Stephen Sills

photo by Francois Halard

If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Rome

Tell us about your childhood bedroom?  One look was fishnets/tropical motif; one was turn of the century vintage Oklahoma Victorian

What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house?  3 white marble Sung garden seats

In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be?  Ledoux

No room is complete without light

People think of me as solemn, but I am really very happy in my head.

Things you omit from a flower arrangement? ½ the flowers

Biggest Vice?  Gin Martini

What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it? Decorate badly 

If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? My Lopez-Willshaw book on his house in Neuilly

photo by Francois Halard

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A Few Favorites:

• Scent: Fresh Lemons

• Meal:   Zucchini Pasta in Ravello, Italy 

• Drink:   Iced Tea   

• Travel Destination:   Italy

• Artist: Picasso, Van Gogh

• Era in the history of design:   18th Century

• Museum:  Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York – it’s 2 blocks from my apartment