Bobby McAlpine
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? I have it! Lake Martin, Alabama.
What are three words to describe your style?
1. Intimate
2. Dramatic
3. Storied
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? I didn’t have one. I was on the sofa.
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? I can’t remember I have bought so many. Name something and I will tell you if I ever bought one. Seriously, a period Mary and William Highboy.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be?
Architecture: Sir Edwin Lutyens
Interiors: John Saladino, Anouska Hempel
No room is complete without: Something Old!
People think of me as serious, but I am really funny.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: The flowers! I am not a flower guy.
An hors d’oeuvre platter: I am more of a main course fellow.
A bar cabinet: The liquor. I don’t drink.
A song for:
Dinner at home: Whatever new artist has come my way via Pandora.
Working at your desk: Aubible, an autobiography read by the author.
Going for a run: So not me.
Biggest Vice? Cars, ice cream.
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? A townhouse in NYC.
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? No, I’m usually in black and save my decisions for more important things.
Who is your star crush? Anouska Hempel
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it?
I’m stumped… I guess I’ll do anything.
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be?
None of them. It would be the last thing on my mind!
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Inheritability.
A Few Favorites:
Movie: Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940)
Book: The one I am writing.
Scent: Cire Trudon: Cyrnos
The fabric you always come back to: Mohair
Dream project: The one that is in front of me.
Meal: Simple meats and greens.
Drink: Coffee and the trashiest new zero soda I can adopt for a while.
Hotel: Hotel Costes, Paris
Travel Destination: Paris
Artist: My partner, Blake Weeks.
A cause near and dear to me: My staff.
Thing to collect obsessively: Critters.
Era in the history of design: 1920s
Museum: The Rodin, Paris
Paint Color that always looks great: SW Pearly White and SW Black Magic
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: I’m not a follower.
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Dogs, always dogs.
