
We’re excited to hear about your new book, Defining Elegance.
I’ve spent seven years writing the book, and I think that it was very important to me to in the book be
able to not only show the work that we’ve been doing for the last seven years, but also to help people
learn about design, interior design, from the perspective of I’ve always believed in a more civilized life, a
life of calm and peace and harmony, and all those wonderful things that you’re hoping for in home. And
of course, I always believe in home, and that it’s not just a real estate venture, it is a home. And I try to
help my clients and the people that I work with understand that.
I believe that the book will
teach us about a kinder,
gentler world, a world that
is not stuffy, is not overly
formal, but is very civilized.
How would you define elegance?
I define it by a series of attributes. Peace, light, I enjoy
light in environments, so I wanted them to have almost
an effervescent light quality to them.
Proportion is very important to me. And the fact is that
proportion is everything. Harmony and I obviously love
symmetry. At the same time, I want it to be surprising.
I want it to have a sense of humor. I believe in texture,
color, all of the design tools that we have in our
designers’ toolbox, I use.