they may come to me with a certain color or a
