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If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Patmos.
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? I had pale purple-stained paneled walls and orange curtains from my aunt Louise - with collections of natural things displayed about - and, ahem, possibly a homemade driftwood and shell mobile...
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? Still waiting to invest in that “investment” piece. ( I’ve never purchased anything as an investment, just things I love - I guess if I was a better business person I’d have a list.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer, who would it be? God.
No room is complete without a dimmer.
People think of me as calm, but I am really anxious.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Dyed flowers
An hors d’oeuvre platter: Gluten
A bar cabinet: A Measurer
A song for:
Dinner at home: Button Up Your Overcoat and Helen Kane-like music (a recent obsession)
Working at your desk: Diva soundtrack (that CD lives in the player)
Going for a run: Disco
Biggest Vice? Corn chips.
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? Paintings, maybe groceries.
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? Yes, my aesthetic is both vintage and lived in.
Who is your star crush? Daniel Craig
What is the one thing you would never decorate your home with, but don’t detest when you see others do it? White walls
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? A book on dominoes
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Not from your grandmother’s attic.
Stephen Kent johnson
A Few Favorites
Movie: I know Where I’m Going
Book: Call Me By Your Name
Scent: Geranium
The fabric you always come back to: Prints
Dream project: Anywhere - The client’s favorite word is yes...
Meal: My sisters Fasolia (Armenian green bean thing)
Drink: Tequila, ice, half a lime stirred (anything with lemon or lime)
Hotel: Have yet to find one
Travel Destination: Our house in Provincetown
Artist: Too many!
Thing to collect obsessively: Prints/ephemera
Era in the history of design: Era c. 1780-1820
Museum: Museum Isabella Stewart Gardner
Paint Color that always look great: Yellow
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: Stephen Kent Johnson
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Dogs, Cats, nothing in cages
