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particular piece of furniture they want to use. I have no formula. I size up the client
and determine what he or she is going to respond to first.
EVERY HOME MUST HAVE...
Dorothy Draper said ashtrays. For me, every home must reflect my clients'
per sonalities. The environment was created for them.
DESIGN LIKES AND DISLIKES...
Likes: I love tradition. I love great comfort in every room and a sense of
permanency without museum discomfort.
Dislikes: I can look at and appreciate a museum-quality room, regardless of
the investment, but it doesn't work if it's not about comfort. We see design trends
that are wonderful for the moment, but how will it feel in three months or a year
from now? So much of decorating is fashionable; I dislike decorating trends.
MY PERSONAL DREAM HOUSE
WOULD BE...
I'm so simple! I'd love to be in a small clapboard house by the sea, in the
Caribbean I may need one television; I'd definitely have slipcovers that I'd change
with the seasons. I'd bring the things I collect with me. It would have tremendous
comforts, but with a 21st-century sensibility about its functions, like air-conditioning,
a wonderful kitchen, gracious baths. It would have a simplicity of finish and fittings.
WHO OR WHAT HAS INFLUENCED
MY STYLE...
I've been influenced by so many people. When I was younger, for example, I
was influenced by the very chic interiors Kalef Alaton was doing in California and by
Angelo Donghia's house in Key West. Later, my interest turned to Mark Hampton
– he understood architecture and thinking three-dimensionally and about color,
scale and balance. He had the flexibility to work in so many different styles, yet they
were sensibly organized. Of the designers alive during my lifetime, he has been the
most influential for me.
THREE ESSENTIALS FOR ENTERTAINING ARE...
Good friends, good food and a beautiful environment.
IF I COULD LIVE ANYWHERE (OTHER THAN WHERE I AM), IТ WOULD
BE...
Since I live in New York and Palm Beach it's pretty good. Later, I'd love to live
in that clapboard cottage by the sea.
