Alfredo Paredes

If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? ​St Barths

What are three words to describe your style? Eclectic, Bohemian, Industrial

Tell us about your childhood bedroom? ​Sunshine Yellow with Dotted Swiss

What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? A ​Max Dupain photograph called Sunbaker.

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

No room is complete without ​books.

Things you omit from:

1. A flower arrangement: glass pebbles in the vase

2. An hors d’oeuvre platter: The Doily

3. A bar cabinet: The bar cabinet itself

A song for:

1. Dinner at home: Greg Porter, If Love is Overrated

2. Working at your desk: Anything on KCRW radio

3. Going for a run: n/a

Biggest Vice? ​My Cell Phone

If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? ​Clothes for my kids

Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? ​Bohemian yet classic

Who is your star crush? ​Javier Bardem

What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it? ​Wall to wall patterned carpet

If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? RL 30t​h​ Anniversary Book

For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? ​Creativity and Breadth

Courtesy of The Polo Bar

A Few Favorites

• Movie: ​Auntie Mame

• Book: ​Melania & Me

• Scent: ​Le Labo Palo Santo

• The fabric you always come back to: ​Rustic Linens

• Dream project: ​A hotel in Marrakesh

• Meal: ​Anything Mediterranean

• Drink: ​Mojito

• Hotel: ​Amangiri- Camp Sirika

• Travel Destination: ​St. Barts

• Artist: ​Rothko

• Thing to collect obsessively: ​Pottery

• Era in the history of design: ​Late 1920s

• Museum: ​East Wing of the National Gallery in Washington

• Paint Color that always looks great: ​Black

• Favorite person to follow on Instagram: ​Alexa Hampton

• Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? ​Dogs